2016 Minnesota Amendment 1 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment to Section 9 Article IX of the Minnesota Constitution to establish an independent council to set salaries for members of the Minnesota Legislature.It was approved by 76.33% of all voters, and 80.86% of voters who voted on this amendment voted 'yes'.

The amendment called for a compensation council of sixteen to decide the pay for legislators, with one half of members appointed by the governor of Minnesota and one half appointed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, with no party composing more than 50% of seats. No members of the council may be current or former legislators, or current or former lobbyists. The council meets every odd-numbered year.

The amendment was introduced on May 6, 2013, and passed on May 19, 2013.

The question on the ballot read "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to remove legislators' ability to set their own salaries, and instead establish an independent, citizens-only council to prescribe salaries for legislators?"[1]

Results

Choice Votes %
check Yes 2,265,835 76.33
X mark No 536,272 18.07
Blank votes 166,174 5.60
Total 2,968,281 100.00
Eligible voters/turnout[2] 3,972,330 74.72
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Minnesota Session Laws - 2013 Regular Session CHAPTER 124--H.F.No. 1823". Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved June 18, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Minnesota Election Statistics, 1950–2016" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Results for Constitutional Amendments". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Minnesota_Amendment_1