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House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, April 17 2024 - Archive Video
01:51 - HF4411 (Freiberg) Elections supplemental budget bill.
Runs 45 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee - part 1
Wednesday, March 20 2024 - Archive Video
00:37 - HF4068 (Kraft) Voter registration application and reporting requirements amended for school districts.
08:59 - HF4679 (Coulter) Certain activities exempted from definition of lobbyist, and Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board required to conduct study.
23:05 - HF4243 (Freiberg) Local election provisions modified, and absentee voting provisions modified.
39:41 - HF4772 (Freiberg) Elections policy bill.
The committee recessed.
Runs 48 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee - part 2
Wednesday, March 20 2024 - Archive Video
00:05 - HF4772 (Freiberg) Elections policy bill.
Runs 1 hour, 23 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee - part 1
Wednesday, March 13 2024 - Archive Video
00:27 - HF3276 (Frazier) Ranked choice voting provided; jurisdictions authorized to adopt ranked choice voting for local offices; adoption, implementation, and use procedures established; and use of electronic voting systems with reallocation feature allowed.
36:37 - HF4728 (Bahner) Commissioner of Revenue required to establish online system to claim the political contribution refund, political contribution refund program amended to allow electronic transfer, and money appropriated.
1:00:05 - HF4287 (Virnig) Requirements to fill a vacancy in the office of school board member modified.
The committee recessed.
Runs 1 hour, 20 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee - part 2
Wednesday, March 13 2024 - Archive Video
00:21 - HF4598 (Long) Independent Redistricting Commission established, Applicant Review Panel established, principles to be used in adopting legislative and congressional districts established, legislative members lobbying activity prohibited, and constitutional amendment proposed.
1:09:52 - HF4593 (Klevorn) Advisory citizens' redistricting commission established, redistricting principles and redistricting requirements established, constitutional amendment to establish an independent citizen's redistricting commission proposed, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 41 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 6 2024 - Archive Video
00:53 - HF4043 (Agbaje) Allocation of incarcerated persons based on their last known address in Minnesota required, Department of Corrections required to collect last residential address of an inmate before incarceration.
15:15 - HF3527 (Greenman) Minnesota Voting Rights Act established, legislative findings made, actions that result in voter suppression or vote dilution made by political subdivisions or officials/entities with responsibilities relating to election administration prohibited, civil cause of action established for violations, notice prior to a claim required, and remedies established.
1:18:46 - HF4411 (Greenman) Money transferred to voting operations, technology, and election resources account.
Runs 1 hour, 28 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 21 2024 - Archive Video
00:11 - HF3632 (Huot) Sheriff or county attorney vacancy filling by special election authorized.
11:57 - HF3645 (Coulter) Local candidate financial report requirements amended; Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board required to oversee campaign finance reporting requirements for political committees, political funds, and party units engaged in campaign activity; definition of committee amended for purposes of chapter 211A; and technical and conforming changes made.
27:13 - HF3557 (Freiberg) Election administration provisions modified, voter registration requirements modified, voting instruction and sample ballot requirements amended, tabulation process and equipment requirements amended, notification timeline provided to counties amended, and vacancy in nomination process amended.
1:04:54 - HF3625 (Stephenson) Deep fake election crime modified, and convicted person disqualified from holding elected office.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 14 2024 - Archive Video
01:25 - HF3447 (Pursell) Postsecondary institutions allowed to request a temporary polling place on the institution's campus.
38:12 - HF3435 (Virnig) Census activity applicability clarified.
43:29 - HF1064 (Hollins) Citizens United; a resolution memorializing Congress to overturn the United States Supreme Court decision Citizens United vs FEC; requesting that Congress clarify that the rights protected under the Constitution are the rights of natural persons and not the rights of artificial entities and that spending money to influence elections is not speech under the First Amendment; asking that Congress propose a constitutional amendment to provide such clarification.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.
Conference Committee on HF1370
Monday, May 15 2023 - Archive Video
HF1370 (Stephenson/Maye Quade) Cause of action for nonconsensual dissemination of deep fake sexual images established, crime of using deep fake technology to influence an election established, and crime for nonconsensual dissemination of deep fake sexual images established.
00:09 -- Adoption of the conference committee report.
Runs 6 minutes.
Conference Committee on HF1370
Thursday, May 11 2023 - Archive Video
HF1370 (Stephenson/Maye Quade) Cause of action for nonconsensual dissemination of deep fake sexual images established, crime of using deep fake technology to influence an election established, and crime for nonconsensual dissemination of deep fake sexual images established.
00:38 -- Discussion and adoption of the A23 Amendment.
Runs 7 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, May 2 2023 - Archive Video
00:31 - Confirmation hearings to the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board.
00:44 -- Carol Flynn.
20:09 -- Faris Rashid.
39:37 - Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board campaign issues.
Runs 1 hour, 3 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Friday, March 31 2023 - Archive Video
01:12 - HF1723 (Freiberg) Elections finance and policy bill (as amended by the DE amendment).
-- Mark-up of HF1723.
-- Vote on HF1723.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 29 2023 - Archive Video
01:40 - HF1723 (Freiberg) Elections finance and policy bill (as amended by the DE amendment).
14:50 - Office of the Secretary of State budget presentation.
25:26 - Continued consideration of HF1723 (Freiberg) Elections finance and policy bill (as amended by the DE amendment).
Runs 1 hour, 27 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 22 2023 - Archive Video
01:44 - HF1141 (Freiberg) Elections; technical and clarifying changes made.
02:51 - HF1942 (Coulter) Transmission of ballots under certain circumstances; miscellaneous voting provisions.
28:04 - HF1489 (Coulter) Maximum refund permitted by Political Contribution Refund Program increased.
54:51 - HF2793 (Coulter) Small donor political committees and funds regulated, small donor state match program established, candidate expenditures exempted from aggregate expenditure limits, Campaign Public subsidy Program repealed, and money transferred.
Runs 1 hour, 27 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Friday, March 17 2023 - Archive Video
00:22 - HF2765 (Coulter) Voting Operations, Technology, and Election Resources Funds.
39:34 - HF2486 (Frazier) Ranked choice voting in elections for federal and state offices provided; Statewide Ranked Choice Voting Implementation Task Force established; jurisdictions authorized to adopt ranked choice voting for local offices; procedures for adoption, implementation, and use of ranked choice voting for local jurisdictions established; local jurisdictions allowed to use electronic toing systems with reallocation feature; and money appropriated.
2:06:05 - The committee recessed.
2:12:52 - HF2802 (Frederick) Definition of major political party modified.
Runs 3 hours, 10 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 15 2023 - Archive Video
00:56 - HF2746 (Hicks) Grant funding provided to improve access to polling places, and money appropriated.
11:33 - HF2337 (Greenman) Electioneering communications regulated, statements of electioneering communications required to be submitted to Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, and relevant definitions adopted.
32:09 - HF1776 (Coulter) Lobbying provisions expanded to include all political subdivisions, and money appropriated.
1:04:47 - HF2394 (Freiberg) Campaign finance; economic interest statement provisions modified.
Runs 1 hour, 18 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 8 2023 - Archive Video
00:38 - HF558 (Frederick) Elections; early voting provided, and money appropriated.
36:15 - HF1140 (Freiberg) Technical and policy changes made to elections administration provisions.
57:07 - HF2392 (Freiberg) Campaign finance provisions modified, and civil penalties provided.
1:16:58 - HF2393 (Freiberg) Lobbyist registration and reporting modified, and definitions created.
Runs 1 hour, 22 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 1 2023 - Archive Video
00:29 - HF535 (Frazier) School board authorized to renew expiring referendum.
23:50 - HF789 (Becker-Finn) Elections; candidate permitted to request the candidate's residential address be classified as private data when the candidate has reasonable fear as to the safety of the candidate or the candidate's family.
38:55 - HF1723 (Freiberg) Secretary of State funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 6 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 28 2023 - Archive Video
00:53 - HF635 (Greenman) Election official intimidation prohibited, interference with performance of duty of election administration by election official prohibited, tampering with or unauthorized access to types of election systems and equipment prohibited, penalties provided, and money appropriated.
47:34 - HF495 (Pursell) Postsecondary student voter registration provisions modified.
1:15:14 - HF811 (Brand) Multiple unit residential facilities required to permit candidates and volunteers to access facility for purpose of traveling door-to-door to speak with individual residents.
Runs 1 hour, 22 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 15 2023 - Archive Video
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00:32 - HF559 (Frederick) Trainee election judges permitted to serve until reaching the age of 18.
06:51 - HF1370 (Stephenson) Cause of action for nonconsensual dissemination of deep fake sexual images established, crime of using deep fake technology to influence an election established, and crime for nonconsensual dissemination of deep fake sexual images established.
27:50 - Further testimony on HF559 (Frederick) Trainee election judges permitted to serve until reaching the age of 18.
30:00 - HF1186 (Nash) Requirements provided related to mailings containing an absentee ballot application or sample ballot sent by or on behalf of a committee or other private organization.
45:33 - HF1141 (Freiberg) Elections; technical and clarifying changes made.
Runs 49 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 8 2023 - Archive Video
00:47 - HF3 (Greenman) Voter registration provisions modified; absentee voting provisions modified; voting instructions, sample ballots, and election judges required to be multilingual; voter intimidation, deceptive practices, and interference with registration and voting regulated; campaign finance provisions modified; Democracy Dollar coupon program established; political contribution refund program repealed; definition of express advocacy expanded; penalties provided; reports required.
Runs 1 hour, 35 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 1 2023 - Archive Video
00:30 - HF204 (Bahner) Voter electronic signatures allowed for purposes of electronic rosters.
19:59 - HF799 (Agbaje) Persons allowed to be absent from work to vote in person before election day.
47:17 - HF642 (Freiberg) Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote enacted.
Runs 1 hour, 41 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, January 25 2023 - Archive Video
00:30 - HF496 (Klevorn) Types of contributions that grant registered lobbyists or other individuals special access to a meeting room, hospitality area, or other event space where public officials are likely to gather and the primary purpose of granting that special access is to facilitate informal meetings or socialization with public officials limited.
13:31 - HF477 (Wolgamott) Voters allowed to join permanent absentee voter list, and absentee ballots required to automatically be sent before election to voters on permanent absentee voter list.
1:03:42 - HF95 (Frederick) State Canvassing Board required to declare candidates duly elected who received highest number of votes for each federal and state office.
Runs 1 hour, 18 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, January 18 2023 - Archive Video
01:23 - HF117 (Stephenson) Political activities by foreign-influenced corporations prohibited, certification of compliance required, and candidates prohibited from accepting contributions.
37:13 - HF451 (Stephenson) Ordering of candidates for partisan offices on state general election ballot requirements modified.
46:11 - HF205 (Bahner) Prohibitions clarified on soliciting at or near a polling place.
Runs 1 hour, 23 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, January 11 2023 - Archive Video
00:31 - HF110 (Kraft) Individuals at least 16 years of age permitted to preregister to vote.
42:13 - HF28 (Frazier) Right to vote restored to individuals convicted of a felony upon completion of any term of incarceration imposed and executed by a court for the offense.
Runs 1 hour, 33 minutes.
House Elections Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, January 4 2023 - Archive Video
01:04 - Introductions.
07:51 - Jeff Sigurdson, Campaign Finance Board.
48:44 - Elections overview.
-David Maeda, Director of Elections, Deputy Secretary of State.
-Paul Linnell, Deputy Director of Elections.
Runs 1 hour, 22 minutes.