1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to campaign expenditures; prohibiting entities or organizations that receive
1.3 state funding from making campaign expenditures or otherwise expending money
1.4 for any political purpose; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.5 chapter 211B.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [211B.125] PUBLICLY FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS; CAMPAIGN
1.8EXPENDITURES PROHIBITED.
1.9 An entity or organization, including any nonprofit organization, that receives state
1.10funding must not make a campaign expenditure or otherwise expend money for any political
1.11purpose, unless the entity or organization uses separate accounts for political activities and
1.12for activities funded by state funding. The entity or organization must not supplant its
1.13existing funding with state funding to make campaign expenditures or expend money for
1.14political purposes. Prior to receiving state funding, the entity or organization must attest
1.15that it will comply with this section. As used in this section, "state funding" includes receipt
1.16of public funds through a direct appropriation or a legislatively named, competitive, or other
1.17form of grant.
1.18 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
1Section 1.
REVISOR JFK H0072-1HF72 FIRST ENGROSSMENT
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 72
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Engen, Allen, Schwartz, Gordon, Murphy and others02/10/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations
Adoption of Report: Placed on the General Register02/19/2025
Read for the Second Time
Calendar for the Day, Amended02/27/2025
Read Third Time as Amended
Passed by the House as Amended and transmitted to the Senate to include Floor Amendments