Minnesota SF 4082: Prohibition modification on construction of new nuclear-powered electric generating plants

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to elections; modifying information requirements for public information​
1.3 lists; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.091, subdivisions 4, 9.​
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.091, subdivision 4, is amended to read:​
1.6 Subd. 4.Public information lists.(a) The county auditor shall make available for​
1.7 inspection a public information list which must contain the name, address, year date of birth,​
1.8 and voting history of each registered voter in the county. Data on applicants submitted​
1.9 pursuant to section 201.061, subdivision 1b, are not part of the public information list until​
1.10 the voter is registered or has voting history. The list must not include the party choice of​
1.11 any voter who voted in a presidential nomination primary. The telephone number must be​
1.12 included on the list if provided by the voter. The public information list may also include​
1.13 information on voting districts. The county auditor may adopt reasonable rules governing​
1.14 access to the list.​
1.15 (b) No individual inspecting the public information list shall tamper with or alter it in​
1.16 any manner. No individual who inspects the public information list or who acquires a list​
1.17 of registered voters prepared from the public information list may use any information​
1.18 contained in the list for purposes unrelated to elections, political activities, or law​
1.19 enforcement. The secretary of state may provide copies of the public information lists and​
1.20 other information from the statewide registration system for uses related to elections, political​
1.21 activities, or in response to a law enforcement inquiry from a public official concerning a​
1.22 failure to comply with any criminal statute or any state or local tax statute.​
1​Section 1.​
26-07000 as introduced​02/11/26 REVISOR JFK/BH​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 4082​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: KORAN)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​6475​03/04/2026​
Referred to Elections​

2.1 (c) Before inspecting the public information list or obtaining a list of voters or other​
2.2 information from the list, the individual shall provide identification to the public official​
2.3 having custody of the public information list and shall state in writing that any information​
2.4 obtained from the list will not be used for purposes unrelated to elections, political activities,​
2.5 or law enforcement. Requests to examine or obtain information from the public information​
2.6 lists or the statewide registration system must be made and processed in the manner provided​
2.7 in the rules of the secretary of state.​
2.8 (d) Upon receipt of a statement signed by the voter that withholding the voter's name​
2.9 from the public information list is required for the safety of the voter or the voter's family,​
2.10 the secretary of state and county auditor must withhold from the public information list the​
2.11 name of a registered voter.​
2.12 (e) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c) and regardless of the purpose of the​
2.13 publication, a recipient of a public information list must not:​
2.14 (1) publish any of the information from the list on the Internet on any list, database, or​
2.15 other similar searchable format; or​
2.16 (2) sell, loan, provide access to, or otherwise surrender any information obtained from​
2.17 the list to any person or entity, except that an individual who obtains the public information​
2.18 list on behalf of an organization, entity, or political subdivision may distribute the information​
2.19 to the organization's, entity's, or political subdivision's volunteers or employees for purposes​
2.20 related to elections, political activities, or law enforcement in the case where the information​
2.21 is provided in response to a law enforcement inquiry from a public official concerning a​
2.22 failure to comply with any criminal statute or any state or local tax statute. Nothing in this​
2.23 section prohibits the preparation, use, or transfer, for purposes related to elections or political​
2.24 activities, of a database that includes data obtained from the public information list which​
2.25 is aggregated with data obtained from other sources provided that such database is used​
2.26 exclusively for purposes related to elections or political activities and no information from​
2.27 the list is published on the Internet. The prohibitions of this paragraph do not apply if the​
2.28 subject of the information provides express written permission to use the subject's data in​
2.29 a manner otherwise prohibited by this paragraph. For purposes of this paragraph, "publish"​
2.30 means information is made available to the general public.​
2.31 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.​
2​Section 1.​
26-07000 as introduced​02/11/26 REVI