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Minnesota · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SF 1557: Constitutional amendment proposal to allow school districts to lower the voting age to 16 for school elections

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SF 1557 is a bill introduced in the Minnesota Senate on February 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Constitutional amendment proposal to allow school districts to lower the voting age to 16 for school elections. Primary sponsor: Steve Cwodzinski (Democratic-Farmer-Labor). Most recent recorded action (February 17, 2026): Author stricken Mitchell.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic-Farmer-Labor 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Steve CwodzinskiPrimary sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborSenate49

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Author stricken Mitchell
  2. Author added Mitchell
  3. Referred to Elections
  4. Introduction and first reading

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source