SF4729 Summary

• Campaign Finance Expansion: Extends campaign finance reporting requirements to local candidates and ballot questions for counties, cities, and school districts; increases principal threshold from $500 to $3,000 and modifies late fee and civil penalty structures.

• Voting Rights Act: Establishes Minnesota Voting Rights Act prohibiting voter suppression and vote dilution based on protected class status, with provisions for presuit notice, court remedies, and cost-sharing for remediation efforts.

• Redistricting & Incarcerated Persons: Requires reallocation of incarcerated persons to their last known address (if in Minnesota) or exclusion from population counts for redistricting purposes, effective 2030.

• Election Administration Updates: Increases election notice timelines from 74 to 84 days, requires .gov domains for election websites by 2026, modifies deep fake election crimes, and expands doxing protections for election officials.

• Voter Registration & Absentee Voting: Updates voter registration application forms to allow physical address descriptions for homeless voters, clarifies student ID documentation, and implements electronic absentee ballot application verification through driver's license/SSN matching.