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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota establishes working group to study local candidate campaign finance reporting centralization
Last action · February 17, 2025: Author added VirnigSponsors: Nathan Coulter and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota House File 71 establishes a temporary working group to study whether local candidates for county, municipal, school district, and other political subdivision offices should file their campaign finance reports with the instead of s. The group must submit a written report of its findings and legislative recommendations to the legislature by January 15, 2026. An unspecified sum is appropriated from the general fund to the Legislative Coordinating Commission for 2025 to support the working group.
Local candidates, municipal clerks, county officials, and the state face potential administrative and reporting process changes depending on whether oversight is centralized.
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.
Local candidates
Candidates seeking local office may be required to file their campaign finance reports with the state board instead of local filing officers if recommendations are implemented.
Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board
The board is tasked with participating in the working group and assessing the potential impact of absorbing local candidate campaign finance reports.
Local filing officers
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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
2 actions- Feb 17, 2025HouseAuthor added Virnig
- Feb 10, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Elections Finance and Government Operations
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
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