SF3727 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))
Automatic appointment confirmation when the legislature does not take up a confirmation elimination
AI Generated Summary
Purpose
- Eliminate the automatic appointment confirmation process that occurs when the Legislature does not act on a confirmation.
What the bill does
- Repeals Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 15.066 subdivision 3.
- Removes the rule that a government appointment could be automatically confirmed if the Legislature does not take up the confirmation.
Significant changes to existing law
- The automatic confirmation pathway is removed. After this repeal, there is no provision in the statute granting automatic confirmation by default when the Legislature does not act; any confirmation would require a different, explicit process not provided by this bill.
What this means in practice
- Appointments will no longer be automatically confirmed by inaction. The confirmation decision would need to be addressed through other mechanisms or processes not specified by this repeal alone.
Relevant Terms
- automatic appointment confirmation
- legislature does not take up confirmation
- repeal
- Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 15.066 subdivision 3
- state government
- appointment confirmation process
Bill text versions
- Introduction PDF PDF file
Actions
| Date | Chamber | Where | Type | Name | Committee Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 23, 2026 | Senate | Action | Introduction and first reading | ||
| February 23, 2026 | Senate | Action | Referred to | State and Local Government |
Citations
[
{
"analysis": {
"added": [],
"removed": [
"Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 15.066 subdivision 3"
],
"summary": "This bill repeals Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 15.066, subdivision 3, which governs automatic appointment confirmations when the legislature does not take up a confirmation.",
"modified": []
},
"citation": "Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 15.066",
"subdivision": "subdivision 3"
}
]Progress through the legislative process
In Committee