SF3774 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))
Arts and cultural heritage fund certain appropriated money usage prohibition
Related bill: HF4042
AI Generated Summary
Purpose
- To ensure that money from the arts and cultural heritage fund is not used to support occult or related activities, including practices like divination, necromancy, soothsaying, Satanism, demonology, or pedophilia.
Main Provisions
- Adds a new subdivision (Subdivision 8) to Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 129D.17.
- Subdivision 8 is titled “Prohibited uses” and states that money appropriated from the arts and cultural heritage fund must not be used for any activities related to the occult, divination, necromancy, soothsaying, Satanism, demonology, or pedophilia.
What Changes
- Establishes a clear statutory prohibition on funding certain activities with arts and cultural heritage fund dollars.
- codifies a new limitation within the existing statute to guide how the fund can be spent.
Potential Implications
- Fund recipients and state program administrators must ensure expenditures from the arts and cultural heritage fund do not finance the listed activities.
- Could affect grant criteria, approvals, or oversight to maintain compliance with the new restriction.
Key Terms (from the bill)
- arts and cultural heritage fund
- Prohibited uses
- occult
- divination
- necromancy
- soothsaying
- Satanism
- demonology
- pedophilia
- Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 129D.17
- Subd. 8
Relevant Terms - arts and cultural heritage fund - prohibited uses - occult - divination - necromancy - soothsaying - Satanism - demonology - pedophilia - Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 129D.17 - Subdivision 8 (Subd. 8)
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 | Environment, Climate, and Legacy |
Citations
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]Progress through the legislative process
In Committee