HF 3591

02/11/26   REVISOR  JFK/BH  26-07000
This Document can be made available
in alternative formats upon request  State of Minnesota
  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
  H. F. No.  3591
02/23/2026     Authored by Davis, Quam, Gordon, Altendorf and Roach
  The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to elections; modifying information requirements for public information
1.3lists; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.091, subdivisions 4, 9.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.091, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.6Subd. 4. Public information lists. (a) The county auditor shall make available for
1.7inspection a public information list which must contain the name, address, year date of birth,
1.8and voting history of each registered voter in the county. Data on applicants submitted
1.9pursuant to section 201.061, subdivision 1b, are not part of the public information list until
1.10the voter is registered or has voting history. The list must not include the party choice of
1.11any voter who voted in a presidential nomination primary. The telephone number must be
1.12included on the list if provided by the voter. The public information list may also include
1.13information on voting districts. The county auditor may adopt reasonable rules governing
1.14access to the list.
1.15(b) No individual inspecting the public information list shall tamper with or alter it in
1.16any manner. No individual who inspects the public information list or who acquires a list
1.17of registered voters prepared from the public information list may use any information
1.18contained in the list for purposes unrelated to elections, political activities, or law
1.19enforcement. The secretary of state may provide copies of the public information lists and
1.20other information from the statewide registration system for uses related to elections, political
1.21activities, or in response to a law enforcement inquiry from a public official concerning a
1.22failure to comply with any criminal statute or any state or local tax statute.
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2.1      (c) Before inspecting the public information list or obtaining a list of voters or other
2.2  information from the list, the individual shall provide identification to the public official
2.3  having custody of the public information list and shall state in writing that any information
2.4  obtained from the list will not be used for purposes unrelated to elections, political activities,
2.5  or law enforcement. Requests to examine or obtain information from the public information
2.6  lists or the statewide registration system must be made and processed in the manner provided
2.7  in the rules of the secretary of state.
2.8      (d) Upon receipt of a statement signed by the voter that withholding the voter's name
2.9  from the public information list is required for the safety of the voter or the voter's family,
2.10 the secretary of state and county auditor must withhold from the public information list the
2.11 name of a registered voter.
2.12     (e) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c) and regardless of the purpose of the
2.13 publication, a recipient of a public information list must not:
2.14     (1) publish any of the information from the list on the Internet on any list, database, or
2.15 other similar searchable format; or
2.16     (2) sell, loan, provide access to, or otherwise surrender any information obtained from
2.17 the list to any person or entity, except that an individual who obtains the public information
2.18 list on behalf of an organization, entity, or political subdivision may distribute the information
2.19 to the organization's, entity's, or political subdivision's volunteers or employees for purposes
2.20 related to elections, political activities, or law enforcement in the case where the information
2.21 is provided in response to a law enforcement inquiry from a public official concerning a
2.22 failure to comply with any criminal statute or any state or local tax statute. Nothing in this
2.23 section prohibits the preparation, use, or transfer, for purposes related to elections or political
2.24 activities, of a database that includes data obtained from the public information list which
2.25 is aggregated with data obtained from other sources provided that such database is used
2.26 exclusively for purposes related to elections or political activities and no information from
2.27 the list is published on the Internet. The prohibitions of this paragraph do not apply if the
2.28 subject of the information provides express written permission to use the subject's data in
2.29 a manner otherwise prohibited by this paragraph. For purposes of this paragraph, "publish"
2.30 means information is made available to the general public.
2.31     EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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3.1   Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.091, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
3.2     Subd. 9. Restricted data. A list provided for public inspection or purchase, or in response
3.3 to a law enforcement inquiry, must not include a voter's date of birth or any part of a voter's
3.4 Social Security number, driver's license number, identification card number, military
3.5 identification card number, or passport number.
3.6     EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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