While the MN End of Life Options Act gained meaningful visibility in the 2025 session, a number of complex political and procedural dynamics at the Capitol ultimately prevented the bill from being heard or advancing. As this was a budget year, legislative bandwidth was limited, with added constraints and competing priorities dominating the agenda.
HF 2998 and SF 3215 have carried over to the 2026 legislative session.
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By a three-to-one margin, Minnesotans feel that allowing doctors to legally prescribe lethal drugs to help terminally ill patients end their own lives should be an end-of-life option in the state. See more polling data.
Inspired by Brittany Maynard’s story in People magazine last year, Sally Settle’s mother, dying of leukemia, considered doing the same thing: relocating to Oregon from her home state of Minnesota in order to access medical aid in dying. “But it wasn’t realistic,” her daughter explains. “You can’t fathom giving up the last bit of time you have with your…
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