republic-os/legislation/us/states/mn/2013-2014/hf-681.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limitation period for civil actions involving sexual abuse changed."
description: "Limitation period for civil actions involving sexual abuse changed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 681"
citation: "Minnesota HF 681 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Criminals-Sexual Offenses", "Legal Proceedings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simon"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-18"
last_action: "2013-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99f25f3d-9b31-40e3-87a1-754ba8236e20"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0681&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "4d1e18c362eee797b32528400fc60e5d0865b82455759359d90d8f021991a9b9"
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 681 (2013-2014) — Limitation period for civil actions involving sexual abuse changed.

## 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=HF681&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF681&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ue)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF681&version=2&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
4. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF681&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
5. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF681&version=4&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
6. **CCR-HF0681** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF681&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ccr)
7. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF681&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Simon — primary (person)
- Abeler — cosponsor (person)
- Erickson, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Hortman — cosponsor (person)
- Latz — cosponsor (person)
- Paymar — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Schoen — cosponsor (person)
- Ward, J.E. — cosponsor (person)
- Winkler — cosponsor (person)
- Yarusso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-18** Introduction and first reading, referred to Civil Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Author added Schoen
- **2013-03-07** Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** Author added Fischer
- **2013-04-04** Committee report, to pass as amended
- **2013-04-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-29** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 1, 2013
- **2013-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Motion to re-refer Rules and Legislative Administration
- **2013-05-01** Motion did not prevail
- **2013-05-01** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2013-05-01** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2013-05-14** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2013-05-14** House refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2013-05-14** House conferees Simon, Winkler, Abeler
- **2013-05-14** Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
- **2013-05-14** Senate conferees Latz, Hoffman, Housley
- **2013-05-17** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2013-05-17** House adopted conference committee report
- **2013-05-17** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2013-05-17** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2013-05-17** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2013-05-21** Presented to Governor 05/21/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-02** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-05-02** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-05-02** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF534, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-03** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF534
- **2013-05-03** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-08** Special Order: Amended
- **2013-05-08** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-14** House not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2013-05-14** House conferees Simon; Winkler; Abeler
- **2013-05-14** Senate accedes, CC of 3 be appointed
- **2013-05-14** Senate conferees Latz; Hoffman; Housley
- **2013-05-17** House adopted HCC report and repassed bill
- **2013-05-17** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2013-05-17** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2013-05-17** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-21** Presentment date 05/21/13
- **2013-05-24** Governor's action Approval 05/24/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-24** Secretary of State Chapter 89 05/24/13
- **2013-05-25** Effective date 05/25/13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99f25f3d-9b31-40e3-87a1-754ba8236e20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).