HF4273 Summary

• Prohibits state agencies, departments, and branches of state government from removing or banning the display of rainbow banners, flags, posters, or visual displays on state-owned property.

• Requires the State Capitol building's standards and policies for space maintenance and appearance to comply with the rainbow display prohibition.

• Extends the prohibition to charter schools, which must comply with municipal rainbow display requirements under the same restrictions.

• Applies the ban prohibition to public postsecondary institutions including the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, the University of Minnesota, and private eligible institutions.

• Prohibits municipalities, including towns, cities, counties, and school districts, from removing or banning rainbow displays on municipal property, with exceptions for public spaces where general content-neutral display policies already prohibit all banners and flags.