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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota bill proposes constitutional amendment to base senate districts on counties and expand senate size to 87 members
Last action · February 13, 2025: Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and PolicySponsors: Mike Wiener and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Composition of apportionment of legislative districts changed, conforming statutory changes made, and constitutional amendment proposed.
Changes how state senators are distributed and elected across Minnesota, shifting senate representation to guarantee each county its own senate district regardless of population differences.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Minnesota voters
state senators
counties
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy
Version history
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Shift from Population to County-Based Senate Representation
The bill proposes moving away from population-equalized senate districts to a model where each county comprises a senate district and representation is apportioned equally by county.
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www.revisor.mn.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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