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Unveiling Our 2025 Legislative Strategy

Written by Rebecca Delahunt, Minnesota Family Council's Director of Public Policy

 

At this point, there are many questions on how the legislature will proceed next week.

 

Given the nature of the split government, we expect to see much of the legislative focus to be on the creation of the state budget. Budget negotiations will likely be the focal point of the session.

Regardless of session dynamics, Minnesota Family Council will remain focused on advancing good family policy and watchful to expose and thwart policy which negatively impacts families.

 

Some policies we expect are the following:

 

Supporting

Age Verification of Users of Commercial Pornography Websites

  • Commercial pornography companies’ websites should be accessed by adults only, but most states in the union do not require the companies to check users’ age before granting access.
  • A bipartisan movement is sweeping the nation to require that these companies verify potential users as adults before granting access to the sites.
  • Minnesota Family Council is working to ensure that these companies are required by law to ensure that children do not gain access to their sites.