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MN HF2139
Bill
Status
3/6/2017
Primary Sponsor
Raymond Dehn
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AI Summary
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Requests Congress propose a constitutional amendment clarifying that constitutional rights protect only natural persons, not artificial entities like corporations.
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Seeks to establish that spending money to influence elections is not protected speech under the First Amendment.
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Proposes amendment language allowing federal, state, and local governments to regulate, limit, or prohibit contributions and expenditures to ensure equal access to the political process regardless of economic status.
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Requires public disclosure of all permissible campaign contributions and expenditures.
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Directs Minnesota's Secretary of State to transmit the resolution to Congress, the House Speaker, Senate leadership, and Minnesota's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
Elections; a resolution memorializing Congress to 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.
Last Action
Authors added Murphy, E.; Sundin; and Carlson, A.
5/7/2018