Elections
2025-2026 Regular Session
Report Date: May 4, 2025 5:03:01 PM
| Bill # | Senate Author | Description | Date Received | Hearing Date | Action Taken | Senate Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF9 | Rest | Commissioner of revenue requirement to establish an online system to claim the political contribution refund | 01/16/2025 | 01/23/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | |
| SF120 | Cwodzinski | Recognizing a medical bill as proof of residence on election day rule amendment required by the Secretary of State | 01/16/2025 | |||
| SF261 | Utke | Election candidacy affidavits modifications | 01/16/2025 | |||
| SF366 | Bahr | Employment status of election judges clarification | 01/21/2025 | |||
| SF529 | Dibble | Constitutional amendment providing for free, fair, and equal elections | 01/23/2025 | 02/06/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration | |
| SF535 | Koran | Counties, municipalities and school districts acceptance of certain contributions for election expenses prohibition | 01/23/2025 | |||
| SF566 | Bahr | A resolution memorializing Congress to call a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress | 01/23/2025 | |||
| SF569 | 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 | 01/23/2025 | 02/11/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government | |
| SF600 | Koran | Temporary polling locations publication requirement provision | 01/27/2025 | 01/30/2025 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF634 | Bahr | Local elections in cities of the first class date modification authorization | 01/27/2025 | 01/30/2025 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF639 | Koran | Political subdivisions establishment or enforcement of ranked-choice voting prohibition | 01/27/2025 | |||
| SF640 | Koran | Election judge party affiliation as public data on individuals classification | 01/27/2025 | |||
| SF641 | Koran | Local governments acceptance of certain contributions for election expenses prohibition | 01/27/2025 | |||
| SF642 | Koran | Major political parties acceptance of contributions during the legislative session prohibition | 01/27/2025 | |||
| SF644 | Koran | Election judge party affiliation classification as public data on individuals | 01/27/2025 | |||
| SF647 | Koran | Grounds for recall of state officials amendment | 01/27/2025 | |||
| SF649 | Koran | Data classification in the statewide voter registration system | 01/27/2025 | |||
| SF651 | Howe | Date modification of the state primary to the same date as the presidential primary nomination | 01/27/2025 | |||
| SF682 | Utke | Presidential electors designation and election provision and Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote withdrawal provision | 01/27/2025 | |||
| SF696 | Lucero | Constitutional amendment changing the composition apportionment of legislative districts | 01/27/2025 | |||
| SF720 | Lucero | Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular vote withdrawal | 01/27/2025 | |||
| SF786 | Westlin | Major party candidates certification by a major party before being placed on the ballot requirement provision, ballot placement and petition requirements amendment provisions | 01/30/2025 | |||
| SF824 | Rest | Constitutional Amendment establishing a Bipartisan Redistricting Commission | 01/30/2025 | |||
| SF828 | Boldon | Working group on local campaign finance reporting establishment and appropriation | 01/30/2025 | 02/11/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government | |
| SF828 | Boldon | Working group on local campaign finance reporting establishment and appropriation | 03/24/2025 | 02/11/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government | |
| SF863 | Putnam | Political activity reprisals prohibition clarification provision | 02/03/2025 | 02/11/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | |
| SF905 | Port | Reporting disclosure requirement of original sources of campaign funds | 02/03/2025 | 03/27/2025 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | |
| SF941 | Nelson | Constitutional amendment proposal providing for staggered terms for senators | 02/03/2025 | |||
| SF995 | Koran | Entities or organizations that receive state funding prohibition from making campaign expenditures or otherwise expending money for any political purpose | 02/06/2025 | |||
| SF996 | Duckworth | Entities or organizations that receive state funding prohibition from making campaign expenditures or otherwise expending money for any political purpose | 02/06/2025 | |||
| SF1020 | Howe | Special elections set filing period establishment provision | 02/06/2025 | |||
| SF1021 | Howe | Absentee ballot drop boxes authorization repealer | 02/06/2025 | |||
| SF1033 | Boldon | 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 | 02/06/2025 | |||
| SF1070 | Carlson | Constitutional amendment proposal to provide for free, fair, and equal elections | 02/06/2025 | |||
| SF1071 | Carlson | Ranked choice voting provision | 02/06/2025 | 02/13/2025 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government | |
| SF1094 | Bahr | Duties related to ballot reconciliation and postelection review to be completed before a canvassing board may certify the results of an election requirement | 02/06/2025 | |||
| SF1166 | Koran | Photo ID requirement to register to vote and to vote requirement; voter identification card and provisional ballot establishment; appropriating money | 02/10/2025 | |||
| SF1217 | Koran | Absentee and early voting polling places challengers authorization provision | 02/10/2025 | |||
| SF1241 | Lucero | Requirement that the term incumbent be printed next to the judicial incumbent candidate's name on the ballot repeal | 02/10/2025 | |||
| SF1259 | Draheim | Statement of economic interest disclosure amendment | 02/13/2025 | 02/25/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF1310 | Cwodzinski | Ballot language amendment to school district referenda | 02/13/2025 | |||
| SF1430 | Carlson | Voting operations, technology, and election resources account transfer provision | 02/17/2025 | 02/27/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF1472 | Dibble | Definition modification of administrative action as it applies to the Public Utilities Commission | 02/17/2025 | 02/25/2025 | ||
| SF1513 | Carlson | Money transferal to the state elections campaign account | 02/17/2025 | |||
| SF1527 | Eichorn | Minnesota Elections Integrity Act establishment and appropriation | 02/17/2025 | |||
| SF1555 | Mathews | Campaign report requirements amendment to require disclosure of all contributors for legislative or statewide candidates and ballot questions | 02/17/2025 | |||
| SF1557 | Cwodzinski | Constitutional amendment proposal to allow school districts to lower the voting age to 16 for school elections | 02/17/2025 | |||
| SF1563 | Howe | Vacancies in legislative offices establishment in certain circumstances | 02/17/2025 | |||
| SF1586 | Gruenhagen | Minnesota Elections Integrity Act | 02/20/2025 | |||
| SF1662 | Westlin | Major decisions of nonelected local officials definition | 02/20/2025 | 03/25/2025 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF1677 | Klein | Legislators prohibited from lobbying for two years after leaving office provision and civil penalties authorization provision | 02/20/2025 | 02/27/2025 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF1774 | Koran | Disclosure requirement of contributors who contribute less than $200 who live outside the area represented by the candidate | 02/24/2025 | |||
| SF1804 | Putnam | Ranked choice voting authorization provision; Procedures for adoption, implementation, and use of ranked choice voting for local jurisdictions establishment provision; appropriation | 02/24/2025 | |||
| SF1812 | Westlin | Election-related bribery and solicitation prohibitions expansion | 02/24/2025 | 03/25/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | |
| SF1815 | Mann | Ranked choice voting for local offices authorization, establishment of procedures for adoption, implementation, and usage of ranked choice voting for local jurisdictions, and appropriation | 02/24/2025 | |||
| SF1851 | Westlin | Misrepresentation of campaign authority prohibition | 02/24/2025 | 02/25/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | |
| SF1851 | Westlin | Misrepresentation of campaign authority prohibition | 04/01/2025 | 02/25/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | |
| SF1854 | Westlin | Reprisals prohibition for refusing to communicate with public or local officials, political activity prohibited reprisals clarification provision, and civil cause of action provision | 02/24/2025 | 03/04/2025 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | |
| SF1854 | Westlin | Reprisals prohibition for refusing to communicate with public or local officials, political activity prohibited reprisals clarification provision, and civil cause of action provision | 04/01/2025 | 03/04/2025 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | |
| SF1892 | Clark | Ranked choice voting provision | 02/27/2025 | |||
| SF1911 | Boldon | Minnesota Civic Fund program establishment | 02/27/2025 | 03/11/2025 | Laid over | |
| SF1912 | Boldon | Ranked choice voting provision | 02/27/2025 | |||
| SF1915 | Boldon | Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board requirement to study campaign spending limits | 02/27/2025 | 03/04/2025 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF1996 | Marty | Campaign finance provisions modifications | 02/27/2025 | 03/11/2025 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2021 | Westlin | Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board requirement to publish a handbook for lobbying | 02/27/2025 | 03/25/2025 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2023 | Carlson | Help America Vote Act account money transferal | 02/27/2025 | |||
| SF2024 | Carlson | Counties authorization to establish pools of election judges by random selection | 02/27/2025 | |||
| SF2026 | Westlin | Districting principles provision for congressional and legislative districts | 02/27/2025 | |||
| SF2131 | Johnson Stewart | Ranked choice voting jurisdictional authorization for local offices provision, local jurisdictions ranked choice voting adoption, implementation, and usage procedures establishment, and appropriation | 03/03/2025 | |||
| SF2232 | Koran | Various election administration provisions modifications | 03/06/2025 | 03/13/2025 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2236 | Gustafson | Office of Administrative Hearings renaming to the Court of Administrative Hearings provision and remand opportunity provision | 03/24/2025 | 03/27/2025 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2267 | Lucero | Standard establishment for determining the residence of an individual subject to a civil commitment order | 03/06/2025 | |||
| SF2274 | Lucero | Constitutional amendment proposal to allow owners of agricultural land, real property that is both nonhomesteaded and noncommercial, or small business property to vote on property tax questions where the property is located | 03/06/2025 | |||
| SF2275 | Lucero | Designation and election provision of presidential electors | 03/06/2025 | |||
| SF2304 | Rasmusson | Minnesota Elections Integrity Act | 03/10/2025 | |||
| SF2335 | Gustafson | A resolution memorializing Congress to overturn the United States Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. FEC; requesting that Congress clarify that the rights 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 | 03/10/2025 | |||
| SF2384 | Westlin | Election administration provisions modification | 03/10/2025 | 04/08/2025 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2384 | Westlin | Election administration provisions modification | 04/01/2025 | 04/08/2025 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2386 | Marty | Funds appropriation for transition expenses for secretary of state-elect, state auditor-elect, and attorney general-elect | 03/10/2025 | 03/20/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government | |
| SF2412 | 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 | 03/27/2025 | 03/27/2025 | Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2488 | Koran | Accessing voter reports in a timely manner improvement provision | 03/13/2025 | |||
| SF2489 | Koran | Voting systems testing improvements provision | 03/13/2025 | |||
| SF2490 | Koran | Voter history access in a timely manner improvements provision | 03/13/2025 | |||
| SF2491 | Koran | Ballot board activity livestreaming requirement provision, commissioner information technology providing livestreaming services and retention of data requirement provision, and appropriation | 03/13/2025 | |||
| SF2492 | Koran | Statewide voter registration system data classification provision | 03/13/2025 | |||
| SF2493 | Koran | Absentee ballots return on election day requirements provisions modifications and certain voters absentee voting period modifications provision | 03/13/2025 | |||
| SF2549 | Pappas | Constitutional amendment allowing political subdivisions to lower the voting age to 16 for elections | 03/13/2025 | |||
| SF2562 | Westlin | Definition modification of lobbyist and metropolitan government unit | 03/13/2025 | 03/25/2025 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2693 | Koran | Requirements modification for identifying and verifying a candidate's residence on an affidavit of candidacy | 03/20/2025 | |||
| SF2694 | Koran | Certain officials in the cities of the first, second, or third class requirement to file a statement of economic interest with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board | 03/20/2025 | |||
| SF2695 | Koran | Voter verification requirement before mail delivery of an absentee ballot | 03/20/2025 | |||
| SF2696 | Koran | Certain candidates, candidate representatives, and political parties permission to observe the work of absentee ballot boards | 03/20/2025 | |||
| SF2697 | Koran | Certain voting provisions modification | 03/20/2025 | |||
| SF2698 | Koran | Voter who register on election day requirement to cast provisional ballots | 03/20/2025 | |||
| SF2702 | Koran | Date of the state primary modification from August to May | 03/20/2025 | |||
| SF2711 | Bahr | Legislator lobbying activities prohibition provisions modifications | 03/20/2025 | |||
| SF2724 | Champion | Voter registration provisions modification for individuals in jail | 03/20/2025 | |||
| SF2768 | Westlin | Disclosure of virtual currency on the statement of economic interest requirement provision | 03/20/2025 | 03/27/2025 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2846 | Boldon | Notice requirement at a closed polling place until the occurrence of a presidential election or redistricting | 03/20/2025 | 03/27/2025 | Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill | |
| SF2918 | Koran | Certain mailings containing an absentee ballot application or sample ballot send on the behalf of a committee or other private organization requirements provision | 03/24/2025 | |||
| SF3022 | Pappas | Standards requiring access to a multiple unit dwelling by candidate and census workers modification | 03/27/2025 | |||
| SF3069 | Port | Absentee voting provisions modification | 03/27/2025 | |||
| SF3070 | Port | Minnesota Constitution amendment proposal to establish an Independent Redistricting Commission | 03/27/2025 | |||
| SF3096 | Westlin | Omnibus Elections policy and appropriations | 03/27/2025 | 04/10/2025 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance | |
| SF3097 | Carlson | Certain special election timing modification | 03/27/2025 | 04/03/2025 | Recommended to pass | |
| SF3254 | Bahr | A joint resolution applying to Congress to call an Article V constitutional convention to propose an amendment addressing campaign finance reform | 04/03/2025 | |||
| SF3315 | Lieske | Voters who register on election day requirement to cast provisional ballots | 04/07/2025 | |||
| SF3362 | Mathews | Individuals under the age of 18 authorization to vote at a primary election in certain circumstances | 04/09/2025 | |||
| SF3458 | Rasmusson | Political contribution refund program repeal | 04/28/2025 | |||
| SF3459 | Rasmusson | Campaign public subsidy program repeal | 04/28/2025 | |||
| HF72 | Duckworth | Entities or organizations that receive state funding prohibition from making campaign expenditures or otherwise expending money for any political purpose | 03/03/2025 |