SF 4086

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/05/2026 09:20 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to campaign finance; requiring the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure
Board to conduct a study and administer a pilot project related to use of the
campaign finance reporting software by local candidates; requiring a report.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin LOCAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING STUDY AND PILOT
PROJECT; REPORT.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Feasibility study. new text end

new text begin The Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board
must study the feasibility of permitting candidates for local office to use the board's reporting
software to organize and track contributions, expenditures, and other data necessary to file
reports required by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 211A. The study may assume that a
candidate's obligation to file reports with the appropriate local filing officer will remain
unchanged and that the board will have no jurisdiction over the candidate's activities or
compliance with the reporting requirements.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Pilot project. new text end

new text begin As part of the study required by this section, the board must
conduct a pilot project that permits candidates in at least four local jurisdictions conducting
a general election in 2026 to use the software. The jurisdictions selected must include at
least one county election, one city election, and one school district election, and at least half
of the jurisdictions must be located outside of the seven-county metropolitan area.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Required report. new text end

new text begin The board must submit a report to the chairs and ranking
minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over elections describing
the results of the study, and any associated recommendations, no later than March 15, 2027.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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