---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commerce Department and Public Utilities Commission; obsolete, unnecessary, or redundant laws and rules removed; and conforming changes made."
description: "Commerce Department and Public Utilities Commission; obsolete, unnecessary, or redundant laws and rules removed; and conforming changes made."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 2854"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2854 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce Department", "Public Utilities and Public Utilities Commission", "Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2014-03-06"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00548050-9611-410a-9141-abdb07c97007"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2854&ssn=0&y=2014"
source_hash: "9930430dc83a1c5f8e7fac6d148d6bd4245a9e3e384373efc78952cb34468b29"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mn"]
---

# Minnesota HF 2854 (2013-2014) — Commerce Department and Public Utilities Commission; obsolete, unnecessary, or redundant laws and rules removed; and conforming changes made.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2854&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2854&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2854&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2854&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2014&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)
- Carlson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-03-06** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-28** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-10** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, April 23, 2014
- **2014-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-23** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2014-04-23** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2014-05-06** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2014-05-06** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2014-05-06** Motion prevailed
- **2014-05-06** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2014-05-06** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2014-05-07** Presented to Governor 05/07/14 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-05-09** Governor approval 05/09/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-09** Secretary of State, Filed 05/09/14
- **2014-04-24** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-04-24** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-04-24** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF2446, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-25** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2446
- **2014-04-25** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-01** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2014-05-01** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2014-05-06** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2014-05-07** Presentment date 05/07/14
- **2014-05-09** Governor's action Approval 05/09/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-12** Secretary of State Chapter 222 05/09/14
- **2014-08-01** Effective date 08/01/14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00548050-9611-410a-9141-abdb07c97007`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).