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MN SF3342

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/14/2018

Primary Sponsor

Foung Hawj

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Origin

Senate

90th Legislature 2017-2018

AI Summary

  • Requests Congress propose a constitutional amendment clarifying that constitutional rights belong to natural persons only, not artificial entities like corporations.

  • Proposes amendment language stating that any organization or association established under law shall have no separate constitutional rights apart from its members and remains subject to regulation by federal, state, or local government.

  • Authorizes federal, state, and local governments to regulate, limit, or prohibit political contributions and expenditures to ensure all citizens have equal access to the political process regardless of economic status.

  • Requires public disclosure of any permissible political contributions and expenditures.

  • Directs Minnesota's Secretary of State to transmit copies of the resolution to Congress leadership, the U.S. Secretary of State, and Minnesota's congressional delegation.

Legislative Description

Resolution 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 a clarification

Last Action

Author added Laine

4/16/2018

Committee Referrals

State Government Finance and Policy and Elections3/14/2018

Full Bill Text

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