Minnesota 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF535 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2025

                    1.1	A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to elections; prohibiting counties, municipalities, and school districts from​
1.3 accepting certain contributions for election expenses; amending Minnesota Statutes​
1.4 2024, section 204B.32, by adding a subdivision.​
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204B.32, is amended by adding a subdivision​
1.7to read:​
1.8 Subd. 3.Contributions for election expenses prohibited.Notwithstanding any home​
1.9rule charter or local ordinance to the contrary, a county, municipality, or school district may​
1.10not accept a contribution, in any form, from a for-profit business or a nonprofit organization​
1.11made for the purpose of paying expenses associated with conducting a federal, state, or​
1.12local election.​
1​Section 1.​
25-01041 as introduced​12/19/24 REVISOR JFK/CH​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 535​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: KORAN, Drazkowski, Bahr, Lieske and Lucero)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​01/23/2025​
Referred to Elections​