Learn about how to submit a comment and navigate the portal.
Login and registration
Anyone may comment on pending rulemaking matters.
No. Anyone can submit a comment and view all posted comments without an account. You must register for an account to receive notifications about posted comments, changes, and new comment periods.
Visit the Register an Account page. You must provide your first name, last name, email address, organization name if you represent an organization, and notification preferences. After you register, a confirmation email will be sent to the email address you provided. You must click a link in the confirmation email to activate your account and then create a password.
Subscriptions and notifications
To subscribe, register an account. In the top navigation, click My Account, then Manage Subscriptions. You can subscribe to a particular comment period, agency or general topic. To subscribe to Agencies or Topics, select the Explore Rulemaking Agencies or Explore Rulemaking Topics link. To subscribe to a rulemaking proceeding or comment period, locate the rulemaking proceeding you would like to subscribe to and click "subscribe to this rule."
Submitting a comment
Click on the Minnesota logo at the top of the page to go to the home page. Click a comment period on the Open Comment Periods section. Click View or Comment, then click Submit a Comment. Type your comment into the text box, upload an attachment if needed, or copy the text you want from an existing document and paste it into the text box. Verify your entry is accurate and complete. Finally, click Submit Comment.
Yes, you may attach up to 20 documents per comment. If you have more than 20 documents to attach to your comment, include the additional attachments in a new comment. Attachments may be PDFs, spreadsheets, images, or Word documents. Please include your name and contact information on all attachments. Please refer to the user guide for directions on how to upload documents.
This system is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deadline for filing comments is 4:30 p.m. on the close date listed on the relevant comment period. Comments received after 4:30 p.m. are considered to be filed on the next business day.
No, the system does not have a character or word limit for comments.
The Court of Administrative Hearings (CAH) monitors the portal and may hide any offensive or inappropriate comments from public view. Hidden comments are retained as part of the official record and provided to the proposing agency as part of the final report when the comment period closes.
Privacy
The public comment portal collects personal information provided by the commenter, including the commenter’s name and contact information.
CAH never sells your personal information. CAH shares the information you provide on the portal with the agency proposing the specific rule that you comment on. CAH may be required to provide the information you provide in response to a data request under Minn. Stat. ch. 13 or as otherwise required by law. Information you provide on the Submit a Comment form may be visible to anyone who uses this portal.
No. All comments are available to the public. Any information you provide in your comment may become public data under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. CAH does not edit or delete submissions that include personal information. Please only submit information that you wish to make available publicly.
Agency reports
At the end of the comment period or any time the agency requests, CAH will provide a report to the agency. The report includes the comments, each commenter’s name and the contact information provided, and the date and time each comment was posted. The report is available in PDF format. To request a report, email William Moore at William.T.Moore@state.mn.us.
The agency is given the commenter’s name, email address or phone number, and any other personal information that the commenter provides in their comment and/or attachment.
Yes. Comments are posted as soon as they are received and can be viewed by any member of the public, including agency staff.
Training and help
Download the User Help Guide located at the top of this page for more detailed training on how to use this system.
For technical issues signing up for or using this system, email comment.help.OAH@state.mn.us. When contacting CAH, provide the issue that you are having, what you were doing when the issue or error occurred, and your contact information. Please note this email is only for technical support; please contact William.T.Moore@state.mn.us regarding procedure and policy questions.
Support is available Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding state holidays.