2025 Key Senate Hearings

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

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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

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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

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In this hearing legislators will discuss:

• S.F. 1071 (Carlson) Ranked choice voting provision

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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

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In this committee hearing, legislators will discuss:

• S.F. 1911 (Boldon) Minnesota Civic Fund program establishment
• S.F. 1996 (Marty) Campaign finance provisions modifications

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In this committee hearing, legislators will discuss:

• S.F. 1812 (Westlin) Certain filing dates and reporting requirements modifications
• S.F. 2021 (Westlin) Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board requirement to publish a handbook for lobbying
• S.F. 1662 (Westlin) Major decisions of nonelected local officials definition Exempting submission of a proposal in response to an RFP from the definition of lobbyist
• S.F. 2562 (Westlin) Definition modification of lobbyist and metropolitan government unit Campaign Finance Board’s Lobbying Recommendations

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In this committee hearing, legislators will discuss:

• S.F. 2236 (Gustafson) Office of Administrative Hearings renaming to the Court of Administrative Hearings provision and remand opportunity provision Repeal of statutes found unconstitutional
• S.F. 2768 (Westlin) Disclosure of virtual currency on the statement of economic interest requirement provision
•  S.F. 2846 (Boldon) Notice requirement at a closed polling place until the occurrence of a presidential election or redistricting
• S.F. 2412 (Cwodzinski) Charter school boards of directors and charter school chief administrators requirements modifications, local officials and charter school officials filing statements of economic interest requirement, and charter school officials inclusion in the public official gift ban provision
• S.F. 905 (Port) Reporting disclosure requirement of original sources of campaign funds

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In this hearing, the committee discusses the Senate Elections Omnibus bill.

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