HF 72

1st Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 02/28/2025 08:28am

A bill for an act
relating to campaign expenditures; prohibiting entities or organizations that receive
state funding from making campaign expenditures or otherwise expending money
for any political purpose; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 211B.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [211B.125] PUBLICLY FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS; CAMPAIGN
EXPENDITURES PROHIBITED.
new text end

new text begin An entity or organization, including any nonprofit organization, that receives state
funding must not make a campaign expenditure or otherwise expend money for any political
purpose, unless the entity or organization uses separate accounts for political activities and
for activities funded by state funding. The entity or organization must not supplant its
existing funding with state funding to make campaign expenditures or expend money for
political purposes. Prior to receiving state funding, the entity or organization must attest
that it will comply with this section. As used in this section, "state funding" includes receipt
of public funds through a direct appropriation or a legislatively named, competitive, or other
form of grant.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2025.
new text end