1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to elections; classifying data in the statewide voter registration system;
1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.607, by adding a subdivision;
1.4 201.022, by adding a subdivision; 201.091, subdivisions 4, 4a, by adding a
1.5 subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.607, subdivision 6;
1.6 201.091, subdivision 9.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.607, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.9to read:
1.10 Subd. 6a.Registered voter lists.Data on registered voters is governed by section
1.11201.022, subdivision 4.
1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.022, is amended by adding a subdivision to
1.13read:
1.14 Subd. 4.Data.(a) Except as provided in this subdivision, all data in the statewide voter
1.15registration system is public data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision
1.1615.
1.17 (b) The following data is private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02,
1.18subdivision 12: a voter's date of birth, driver's license number, identification card number,
1.19military identification card number, passport number, or any part of a voter's Social Security
1.20number.
1.21 (c) Information maintained on the presidential primary political party list required by
1.22section 201.091, subdivision 4a, is private data on individuals as defined under section
1Sec. 2.
REVISOR VH/EN 25-0184502/13/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1235
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Quam02/20/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations 2.113.02, subdivision 12, except that the secretary of state must provide to the chair of each
2.2major political party the list of voters who selected that party.
2.3 (d) Upon receipt of a statement signed by the voter that withholding the voter's name
2.4from the public is required for the safety of the voter or the voter's family, the secretary of
2.5state and county auditor must withhold from the public the name of the registered voter.
2.6Data withheld pursuant to this paragraph is private data on individuals, as defined in section
2.713.02, subdivision 12.
2.8 (e) Any person requesting public data must state in writing that any information obtained
2.9from the statewide voter registration system will not be used for purposes unrelated to
2.10elections, political activities, or law enforcement.
2.11 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.091, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.12 Subd. 4.Public information lists.(a) The county auditor shall make available for
2.13inspection a public information list which must contain the name, address, year of birth,
2.14and voting history of each registered voter in the county. Data on applicants submitted
2.15pursuant to section 201.061, subdivision 1b, are not part of the public information list until
2.16the voter is registered or has voting history. The list must not include the party choice of
2.17any voter who voted in a presidential nomination primary data classified as private data on
2.18individuals pursuant to section 201.022, subdivision 4. The telephone number must be
2.19included on the list if provided by the voter. The public information list may also include
2.20information on voting districts. The county auditor may adopt reasonable rules governing
2.21access to the list.
2.22 (b) No individual inspecting the public information list shall tamper with or alter it in
2.23any manner. No individual who inspects the public information list or who acquires a list
2.24of registered voters prepared from the public information list may use any information
2.25contained in the list for purposes unrelated to elections, political activities, or law
2.26enforcement. The secretary of state may provide copies of the public information lists and
2.27other information from the statewide registration system for uses related to elections, political
2.28activities, or in response to a law enforcement inquiry from a public official concerning a
2.29failure to comply with any criminal statute or any state or local tax statute.
2.30 (c) Before inspecting the public information list or obtaining a list of voters or other
2.31information from the list, the individual shall provide identification to the public official
2.32having custody of the public information list and shall state in writing that any information
2.33obtained from the list will not be used for purposes unrelated to elections, political activities,
2.34or law enforcement. Requests to examine or obtain information from the public information
2Sec. 3.
REVISOR VH/EN 25-0184502/13/25 3.1lists or the statewide registration system must be made and processed in the manner provided
3.2in the rules of the secretary of state.
3.3 (d) Upon receipt of a statement signed by the voter that withholding the voter's name
3.4from the public information list is required for the safety of the voter or the voter's family,
3.5the secretary of state and county auditor must withhold from the public information list the
3.6name of a registered voter.
3.7 (e) (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c) and regardless of the purpose of the
3.8publication, a recipient of a public information list must not:
3.9 (1) publish any of the information from the list on the Internet on any list, database, or
3.10other similar searchable format; or
3.11 (2) sell, loan, provide access to, or otherwise surrender any information obtained from
3.12the list to any person or entity, except that an individual who obtains the public information
3.13list on behalf of an organization, entity, or political subdivision may distribute the information
3.14to the organization's, entity's, or political subdivision's volunteers or employees for purposes
3.15related to elections, political activities, or law enforcement in the case where the information
3.16is provided in response to a law enforcement inquiry from a public official concerning a
3.17failure to comply with any criminal statute or any state or local tax statute. Nothing in this
3.18section prohibits the preparation, use, or transfer, for purposes related to elections or political
3.19activities, of a database that includes data obtained from the public information list which
3.20is aggregated with data obtained from other sources provided that such database is used
3.21exclusively for purposes related to elections or political activities and no information from
3.22the list is published on the Internet. The prohibitions of this paragraph do not apply if the
3.23subject of the information provides express written permission to use the subject's data in
3.24a manner otherwise prohibited by this paragraph. For purposes of this paragraph, "publish"
3.25means information is made available to the general public.
3.26 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.091, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
3.27 Subd. 4a.Presidential nomination primary political party list.The secretary of state
3.28must maintain a list of the voters who voted in a presidential nomination primary and the
3.29political party each voter selected. Information maintained on the list is private data on
3.30individuals as defined under section 13.02, subdivision 12, except that the secretary of state
3.31must provide to the chair of each major political party the list of voters who selected that
3.32party.
3Sec. 4.
REVISOR VH/EN 25-0184502/13/25 4.1 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.091, is amended by adding a subdivision to
4.2read:
4.3 Subd. 10.Requests for data.Nothing in this section prevents a person from requesting
4.4public data as described in section 201.022, subdivision 4.
4.5 Sec. 6. REPEALER.
4.6 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.607, subdivision 6; and 201.091, subdivision 9,
4.7are repealed.
4.8 Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
4.9 This act is effective the day following final enactment and applies to requests for data
4.10made on or after that date.
4Sec. 7.
REVISOR VH/EN 25-0184502/13/25 13.607 CAMPAIGN FINANCE, PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, AND ELECTION DATA
CODED ELSEWHERE.
Subd. 6.Registered voter lists.Access to registered voter lists is governed by section 201.091.
201.091 REGISTERED VOTER LISTS; REPORTS; REGISTRATION PLACES.
Subd. 9.Restricted data.A list provided for public inspection or purchase, or in response to
a law enforcement inquiry, must not include a voter's date of birth or any part of a voter's Social
Security number, driver's license number, identification card number, military identification card
number, or passport number.
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APPENDIX
Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-01845