Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF2492 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to elections; classifying data in the statewide voter registration system;
3	3	1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.607, by adding a subdivision;
4	4	1.4 201.022, by adding a subdivision; 201.091, subdivisions 4, 4a, by adding a
5	5	1.5 subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.607, subdivision 6;
6	6	1.6 201.091, subdivision 9.
7	7	1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
8	8	1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.607, is amended by adding a subdivision
9	9	1.9to read:
10	10	1.10 Subd. 6a.Registered voter lists.Data on registered voters is governed by section
11	11	1.11201.022, subdivision 4.
12	12	1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.022, is amended by adding a subdivision to
13	13	1.13read:
14	14	1.14 Subd. 4.Data.(a) Except as provided in this subdivision, all data in the statewide voter
15	15	1.15registration system is public data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision
16	16	1.1615.
17	17	1.17 (b) The following data is private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02,
18	18	1.18subdivision 12: a voter's date of birth, driver's license number, identification card number,
19	19	1.19military identification card number, passport number, or any part of a voter's Social Security
20	20	1.20number.
21	21	1.21 (c) Information maintained on the presidential primary political party list required by
22	22	1.22section 201.091, subdivision 4a, is private data on individuals as defined under section
23	23	1Sec. 2.
24	24	25-01845 as introduced02/13/25 REVISOR VH/EN
25	25	SENATE
26	26	STATE OF MINNESOTA
27	27	S.F. No. 2492NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
28	28	(SENATE AUTHORS: KORAN, Mathews and Lucero)
29	29	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
30	30	Introduction and first reading03/13/2025
31	31	Referred to Elections 2.113.02, subdivision 12, except that the secretary of state must provide to the chair of each
32	32	2.2major political party the list of voters who selected that party.
33	33	2.3 (d) Upon receipt of a statement signed by the voter that withholding the voter's name
34	34	2.4from the public is required for the safety of the voter or the voter's family, the secretary of
35	35	2.5state and county auditor must withhold from the public the name of the registered voter.
36	36	2.6Data withheld pursuant to this paragraph is private data on individuals, as defined in section
37	37	2.713.02, subdivision 12.
38	38	2.8 (e) Any person requesting public data must state in writing that any information obtained
39	39	2.9from the statewide voter registration system will not be used for purposes unrelated to
40	40	2.10elections, political activities, or law enforcement.
41	41	2.11 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.091, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
42	42	2.12 Subd. 4.Public information lists.(a) The county auditor shall make available for
43	43	2.13inspection a public information list which must contain the name, address, year of birth,
44	44	2.14and voting history of each registered voter in the county. Data on applicants submitted
45	45	2.15pursuant to section 201.061, subdivision 1b, are not part of the public information list until
46	46	2.16the voter is registered or has voting history. The list must not include the party choice of
47	47	2.17any voter who voted in a presidential nomination primary data classified as private data on
48	48	2.18individuals pursuant to section 201.022, subdivision 4. The telephone number must be
49	49	2.19included on the list if provided by the voter. The public information list may also include
50	50	2.20information on voting districts. The county auditor may adopt reasonable rules governing
51	51	2.21access to the list.
52	52	2.22 (b) No individual inspecting the public information list shall tamper with or alter it in
53	53	2.23any manner. No individual who inspects the public information list or who acquires a list
54	54	2.24of registered voters prepared from the public information list may use any information
55	55	2.25contained in the list for purposes unrelated to elections, political activities, or law
56	56	2.26enforcement. The secretary of state may provide copies of the public information lists and
57	57	2.27other information from the statewide registration system for uses related to elections, political
58	58	2.28activities, or in response to a law enforcement inquiry from a public official concerning a
59	59	2.29failure to comply with any criminal statute or any state or local tax statute.
60	60	2.30 (c) Before inspecting the public information list or obtaining a list of voters or other
61	61	2.31information from the list, the individual shall provide identification to the public official
62	62	2.32having custody of the public information list and shall state in writing that any information
63	63	2.33obtained from the list will not be used for purposes unrelated to elections, political activities,
64	64	2.34or law enforcement. Requests to examine or obtain information from the public information
65	65	2Sec. 3.
66	66	25-01845 as introduced02/13/25 REVISOR VH/EN 3.1lists or the statewide registration system must be made and processed in the manner provided
67	67	3.2in the rules of the secretary of state.
68	68	3.3 (d) Upon receipt of a statement signed by the voter that withholding the voter's name
69	69	3.4from the public information list is required for the safety of the voter or the voter's family,
70	70	3.5the secretary of state and county auditor must withhold from the public information list the
71	71	3.6name of a registered voter.
72	72	3.7 (e) (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c) and regardless of the purpose of the
73	73	3.8publication, a recipient of a public information list must not:
74	74	3.9 (1) publish any of the information from the list on the Internet on any list, database, or
75	75	3.10other similar searchable format; or
76	76	3.11 (2) sell, loan, provide access to, or otherwise surrender any information obtained from
77	77	3.12the list to any person or entity, except that an individual who obtains the public information
78	78	3.13list on behalf of an organization, entity, or political subdivision may distribute the information
79	79	3.14to the organization's, entity's, or political subdivision's volunteers or employees for purposes
80	80	3.15related to elections, political activities, or law enforcement in the case where the information
81	81	3.16is provided in response to a law enforcement inquiry from a public official concerning a
82	82	3.17failure to comply with any criminal statute or any state or local tax statute. Nothing in this
83	83	3.18section prohibits the preparation, use, or transfer, for purposes related to elections or political
84	84	3.19activities, of a database that includes data obtained from the public information list which
85	85	3.20is aggregated with data obtained from other sources provided that such database is used
86	86	3.21exclusively for purposes related to elections or political activities and no information from
87	87	3.22the list is published on the Internet. The prohibitions of this paragraph do not apply if the
88	88	3.23subject of the information provides express written permission to use the subject's data in
89	89	3.24a manner otherwise prohibited by this paragraph. For purposes of this paragraph, "publish"
90	90	3.25means information is made available to the general public.
91	91	3.26 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.091, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
92	92	3.27 Subd. 4a.Presidential nomination primary political party list.The secretary of state
93	93	3.28must maintain a list of the voters who voted in a presidential nomination primary and the
94	94	3.29political party each voter selected. Information maintained on the list is private data on
95	95	3.30individuals as defined under section 13.02, subdivision 12, except that the secretary of state
96	96	3.31must provide to the chair of each major political party the list of voters who selected that
97	97	3.32party.
98	98	3Sec. 4.
99	99	25-01845 as introduced02/13/25 REVISOR VH/EN 4.1 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.091, is amended by adding a subdivision to
100	100	4.2read:
101	101	4.3 Subd. 10.Requests for data.Nothing in this section prevents a person from requesting
102	102	4.4public data as described in section 201.022, subdivision 4.
103	103	4.5 Sec. 6. REPEALER.
104	104	4.6 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.607, subdivision 6; and 201.091, subdivision 9,
105	105	4.7are repealed.
106	106	4.8 Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
107	107	4.9 This act is effective the day following final enactment and applies to requests for data
108	108	4.10made on or after that date.
109	109	4Sec. 7.
110	110	25-01845 as introduced02/13/25 REVISOR VH/EN 13.607 CAMPAIGN FINANCE, PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, AND ELECTION DATA
111	111	CODED ELSEWHERE.
112	112	Subd. 6.Registered voter lists.Access to registered voter lists is governed by section 201.091.
113	113	201.091 REGISTERED VOTER LISTS; REPORTS; REGISTRATION PLACES.
114	114	Subd. 9.Restricted data.A list provided for public inspection or purchase, or in response to
115	115	a law enforcement inquiry, must not include a voter's date of birth or any part of a voter's Social
116	116	Security number, driver's license number, identification card number, military identification card
117	117	number, or passport number.
118	118	1R
119	119	APPENDIX
120	120	Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-01845