Send An Email to Your State Legislator
How To Address Your Legislator
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You want to contact your state legislator, great! But where do you start? When contacting your state legislator it is important that you have a clear message regarding the issue you want them to address. Use our email guidelines as a launching point for your next correspondence.
The Lawmaking Process
How A Bill Becomes Law
​The first step of the lawmaking process is to transform an idea into a specific proposal for a law. The proposal may be for a new law, for changing current law or for repealing a law. The proposal may originate from a variety of sources: individuals, public interest groups, state agencies or businesses. For an idea to become law, though, it must be introduced as a bill by a member of the Legislature.
From Idea to Law:
A Young Person's Guide to the Legislative Process
Everyone in Minnesota, no matter their age, is affected by the laws passed by our Legislature. This booklet is about the legislative process; in other words, how laws are made.
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Like the rest of the United States, Minnesota is governed according to the legislative process resulting in rules or laws that guide the actions of the people.