---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government improvement construction projects industry trade journal advertisement authorization and definition"
description: "Local government improvement construction projects industry trade journal advertisement authorization and definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "SF 843"
citation: "Minnesota SF 843 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government-Local", "Labor", "Employment", "and Labor and Industry Department", "Revisor of Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scalze"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-28"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/485a4dcf-18a4-4263-ad0f-240723cba91a"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0843&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "6629d97343cc9b32953f636a9645aea4537ab7c9228dc7f638cd87fe33f4d0ee"
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 SF 843 (2013-2014) — Local government improvement construction projects industry trade journal advertisement authorization and definition

## 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=SF843&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=SF843&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=SF843&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF843&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Scalze — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-28** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-02-28** Referred to State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-11** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-11** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-15** Special Order: Amended
- **2013-04-15** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-03** Returned from House with amendment
- **2013-05-03** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2013-05-03** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-06** Presentment date 05/06/13
- **2013-05-10** Governor's action Approval 05/08/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-10** Secretary of State Chapter 46 05/08/13
- **2013-08-01** Effective date 08/01/13
- **2013-04-15** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-15** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF1196
- **2013-04-16** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2013-04-16** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-01** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 2, 2013
- **2013-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-02** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2013-05-02** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2013-05-08** Governor approval 05/08/13 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/485a4dcf-18a4-4263-ad0f-240723cba91a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).