Legislative Session 2025

Updated December 16, 2024

Recap from Past Sessions

Legislative Session 2024: Legislative Review (recorded May 24, 2024), Election Policy Changes including what was introduced but not enacted
Legislative Session 2023: Review the significant election law changes passed in 2023

Priorities

Overview

The LWVMN board of directors has set these priorities for the 2025 MN Legislative Session based on prior legislative session results, input from community partners, their relevance to LWV’s mission, their political feasibility and urgency, and staff capacity. Our overall strategy is to:

Ally with partners who are leading on legislation in all other priority areas.
Engage our members through involvement in our priorities, and assisting in facilitation of their individual interests that align with our LWVMN positions.
Continue to use a lens of racial justice in all our legislative work, and to especially acknowledge the intersectionality of racial justice with other issues.
Engage a Capitol Pathways Intern from the Citizens’ League to assist with Observer & Lobby Corps.

2025 Legislative Priorities

Elections Administration - improvements to election administration that benefit voters and election officials based on lessons learned from recent elections and oppose any changes that do not balance voter access and election security.
Redistricting Reform - prioritize congressional and legislative redistricting reform to establish redistricting processes at the state and local level which are driven by citizens through citizen commissions; include prioritized principles that place minority representation and communities of interest above geographic and political considerations; and establish transparency through public input and review.
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) - promote the adoption of a ballot issue in 2026 to add the ERA into the Minnesota State Constitution that is consistent with the positions of LWV.
Climate Change - continue to support the Minnesota Environmental Partnership in working toward solutions to climate change with our volunteer-led Climate Change Task Force by addressing zero waste solutions, protecting natural resources and promoting government accountability.

Other 2025 Statewide Priorities

LWVMN will also engage in education and support of the following issues, as time, resources and member engagement allow, ensuring that they are consistent with the positions of LWV and LWVMN.

Ranked Choice Voting - continue to support Ranked Choice Voting as an option for local governments, and become further educated about its feasibility for statewide elections.
Money in Politics - support campaign finance enforcement and policies that enhance political equality for all citizens, ensures transparency, protects representative democracy from distortion by big money, and combats corruption and undue influence in government.
End of Life Options - support laws ensuring end of life options.
Budget - observe and advocate for budget appropriations that align with the League’s positions.

Deeper Dive

Learn more about these policies through our trusted partners:

MEP - coming soon Minnesota Environmental Partnership Collaborative Priorities 2025!

Partners

LWVMN is proud to partner with many organizations and coalitions that share our pro-voter mission and pro-democracy values. For the 2025 legislative session, these include:

Citizens’ League
Clean Elections Minnesota
Common Cause Minnesota
Compassion & Choices
ERA Minnesota
FairVote Minnesota
Gender Justice (for Minnesotans for Equal Rights efforts)
Minnesota Alliance for Democracy
Minnesota Census and Democracy Partnership
Minnesota Environmental Partnership
Minnesota Voice
LWV Upper Mississippi River Region (UMRR)
Office of the MN Secretary of State (OSS)
We Choose Us MN

Positions

Members of LWVMN are able to advocate on issues which have been studied, and voted upon by its members. A full review of LWV positions at the US and State level can be found in our Program for Action. A review of past LWV studies can be found here.

Observer Corps / Lobby Corps

LWV members get involved in the legislative process through our Observer & Lobby Corps (OCLC). This process educates members about how to effectively advocate for issues, and acts to inspire and coordinate member action with legislators to achieve our desired policy outcomes.