Certain uses of money appropriated from the arts and cultural heritage fund related to religion prohibited.

This bill prohibits the use of funds from Minnesota's arts and cultural heritage fund for activities related to the occult, divination, necromancy, soothsaying, Satanism, demonology, or pedophilia. It directly affects state officials managing the arts and cultural heritage fund by adding specific restrictions to existing statutes. The legislation amends Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 129D.17, to explicitly list these prohibited categories of religious or spiritual practices. Fund administrators must ensure no appropriated money supports these designated activities when distributing grants or funding cultural programs.