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Senate ethics subcommittee finds no financial conflict for Sen. Champion on 2025 bill, recommends disclosure going forward
Summary
The Minnesota Senate Subcommittee on Ethics voted April 24 to find no financial conflict under Minnesota Statutes section 10A.07 for Sen. Champion’s authorship of Senate File 2978 (2025), recommended future disclosure when he is chief author, and made no finding on a 2023 bill.
The Minnesota Senate Subcommittee on Ethics on April 24 voted to find that Senator Champion has no financial conflict of interest under Minnesota Statutes section 10A.07 and Senate Rule 56.4 in connection with his authorship of Senate File 2978 (2025), but the panel recommended that he disclose any appearance of a potential conflict in future committee proceedings. The subcommittee made no finding on Senate File 2970 (2023) and directed senate counsel to draft a public advisory opinion for the panel to review at its May 5 meeting.
The advisory request stemmed from media coverage and an ethics complaint related to Senator Champion’s prior legal work and his authorship of the two bills. Senator Champion told the panel he performed the legal work pro…
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