1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to ethics in government; prohibiting certain contributions made to attend 
1.3 	an event or gain access during the legislative session;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2022, section 10A.273, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.273, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Contributions during legislative session. (a) A candidate for the 
1.8 	legislature or for constitutional office, the candidate's principal campaign committee, or a 
1.9 	political committee or party unit established by all or a part of the party organization within 
1.10 	a house of the legislature, must not solicit or accept a contribution from a registered lobbyist, 
1.11 	political committee, political fund, or an association not registered with the board during a 
1.12 	regular session of the legislature.
1.13 	(b) A registered lobbyist, political committee, political fund, or an association not 
1.14 	registered with the board must not make a contribution to a candidate for the legislature or 
1.15 	for constitutional office, the candidate's principal campaign committee, or a political 
1.16 	committee or party unit established by all or a part of the party organization within a house 
1.17 	of the legislature during a regular session of the legislature.
1.18 	(c) Regardless of when made, a contribution made by a lobbyist, political committee, 
1.19 	or political fund in order to attend an event that occurs during a regular session of the 
1.20 	legislature and that is held by the principal campaign committee of a candidate for the 
1.21 	legislature or constitutional office, or by a political party organization within a body of the 
1.22 	legislature, is a violation of this section.
2.1 	(d) Regardless of when made, a contribution from a lobbyist, political committee, or 
2.2 	political fund for membership or access to a facility operated during the regular session of 
2.3 	the legislature by the principal campaign committee of a candidate for the legislature or 
2.4 	constitutional office, or by a political party organization within a body of the legislature, is 
2.5 	a violation of this section.

2.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.