1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to campaign finance; expanding a limitation on certain contributions during 
1.3 	a regular session of the legislature;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 
1.4 	10A.273, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 10A.273, 
1.5 	subdivision 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. REPEALER.
 1.21 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 10A.273, subdivision 2, is repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 19-2911 

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.