HF 1354

1st Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/26/2025 12:30 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; limiting scope of video made available by Bureau of
Criminal Apprehension for officer-involved death investigations; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.80, subdivision 6.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.80, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Reporting.

new text begin (a) new text end As provided for in chapter 13, the superintendent must make
all inactive investigative data for officer-involved death investigations that are public under
section 13.82, subdivision 7, or other applicable law available on the bureau's website within
30 days deleted text begin of the end of the last criminal appeal of a subject of an investigation. deleted text end new text begin of the case
becoming inactive as defined in section 13.82, subdivision 7, except any video that does
not record, describe, or otherwise document actions and circumstances surrounding the
officer-involved death.
new text end

new text begin (b) new text end By February 1 of each year, the superintendent shall report to the commissioner, the
governor, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
jurisdiction over public safety finance and policy the following information about the unit:
the number of investigations initiated; the number of incidents investigated; the outcomes
or current status of each investigation; the charging decisions made by the prosecuting
authority of incidents investigated by the unit; the number of plea agreements reached in
incidents investigated by the unit; and any other information relevant to the unit's mission.

new text begin (c) Nothing in this subdivision modifies the requirements of chapter 13 or the
classification of data.
new text end