Purpose

• The bill aims to change how laws and government property in Minnesota are named. It forbids naming laws after living people and extends the prohibition to naming councils, buildings, roads, and other facilities or entities after living people. The change would modify Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 10.49.

Main Provisions

• Amends Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 10.49 to introduce a new rule under the heading “NAMING.”
• Prohibition: Laws enacted on or after a specified date (July 1, 2025, per the bill text) must not be named for living people.
• Prohibition also covers naming of councils, buildings, roads, or other facilities or entities after living people.
• The provision applies to future laws; it does not indicate retroactive changes to laws already named after living people.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

• Adds a broad ban on naming laws after living people.
• Extends the naming ban beyond laws themselves to include government-related properties and entities (councils, buildings, roads, and other facilities or entities).
• Changes would apply to laws enacted after the specified date, shifting naming practices for future legislation and associated government assets.

Scope and Effective Date

• Applies to laws enacted on or after July 1, 2025 (as stated in the bill text).

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Relevant Terms

• living people
• named for living people
• NAMING
• Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 10.49
• laws enacted after July 1, 2025
• councils
• buildings
• roads
• other facilities
• entities
• naming (as a concept, and in the statutory heading)