1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to ethics in government; limiting certain types of contributions that grant 
1.3 	registered lobbyists or other individuals special access to a meeting room, 
1.4 	hospitality area, or other event space where public officials are likely to gather 
1.5 	and the primary purpose of granting that special access is to facilitate informal 
1.6 	meetings or socialization with public officials;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, 
1.7 	section 10A.273, subdivision 1.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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

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