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Minnesota senators move to seek public ethics opinion after news reports about Senator Champion
Summary
Senators discussed recent news reports alleging conflicts of interest involving Senator Champion; Champion requested a public advisory opinion under Senate rules and temporarily stepped down as subcommittee chair while the rules committee appointed Senator Pappas to lead the ethics subcommittee.
Senators on the Minnesota Senate floor on April 7 discussed an advisory opinion request and temporary leadership change after weekend news reports raising alleged conflicts of interest involving Senator Champion.
Senator Murphy, who leads the Committee on Rules and Administration, told the chamber that Senator Champion submitted a request under the Senate’s rules 55.2 asking the subcommittee on ethics for an advisory opinion and that he asked the opinion to be public. "These are alleged conflicts of interest," Murphy said, adding that the rules committee acted "to replace Senator Champion, temporary, with Senator Pappas to lead the subcommittee on ethics," so the review could proceed publicly.
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