Minnesota SF 656: State road construction appropriation modification

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to state government; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota​
1.3 Constitution by making technical changes to certain terms in Article I to be​
1.4 consistent with language in Minnesota Statutes.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.​
1.7 An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the amendment​
1.8 is adopted, article I, section 2, will read:​
1.9 Sec. 2. No member of this state shall be disfranchised or deprived of any of the rights​
1.10 or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment​
1.11 of his the member's peers. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the​
1.12 state otherwise than as punishment for a crime of which the party has been convicted.​
1.13 article I, section 6, will read:​
1.14 Sec. 6. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and​
1.15 public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district wherein the crime shall have been​
1.16 committed, which county or district shall have been previously ascertained by law. In all​
1.17 prosecutions of crimes defined by law as felonies, the accused has the right to a jury of 12​
1.18 members. In all other criminal prosecutions, the legislature may provide for the number of​
1.19 jurors, provided that a jury have at least six members. The accused shall enjoy the right to​
1.20 be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the witnesses​
1.21 against him the accused, to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor​
1.22 of the accused and to have the assistance of counsel in his the accused's defense.​
1​Section 1.​
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SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 656​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: PAPPAS, Housley, Coleman, Lang and Cwodzinski)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​184​01/27/2025​
Referred to State and Local Government​
Withdrawn and re-referred to Judiciary and Public Safety​1030​03/24/2025​

2.1 article I, section 7, will read:​
2.2 Sec. 7. No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of​
2.3 law, and no person shall be put twice in jeopardy of punishment for the same offense, nor​
2.4 be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself oneself, nor be deprived​
2.5 of life, liberty or property without due process of law. All persons before conviction shall​
2.6 be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses when the proof is evident or​
2.7 the presumption great. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended​
2.8 unless the public safety requires it in case of rebellion or invasion.​
2.9 article I, section 8, will read:​
2.10 Sec. 8. Every person is entitled to a certain remedy in the laws for all injuries or wrongs​
2.11 which he the person may receive to his their person, property or character, and to obtain​
2.12 justice freely and without purchase, completely and without denial, promptly and without​
2.13 delay, conformable to the laws.​
2.14 article I, section 16, will read:​
2.15 Sec. 16. The enumeration of rights in this constitution shall not deny or impair others​
2.16 retained by and inherent in the people. The right of every man person to worship God​
2.17 according to the dictates of his the person's own conscience shall never be infringed; nor​
2.18 shall any man person be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to​
2.19 maintain any religious or ecclesiastical ministry, against his the person's consent; nor shall​
2.20 any control of or interference with the rights of conscience be permitted, or any preference​
2.21 be given by law to any religious establishment or mode of worship; but the liberty of​
2.22 conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or​
2.23 justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state, nor shall any money be​
2.24 drawn from the treasury for the benefit of any religious societies or religious or theological​
2.25 seminaries.​
2.26 article I, section 17, will read:​
2.27 Sec. 17. No religious test or amount of property shall be required as a qualification for​
2.28 any office of public trust in the state. No religious test or amount of property shall be required​
2.29 as a qualification of any voter at any election in this state; nor shall any person be rendered​
2.30 incompetent to give evidence in any court of law or equity in consequence of his the person's​
2.31 opinion upon the subject of religion.​
2.32 article IV, section 5, will read:​
2​Section 1.​
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3.1 Sec. 5. No senator or representative shall hold any other office under the authority of​
3.2 the United States or the state of Minnesota, except that of postmaster or of not