Senate Ethics Subcommittee finds Bobby Joe Champion didn't violate conflict of interest rules

Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion clears major hurdle in ethics dispute

ST. PAUL — Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion cleared a major hurdle in a potential conflict of interest dispute on Thursday, April 24, the second of three hearings he is set to undergo in the coming weeks. The Senate Subcommittee on Ethics voted 4-0 that Champion did not have a financial conflict of interest when he introduced a bill in March to provide $1 million in state grants to 21 Days of Peace, a violence prevention program hea…

Senate Ethics Subcommittee finds Bobby Joe Champion didn't violate conflict of interest rules

Republicans filed a complaint against the DFL senator earlier this month, saying his legal work for the founder of 21 Days of Peace created a conflict of interest when he pushed for public funding of the group.

State Legislature grapples with ethical concerns

Conflict of interest complaints against senators are shedding light on the lack of codes of ethics in the state legislature, law professors and government transparency advocates say.  A complaint against Sen. Bobby Joe Champion’s (DFL-Minneapolis) possible conflict of interest arose after he brought forward two pieces of legislation allocating funds to local organizations which he provided pro bono legal work in his private job as an attorney in…

Ethics panel: MN Senate President must disclose possible future conflicts

The Senate Subcommittee on Ethics on Thursday advised Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion to disclose potential conflicts of interest in future bills he sponsors. Though in that same motion, the panel made no finding on whether Champion had a conflict of interest when he carried a 2023 bill that gave state money to a nonprofit whose founder he had done free legal work for in the past. Further, they found no financial conflict in a bill…

Did Minnesota Senate president have a conflict of interest? Ethics panel reaches mixed finding.

Ethics panel says Sen. Bobby Joe Champion didn’t have a conflict of interest related to a 2025 bill, but it chose to make no finding on a 2023 bill where he sought funding for a legal client.

Senate ethics committee: Champion should disclose even appearance of conflict of interest • Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion makes two "zero" gestures to illustrate the amount of money he says he was paid for legal work for Rev. Jerry McAfee during a Senate Rules Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct meeting for an advisory opinion regarding a possible conflict of interest concerning legal work Senate President Bobby Joe Champion did for Rev. Jerry McAfee Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)The Sena…