---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlords and tenants; victims of violence remedies established, and Housing Opportunity Made Equitable (HOME) pilot project established."
description: "Landlords and tenants; victims of violence remedies established, and Housing Opportunity Made Equitable (HOME) pilot project established."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 859"
citation: "Minnesota HF 859 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime Victims", "Housing and Housing Finance Agency", "Landlords and Tenants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-25"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/056db33f-4465-4811-9b38-afdcb3657479"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0859&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "fdd3c2fe55fce5b7e534a5f0258b9569dbed6d7f559b233a9eb0137c811343f8"
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 859 (2013-2014) — Landlords and tenants; victims of violence remedies established, and Housing Opportunity Made Equitable (HOME) pilot project established.

## 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=HF859&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF859&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF859&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF859&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Simon — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Bly — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Dehn, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Erhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Fritz — cosponsor (person)
- Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Hornstein — cosponsor (person)
- Hortman — cosponsor (person)
- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Lesch — cosponsor (person)
- Liebling — cosponsor (person)
- Mariani — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Mullery — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Paymar — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-25** Introduction and first reading, referred to Housing Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** Author added Kahn
- **2014-03-12** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Civil Law `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-13** Author added Bernardy
- **2014-03-17** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-17** Author added Mullery
- **2014-03-19** Author added Newton
- **2014-03-28** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-28** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-07** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, April 9, 2014
- **2014-04-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2014-04-09** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2014-04-30** Returned from Senate
- **2014-04-10** Received from House `introduction`
- **2014-04-10** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2014-04-10** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF771, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF771
- **2014-04-22** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-29** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2014-04-29** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2014-04-30** Presentment date 04/30/14
- **2014-05-01** Governor's action Approval 05/01/14 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-02** Secretary of State Chapter 188 05/01/14
- **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/056db33f-4465-4811-9b38-afdcb3657479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).