1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring the reporting of certain information on criminal 
1.3 	cases; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 609.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [609.016] CRIMINAL CASE INFORMATION COLLECTION.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Collection. (a) The Department of Corrections and any court associated 
1.8 	with a criminal case shall report any of the following information the department or court 
1.9 	currently collects or has in its possession as part of its standard operations:
1.10 	(1) for each jail detainee and each criminal defendant:
1.11 	(i) full name and any known aliases;
1.12 	(ii) year of birth;
1.13 	(iii) race and ethnicity;
1.14 	(iv) sex;
1.15 	(v) gender;
1.16 	(vi) case number;
1.17 	(vii) public defender eligibility status;
1.18 	(viii) booking date;
1.19 	(ix) release date; and
2.1 	(x) all pending cases associated with the defendant and all booking dates and charges 
2.2 	for each case;
2.3 	(2) for each formal charge, including charges not resulting in convictions, filed against 
2.4 	a defendant:
2.5 	(i) charge number;
2.6 	(ii) charge description;
2.7 	(iii) charge statute;
2.8 	(iv) charge type;
2.9 	(v) charge class severity;
2.10 	(vi) charge disposition;
2.11 	(vii) method of disposition, including pretrial diversion, plea negotiation, or trial;
2.12 	(viii) charge disposition date; and
2.13 	(ix) prosecuting office, agency, or attorney;
2.14 	(3) for bail or bond pretrial releases:
2.15 	(i) date of first appearance and arraignment before the court;
2.16 	(ii) judge who presided over the defendant's first appearance and set bail;
2.17 	(iii) pretrial evaluation form or data contained in the form, including but not limited to 
2.18 	the pretrial risk assessment score;
2.19 	(iv) amount of monetary bail or bond, if any, set at first appearance, including whether 
2.20 	there was a percentage of the bail that could be paid directly to the court;
2.21 	(v) other conditions of release, if any, set at first appearance;
2.22 	(vi) nonmonetary conditions of release;
2.23 	(vii) date of pretrial release, if any;
2.24 	(viii) release type, including release on own recognizance, release with conditions other 
2.25 	than exclusively monetary bail or bond, release on monetary bail or bond, release after 
2.26 	completed sentence, transfer to prison, transfer to jail in another jurisdiction, or transfer to 
2.27 	other federal agencies;
2.28 	(ix) time served credit length;
2.29 	(x) bail or bond revocation; and
3.1 	(xi) if revocation occurred, whether there was also a reinstatement of the bail or bond;
3.2 	(4) for each criminal case:
3.3 	(i) whether the defendant failed to appear at any hearings and whether warrants were 
3.4 	issued;
3.5 	(ii) whether the defendant was public defender eligible; and
3.6 	(iii) outcome of the defendant's case, including but not limited to dismissal, acquittal, 
3.7 	guilty plea, or guilty verdict;
3.8 	(5) for each sentencing:
3.9 	(i) plea date, if any;
3.10 	(ii) sentencing date;
3.11 	(iii) charge sentenced to, charge number, charge description, statute, type, and charge 
3.12 	class severity;
3.13 	(iv) sentence type;
3.14 	(v) sentence length;
3.15 	(vi) fine and fees and whether they were waived or stayed due to inability to pay; and
3.16 	(vii) restitution amount ordered, amount collected, and amount paid to victim; and
3.17 	(6) any other information required by the Sentencing Guidelines Commission that is 
3.18 	already collected by reporting agencies in electronic form.
3.19 	(b) The Department of Corrections and court collecting or coming into possession of 
3.20 	the information required under paragraph (a) shall forward this information to the Sentencing 
3.21 	Guidelines Commission by April 1 of each year.
3.22 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision requires the Department of Corrections or the court to 
3.23 	collect any information the department or court is not otherwise required to collect in the 
3.24 	course of standard operations.
3.25 		Subd. 2.Sentencing Guidelines Commission; clearinghouse. (a) The Sentencing 
3.26 	Guidelines Commission shall serve as a clearinghouse and information center for the 
3.27 	information collected pursuant to subdivision 1.
3.28 	(b) On request, the commission must allow research institutions to access the information 
3.29 	collected pursuant to subdivision 1 in a form and manner determined by the commission. 
3.30 	Access provided by the commission must not include personally identifying information 
4.1 	of a detainee or defendant, including but not limited to the name and aliases of any individual. 
4.2 	The commission must produce the information within 90 days of a request. Information 
4.3 	provided under this paragraph must comply with chapter 13.

4.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2028.

4.5 	Sec. 2. DATA SHARING; SYSTEM ESTABLISHED.
 4.6 	The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission must develop a system to integrate 
4.7 	or share data between the commission, the judicial branch, and the Department of Corrections 
4.8 	for the purpose of sharing the information collected under Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.9 	609.016, subdivision 1. The system must be operational no later than July 1, 2028.

4.10 	Sec. 3. MINNESOTA SENTENCING GUIDELINES COMMISSION; 
4.11 	APPROPRIATION.
 4.12 	$....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the Sentencing 
4.13 	Guidelines Commission to develop a system to share information between the commission, 
4.14 	judicial branch, and Department of Corrections and to receive and store criminal case 
4.15 	information.