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Senate panel advances bill to limit inaugural fundraising, extend transition grants to other statewide offices
Summary
The Minnesota Senate Elections Committee voted to recommend passage of Senate File 2386, which would extend transition expense grants to newly elected constitutional officers and treat inaugural and transition expenses as campaign disbursements subject to existing contribution limits.
The Senate Elections Committee on March 20, 2025, voted to recommend passage of Senate File 2386, as amended, sending the bill to the Senate State and Local Government Committee. The bill would extend transition-expense grants to newly elected statewide constitutional officers and require inaugural and transition expenses to fall under existing campaign contribution limits.
Senator Marty, author of the measure, told the committee the bill would “simply help address a couple of things,” including recognizing transition costs for newly elected constitutional officers. He said Minnesota already provides transition funds for governors — “the state puts a whopping $162,000 in for all of their transition expenses” — and the bill would create…
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