2025 Key Senate Hearings
Keeping track of the committee hearing process is key to staying up to date with what’s happening at the capitol. We’ve compiled the hearings from this year that contain discussion on bills that relate to our pro-democracy agenda! Below you will find hearings from the Minnesota Senate. If you’re looking for a House of Representatives hearing, click here!
2025 Senate Elections Committee
January 30th, 2025
In this hearing legislators will discuss:
- S.F. 600 (Koran) Temporary polling locations publication requirement provision
- S.F. 634 (Bahr) Local elections in cities of the first class date modification authorization
February 6th, 2025
In this hearing legislators will discuss:
- S.F. 529 (Dibble) Constitutional amendment providing for free, fair, and equal elections
- S.F. 569 (Marty) A resolution memorializing Congress to overturn the United States Supreme Court Citizens United v. FEC; requesting that Congress clarify that the rights are protected under the Constitution are the rights of natural persons and not the rights of artificial entities and that spending money to influence elections is not speech under the First Amendment; asking that Congress propose a constitutional amendment to provide such a clarification
February 11th, 2025
In this hearing legislators will discuss:
- S.F. 828 (Boldon) Working group on local campaign finance reporting establishment and appropriation
- S.F. 863 (Putnam) Political activity reprisals prohibition clarification provision Prohibition on being fired for running for office
- S.F. 569 (Marty) A resolution memorializing Congress to overturn the United States Supreme Court Citizens United v. FEC; requesting that Congress clarify that the rights are protected under the Constitution are the rights of natural persons and not the rights of artificial entities and that spending money to influence elections is not speech under the First Amendment; asking that Congress propose a constitutional amendment to provide such a clarification
February 13th, 2025
In this hearing legislators will discuss:
- S.F. 1071 (Carlson) Ranked choice voting provision
February 27th, 2025
In this hearing legislators will discuss:
- Impact of cuts to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
- S.F. 1430 (Carlson) Voting operations, technology, and election resources account transfer provision
- S.F. 567 (Marty) Public official prohibition from lobbying for seven years after leaving office establishment
- S.F. 1677 (Klein) Legislators prohibited from lobbying for two years after leaving office provision and civil penalties authorization provision