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MN SF3342
Bill
Status
3/14/2018
Primary Sponsor
Foung Hawj
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AI Summary
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Requests Congress propose a constitutional amendment clarifying that constitutional rights belong to natural persons only, not artificial entities like corporations.
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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.
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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.
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Requires public disclosure of any permissible political contributions and expenditures.
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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