1.1Senator Westlin moved to amend
H.F. No. 4239 as follows (...):
1.2Page 3, line 23, delete "
$5,000" and insert "
$10,000"
1.3Page 5, line 13, delete "
The street"
1.4Page 5, delete lines 14 to 25
1.5Page 5, after line 34, insert:
1.6 "Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 10A.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 11c. Street address data. (a) Except for real property included on a statement of
1.9economic interest as provided in section 10A.09, subdivision 5 or 5b, the street addresses
1.10contained on reports and statements filed with the board are classified as nonpublic
data,
1.11as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 9, or as private data on individuals, as
defined in
1.12section 13.02, subdivision 12, and in addition to the subject of the data, are accessible
to
1.13the filer of the report or statement containing that data. The board, a county attorney,
or a
1.14county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision may use street
addresses
1.15disclosed on reports and statements to ensure compliance with this chapter.
1.16(b) The street address of a candidate contained on a report filed with the board by
the
1.17candidate's principal campaign committee is accessible to the leader of each major
political
1.18party caucus within the house of representatives and the senate. The street addresses
for
1.19house candidates will only be available to house leaders and the street addresses
for senate
1.20candidates will only be available to senate leaders. As a condition of receiving this
access,
1.21a major political party caucus leader must agree to use the data only for official
business,
1.22to not further distribute or publish the street address for any purpose, and to delete
the data
1.23within 30 days of receipt."
1.24Page 7, line 26, delete "
of an"
1.25Page 7, line 27, delete "
individual"
1.26Page 7, line 29, delete "
of individuals"
1.27Page 10, delete line 17
1.28Page 10, lines 21, 24, and 26, delete "
individual or association" and insert "
principal"
1.29Page 10, line 33, delete "
An individual or association" and insert "
A principal"
1.30Page 11, delete lines 14 to 19 and insert:
2.1"
(e) For signs that are smaller than two feet by three feet, the disclaimer must be
printed
2.2in 12-point font or larger and provided in black text, or in color text that is in
high contrast,
2.3on a white background.
2.4(f) For signs at least two feet by three feet but not larger than four feet by eight
feet, the
2.5disclaimer must be at least one inch tall and printed in black text, or in color text
that is in
2.6high contrast, on a white background.
2.7(g) For signs larger than four feet by eight feet, the disclaimer must be at least
six inches
2.8tall and printed in black text, or in color text that is in high contrast, on a white
background."
2.9Page 11, line 20, delete "
an individual" and insert "
a principal"
2.10Page 11, line 21, delete "
or association"
2.11Page 12, line 6, reinstate the stricken language
2.12Page 12, after line 27, insert:
2.13"
(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), the street address of
real
2.14property at which an individual or the individual's immediate family lives on a permanent
2.15or temporary basis is private data, if the individual certifies for each address that
the
2.16individual would have a reasonable fear for the individual's or individual's immediate
family's
2.17safety if the address were public data."
2.18Reletter the paragraphs in sequence
2.19Page 17, after line 26, insert:
2.20 "Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 10A.27, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.21 Subd. 2.
Political party and dissolving principal campaign committee limit. A
2.22candidate must not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept
2.23contributions from any political party units or dissolving principal campaign committees
2.24in aggregate in excess of ten times the amount that may be contributed to that candidate
as
2.25set forth in subdivision 1. The limitation in this subdivision does not apply to a
contribution
2.26from a dissolving principal campaign committee of a candidate for the legislature
to another
2.27principal campaign committee of the same candidate.
The limitation in this subdivision
2.28does not apply to an in-kind contribution for security services from any political
party units,
2.29which are subject to the limitation for noncampaign disbursements in section 10A.01,
2.30subdivision 26, clause (29)."
2.31Page 18, delete lines 2 and 3 and insert "
from the candidate's personal funds for the
2.32following:"
3.1Page 18, line 6, delete "
and"
3.2Page 18, line 9, delete the period and insert "
; and"
3.3Page 18, delete lines 10 and 11 and insert:
3.4"
(3) security services.
3.5Payments made by a candidate as provided in this paragraph are not reported by the
principal
3.6campaign committee as a campaign expenditure or as a noncampaign disbursement."
3.7Page 18, line 30, after "candidates" insert "
or local candidates"
3.8Page 18, line 32, after "
candidates" insert "
or local candidates"
3.9Page 19, line 10, strike "contact" and insert "
mailing"
3.10Page 21, line 15, delete "
of individuals"
3.11Page 21, line 27, reinstate "
address,"
3.12Page 22, lines 4 and 6, reinstate the stricken language and delete the new language
3.13Page 25, delete line 4
3.14Page 25, delete section 28 and insert:
3.15 "Sec. 30.
REDACTING STREET ADDRESSES; REPORTS AND STATEMENTS
3.16ON BOARD'S WEBSITE.
3.17(a) Within seven calendar days of the effective date of this section, the Campaign
Finance
3.18and Public Disclosure Board must remove from the board's website all reports and statements
3.19that were filed in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 10A.04, 10A.09, 10A.20,
or
3.2010A.202. The board must redact or omit private or nonpublic data from each statement
or
3.21report and repost the report to the board's website. The board must prioritize its
work on
3.22reports and statements filed on or after January 1, 2025, and then reports or statements
filed
3.23on or after January 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2025, in the following order:
3.24(1) reports and statements from candidates;
3.25(2) reports and statements from party units;
3.26(3) reports and statements from political committees, political funds, independent
3.27expenditure funds, and ballot funds; and
3.28(4) all other reports, statements, and filings.
4.1When the board completes its work with statements and reports from a category above,
the
4.2board must post the reports and statements on the board's website. After the board
completes
4.3reposting reports and statements filed on or after January 1, 2025, the board must
work to
4.4repost reports and statements filed on or after January 1, 2022, and before January
1, 2025,
4.5in the same order of priority.
4.6(b) The board must have all reports and statements filed on or after January 1, 2022,
4.7reposted within six months of the effective date of this section. If the board is
unable to
4.8comply with this timeline, the board must report to the chairs and ranking minority
members
4.9of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over campaign finance policy why compliance
4.10was not possible, what issues must be resolved in order for the board to be in compliance,
4.11and when the board anticipates it will be able to comply. The board must have statements
4.12and reports filed before January 1, 2022, reposted by January 1, 2028. "
4.13Page 26, delete line 8
4.14Page 26, after line 11, insert:
4.15 "Sec. 33.
EFFECTIVE DATE.
4.16Unless otherwise specified, this act is effective the day following final enactment."
4.17Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
4.18Amend the title accordingly
4.19The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.