Protecting Rights, Expanding Freedoms, and Defending Democracy
- Protecting Reproductive Options (PRO) Act (HF 1)
- Passed in the Senate: 1/28/23
- Signed into law: 1/31/23
- In the news: Codify abortion rights with ‘PRO Act’
- Juneteenth state holiday establishment (SF 13)
- Passed in the Senate: 1/26/23
- Signed into law: 2/3/23
- In the news: Minnesota Legislature approves bill prohibiting discrimination based on ethnic hairstyles
- Restoring the right to vote for individuals with felony convictions who have fulfilled their debt to society (HF 28)
- Passed in the Senate: 2/21/23
- Signed into law: 3/3/23
- In the news: Felons deserve voting rights, Opinion: Minnesota’s vote to re-enfranchise felons is a victory for democracy, Ex felons in Minnesota say right to vote is ‘life changing’.
- Driver’s Licenses for All (HF 4)
- Passed in the Senate: 2/22/23
- Signed into law: 3/7/23
- In the news: When undocumented immigrants can drive, their kids can live in dignity, too
- Updating the “Veterans’ Restorative Justice Act” (HF 45)
- Passed in the Senate: 3/22/23
- Signed into law: 3/29/23
- Strengthening protections for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Faculty (SF 1213)
- Passed in the Senate: 3/22/23
- Signed into law: TBD
- Omnibus State Government and Elections budget bill (SF 1830)
- Passed in the Senate: 4/20/23
- Signed into law: TBD
- Conversion therapy ban (HF 16)
- Passed in the Senate: 4/21/23
- Signed into law: 4/27/23
- “Reproductive Freedom Defense Act” (HF 366)
- Passed in the Senate: 4/21/23
- Signed into law: 4/27/23
- Establishing Minnesota as a “trans refuge” state (HF 146
- Passed in the Senate: 4/21/23
- Signed into law: 4/27/23
- Omnibus State Government policy bill (HF 1826)
- Passed in the Senate: 4/25/23
- Signed into law: TBD
- Omnibus Elections policy bill (SF 1362)
- Passed in the Senate: 4/25/23
- Signed into law: TBD
- Democracy for the People Act (HF 3)
- Passed in the Senate: 4/26/23
- Signed into law: 5/5/23
- Legalizing adult-use cannabis and expunging cannabis convictions (HF 100)
- Passed in the Senate: 4/28/23
- Signed into law: TBD