1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to campaign finance; expanding a limitation on certain contributions during 
1.3 	a session of the legislature;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 10A.273, 
1.4 	subdivisions 1, 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 10A.273, subdivision 
1.5 	2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 10A.273, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Contributions during legislative session. (a) A candidate for the 
1.9 	legislature or for constitutional office, the candidate's principal campaign committee, or a 
1.10 	political committee, a political fund, or a political party unit established by all or a part of 
1.11 	the party organization within a house of the legislature, must not solicit or accept a 
1.12 	contribution from a registered lobbyist, political committee, political fund, or an association 
1.13 	not registered with the board during a regular session of the legislature.
1.14 	(b) A registered lobbyist, political committee, political fund, or an association not 
1.15 	registered with the board must not make a contribution to a candidate for the legislature or 
1.16 	for constitutional office, the candidate's principal campaign committee, or a political 
1.17 	committee or party unit established by all or a part of the party organization within a house 
1.18 	of the legislature during a regular session of the legislature that the recipient is prohibited 
1.19 	from accepting under paragraph (a).

1.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 10A.273, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.21 		Subd. 3.Definition. For purposes of this section, a "regular session" starts includes:
2.1 	(1) a regular session of the legislature, beginning at 12:00 a.m., on the first day of each 
2.2 	annual session and ends ending at 11:59 p.m. on the last day of each annual session. For 
2.3 	purposes of this section, regular session does not include a special session or the interim 
2.4 	between the two annual sessions of a biennium; and
2.5 	(2) a special session of the legislature, beginning at 12:00 a.m. on the day the special 
2.6 	session is scheduled to convene, and ending at 11:59 p.m. on the day the special session 
2.7 	adjourns sine die.

2.8 	Sec. 3. REPEALER.
 2.9 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 10A.273, subdivision 2, is repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 19-2912 

10A.273 CONTRIBUTIONS AND SOLICITATIONS DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION.Subd. 2.Party unit solicitations. 
A political party unit must not solicit or receive at an event hosted by a candidate for the legislature or by a candidate for constitutional office a contribution from a lobbyist, political committee, political fund, or party unit during a regular session of the legislature.