A bill that would make several changes to campaign finance laws is headed to Gov. Mark Dayton’s desk.
The House passed HF3837/SF3306*, sponsored by Rep. Tim O'Driscoll (R-Sartell) and Sen. Mary Kiffmeyer (R-Big Lake), on a 123-0 vote Wednesday. The Senate passed it 57-10 last week.
Rep. Michael Nelson (DFL-Brooklyn Park), who co-sponsors the bill, said it will “help keep elections clean in Minnesota.”
Nelson told the House Government Operations and Elections Policy Committee in March that the bill would codify administrative rules the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board has made and put them into state law so the board doesn’t have to “constantly answer the same questions.”
Jeff Sigurdson, the board’s executive director, outlined the major sections of the bill to the committee, saying many of the provisions are the board’s recommendations. Among the things the bill would do are:
Nelson did offer two amendments to the bill; one was not adopted, the other was ruled out of order.