Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF1025 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to state government; recognizing the historic state flag; recognizing the
3	3	1.3 right of all persons to display the historic state flag; providing standards for its
4	4	1.4 display on state property; providing standards for its display on other public
5	5	1.5 property; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 1.
6	6	1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
7	7	1.7 Section 1. [1.1415] HISTORIC STATE FLAG.
8	8	1.8 Subdivision 1.Description.The design of the historic state flag is recognized and shall
9	9	1.9conform substantially to the following description: The staff is surmounted by a bronze
10	10	1.10eagle with outspread wings; the flag is rectangular in shape and is on a medium blue
11	11	1.11background with a narrow gold border and a golden fringe. A circular emblem is contained
12	12	1.12in the center of the blue field. The circular emblem is on a general white background with
13	13	1.13a yellow border. The word MINNESOTA is inscribed in red lettering on the lower part of
14	14	1.14the white field. The white emblem background surrounding a center design contains 19
15	15	1.15five-pointed stars arranged symmetrically in four groups of four stars each and one group
16	16	1.16of three stars. The latter group is in the upper part of the center circular white emblem. The
17	17	1.17group of stars at the top in the white emblem consists of three stars of which the uppermost
18	18	1.18star is the largest and represents the North Star. A center design is contained on the white
19	19	1.19emblem and is made up of scenes from the historic design of the Great Seal of the State of
20	20	1.20Minnesota, as described in Laws 1983, chapter 119, section 1, surrounded by a border of
21	21	1.21intertwining cypripedium reginae, the state flower, on a blue field of the same color as the
22	22	1.22general flag background. The flower border design contains the figures 1819, 1858, and
23	23	1.231893. The coloring is the same on both sides of the flag, but the lettering and the figures
24	24	1.24appear reversed on one side.
25	25	1Section 1.
26	26	REVISOR SGS/BM 25-0269902/07/25
27	27	State of Minnesota
28	28	This Document can be made available
29	29	in alternative formats upon request
30	30	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
31	31	H. F. No. 1025
32	32	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
33	33	Authored by McDonald, Novotny, Dotseth, Nash, Scott and others02/17/2025
34	34	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy 2.1 Subd. 2.Right of citizens to use and display the historic state flag.All persons maintain
35	35	2.2the right to use and display the historic state flag upon any occasion deemed fitting and
36	36	2.3appropriate.
37	37	2.4 Subd. 3.Display of historic state flag on state property.The lieutenant governor shall
38	38	2.5establish standards and specifications for the manufacture and display of the historic state
39	39	2.6flag. The historic state flag shall be displayed:
40	40	2.7 (1) on state property during holidays as described in section 645.44, subdivision 5, as
41	41	2.8determined by the governor; and
42	42	2.9 (2) on the Capitol complex during the annual regular session of the legislature, and
43	43	2.10during any special session.
44	44	2.11 Subd. 4.Display of historic state flag on other public property.(a) The historic state
45	45	2.12flag may be displayed on any other public property for ceremonial purposes at any other
46	46	2.13time, so long as the flag is serviceable.
47	47	2.14 (b) The historic state flag shall be replaced by the official flag, as described in section
48	48	2.151.141, when the historic state flag is not displayed on public property for ceremonial
49	49	2.16purposes.
50	50	2.17 (c) When displaying the historic state flag on public property in any location where the
51	51	2.18official flag is also displayed, the government entity responsible for the display of the flags
52	52	2.19must ensure that the historic state flag is displayed beneath the official flag.
53	53	2.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective May 11, 2026.
54	54	2Section 1.
55	55	REVISOR SGS/BM 25-0269902/07/25