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type: "Bill"
title: "Debt management and settlement; attorneys at law exemption clarified, and debt settlement services regulation modified."
description: "Debt management and settlement; attorneys at law exemption clarified, and debt settlement services regulation modified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 694"
citation: "Minnesota HF 694 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banks and Financial Institutions", "Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lesch"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-02-18"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8133c944-daa7-4f85-8cfa-eebbce69bc53"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0694&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "e7967475d1280ebeda991275c5f6c3f171c109565dae7b31060ec6374287b390"
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 694 (2013-2014) — Debt management and settlement; attorneys at law exemption clarified, and debt settlement services regulation modified.
## 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=HF694&version=1&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF694&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)
## Sponsors
- Lesch — primary (person)
- Bly — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Falk — cosponsor (person)
- Fritz — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Hilstrom — cosponsor (person)
- Hornstein — cosponsor (person)
- Hortman — cosponsor (person)
- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Laine — cosponsor (person)
- Liebling — cosponsor (person)
- Loeffler — cosponsor (person)
- Masin — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Wagenius — cosponsor (person)
- Winkler — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-18** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** Committee report, to pass as amended
- **2013-04-02** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-01** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Friday, May 3, 2013
- **2013-05-08** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Friday, May 10, 2013
- **2013-05-10** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-10** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-05-17** Returned from Senate
- **2013-05-21** Presented to Governor 05/21/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-10** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-05-10** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-05-10** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF586, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF586
- **2013-05-13** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-17** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2013-05-17** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **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 91 05/24/13
- **2013-08-01** Effective date 08/01/13
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8133c944-daa7-4f85-8cfa-eebbce69bc53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).