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MinnesotaHF 423994th Legislature, 2025-2026House

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Sponsored By: Mike Freiberg (Democratic)

Became Law

Elections Finance and Government Operations

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Changed spending reports for lobbying groups

Minnesota groups that hire or retain lobbyists must file annual spending reports by March 15 for the previous calendar year. Reports break spending into four types: legislative action, general administrative action, certain energy decisions, and local government action. Energy decisions include rate-setting, power plant and powerline siting, and certificates of need. Each type includes lobbyist pay and benefits, support costs, and good-faith estimates of staff salaries and overhead. Support costs include finance professionals and public relations campaigns; amounts are rounded to the nearest $5,000. Groups no longer separately list public-contact ads costing over $2,000, including each ad's purchase date, vendor, description, and subjects. These reporting changes take effect the day after final enactment.

Lobbying advertisers face new disclosure rules

Covered paid lobbying ads must name the responsible person or group and give a phone number, monitored email, or website. This applies to ads urging public contact to influence state legislative, administrative, or local government action. The responsible person or group must owe a lobbying report covering some part of the year the ad runs. Minnesota's Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board can impose penalties up to $3,000 for missing disclosures. Exceptions cover messages to association members, listed small or impractical items, and election materials already carrying required disclosures. Small or impractical items include bumper stickers, pins, buttons, pens, clothing, and skywriting. Online banner ads can link directly to a page with the required disclosure. Campaign-disclosure exceptions also cover clearly candidate-distributed fundraising tickets, business cards, personal letters, and similar items, plus people or groups without registration or reporting duties. Written disclosures generally need at least 8-point type and black text on white or another high-contrast color combination. Website and social media disclosures must be readable without zooming. Video disclosures must appear visually for at least four seconds at the end; audio disclosures must be spoken clearly. Outdoor signs up to 2 by 3 feet need at least 12-point type, with black or high-contrast text on white. Larger signs need disclosure text occupying at least 5% of the sign's vertical height. The updated campaign-disclosure format rules generally begin July 1, 2026; outdoor-sign rules apply to signs produced after January 1, 2027.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Mike Freiberg

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Westlin

    Affiliation unavailable

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 286 • No: 48

House vote • 5/14/2026

Repassage, as amended by the Senate

Yes: 118 • No: 15

Senate vote • 5/13/2026

Third Reading

Yes: 46 • No: 21

House vote • 4/27/2026

Passage, as amended

Yes: 122 • No: 12

Actions Timeline

  1. Secretary of State Chapter 101

    5/18/2026Senate

  2. Governor's action Approval

    5/18/2026Senate

  3. Presentment date

    5/15/2026Senate

  4. Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate vote: 118-15

    5/14/2026House

  5. Third reading as amended by the Senate

    5/14/2026House

  6. Motion prevailed

    5/14/2026House

  7. Motion to concur with Senate amendments

    5/14/2026House

  8. Returned from Senate with amendment

    5/14/2026House

  9. Third reading Passed as amended vote: 46-21

    5/13/2026Senate

  10. Special Order: Amendeda

    5/13/2026Senate

  11. Taken from table

    5/13/2026Senate

  12. House rule 1.15 (c), message requesting concurrence received

    5/13/2026House

  13. Laid on table

    4/29/2026Senate

  14. Second reading

    4/29/2026Senate

  15. Taken from table

    4/29/2026Senate

  16. Laid on table

    4/28/2026Senate

  17. Introduction and first reading

    4/28/2026Senate

  18. Received from House

    4/28/2026Senate

  19. Bill was passed as amended vote: 122-12

    4/27/2026House

  20. Third reading as amended

    4/27/2026House

  21. Amendeda

    4/27/2026House

  22. House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day 04/27/2026

    4/23/2026House

  23. Second reading

    3/23/2026House

  24. Committee report, to adopt

    3/23/2026House

  25. Introduction and first reading, referred to Elections Finance and Government Operations

    3/12/2026House

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