1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; providing for judiciary, public safety, corrections, 
1.3 	and government data practices policy; establishing Minnesota victims of crime 
1.4 	account; modifying certain fees; establishing monetary assessments for certain 
1.5 	corporate and individual offender convictions; transferring financial crimes and 
1.6 	fraud investigations to the Financial Crimes and Fraud Section in the Bureau of 
1.7 	Criminal Apprehension; clarifying Tribal Nation access and use of community 
1.8 	services subsidy; amending real property judicial foreclosure law; providing for 
1.9 	reports; transferring funds to the Minnesota victims of crime account; reducing 
1.10 	certain appropriations; appropriating money for the supreme court, court of appeals, 
1.11 	district courts, Board of Civil Legal Aid, State Guardian ad Litem Board, tax court, 
1.12 	Uniform Laws Commission, Board on Judicial Standards, Board of Public Defense, 
1.13 	Human Rights, Office of Appellate Counsel and Training, Competency Attainment 
1.14 	Board, Cannabis Expungement Board, Secretary of State, Sentencing Guidelines 
1.15 	Commission, public safety, Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board, 
1.16 	Private Detective Board, corrections, ombudsperson for corrections, Clemency 
1.17 	Review Commission, children, youth, and families, and the Office of Higher 
1.18 	Education;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.03, subdivision 3; 
1.19 	13.32, subdivisions 2, 5; 13.43, subdivision 2; 13.82, subdivision 1; 13.991; 43A.17, 
1.20 	subdivision 13; 45.0135, subdivisions 2b, 6, 7, 8, 9, by adding a subdivision; 
1.21 	60A.951, subdivision 2; 60A.952, subdivisions 2, 4, 5; 60A.954, subdivision 2; 
1.22 	60A.956; 65B.84; 142A.76, subdivision 8; 144E.123, subdivision 3; 152.137, 
1.23 	subdivisions 1, 2; 244.18, subdivisions 1, 7, 9; 244.19, subdivisions 1c, 1d, 5, 5a; 
1.24 	244.20; 260C.419, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 268.19, subdivision 1; 268B.30; 297I.11, 
1.25 	subdivision 2; 299A.01, by adding a subdivision; 299C.40, subdivision 1; 299F.47, 
1.26 	subdivision 2; 401.03; 401.10, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 401.11, 
1.27 	subdivision 1; 401.14; 401.15, subdivision 2; 480.243, by adding a subdivision; 
1.28 	480.35, by adding a subdivision; 480.40, subdivisions 1, 3; 480.45, subdivision 
1.29 	2; 484.44; 484.51; 517.08, subdivisions 1b, 1c; 518.68, subdivision 1; 518B.01, 
1.30 	subdivision 2; 524.5-420; 580.07, subdivisions 1, 2; 581.02; 595.02, by adding a 
1.31 	subdivision; 609.2232; 609.322, subdivision 1; 609.531, subdivision 1; 609.78, 
1.32 	subdivision 2c; 611.45, subdivision 3; 611.46, subdivision 2; 611.49, subdivisions 
1.33 	2, 3; 611.55, subdivision 3; 611.56, subdivision 1; 611.59, subdivisions 1, 4; 
1.34 	626.05, subdivision 2; 626.84, subdivision 1; 626.8516, subdivisions 4, 5, 6; 628.26; 
1.35 	Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 2, section 3, subdivision 3; article 11, section 31; 
1.36 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 13; 241; 299A; 
1.37 	299C; 401; 480; 609; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 45.0135, 
1.38 	subdivisions 2a, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, 3, 4, 5; 325E.21, subdivision 2b.
2.1 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.2 	ARTICLE 1
2.3 	JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

2.4	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.5 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
2.6 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the general fund, 
2.7 	or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 
2.8 	The figures "2026" and "2027" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under 
2.9 	them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, or June 30, 2027, respectively. 
2.10 	"The first year" is fiscal year 2026. "The second year" is fiscal year 2027. "The biennium" 
2.11 	is fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

2.12				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.13				Available for the Year
	
2.14				Ending June 30
	
2.15					2026
		2027

2.16	Sec. 2. SUPREME COURT
 	$
	58,753,000
	$
	50,223,000
	
2.17 	(a) Contingent Account
2.18 	$5,000 each year is for a contingent account 
2.19 	for expenses necessary for the normal 
2.20 	operation of the court for which no other 
2.21 	reimbursement is provided.
2.22 	(b) Digital Accessibility
2.23 	$1,124,000 the first year is to ensure equal 
2.24 	access to online court resources. This 
2.25 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2029.
2.26 	(c) Court Cyber Security
2.27 	$3,500,000 the first year is for the judicial 
2.28 	branch cyber security program. This 
2.29 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2029.
2.30 	(d) Justice Partner Access
2.31 	$4,000,000 the first year is to improve justice 
2.32 	partner access to documents and court 
3.1 	information. This appropriation is available 
3.2 	until June 30, 2029.

3.3	Sec. 3. COURT OF APPEALS
 	$
	15,578,000
	$
	15,609,000

3.4	Sec. 4. DISTRICT COURTS
 	$
	407,318,000
	$
	392,528,000
	
3.5 	(a) Psychological Services
3.6 	$10,634,000 the first year is for the 
3.7 	psychological and psychiatric examiner 
3.8 	services program, which delivers statutorily 
3.9 	mandated psychological examinations for civil 
3.10 	commitment, criminal competency, and 
3.11 	criminal responsibility evaluations. This 
3.12 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2029.
3.13 	(b) Interpreter Services
3.14 	$2,580,000 the first year is for mandated 
3.15 	interpreter services. This appropriation is 
3.16 	available until June 30, 2029.
3.17 	(c) Increased Cost of Jury Program
3.18 	$1,576,000 the first year is for increased costs 
3.19 	of jury programs. This appropriation is 
3.20 	available until June 30, 2029.

3.21	Sec. 5. BOARD OF CIVIL LEGAL AID
 	$
	35,353,000
	$
	35,353,000

3.22	Sec. 6. GUARDIAN AD LITEM BOARD
 	$
	26,607,000
	$
	26,625,000
	
3.23 	Volunteer Guardians ad Litem
3.24 	$229,000 the first year and $247,000 the 
3.25 	second year are for supervising volunteer 
3.26 	guardians ad litem.

3.27	Sec. 7. TAX COURT
 	$
	2,306,000
	$
	2,307,000

3.28	Sec. 8. UNIFORM LAWS COMMISSION
 	$
	115,000
	$
	115,000

3.29	Sec. 9. BOARD ON JUDICIAL STANDARDS
 	$
	654,000
	$
	655,000
	
3.30 	(a) Availability of Appropriation
4.1 	If the appropriation for either year is 
4.2 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
4.3 	fiscal year is available.
4.4 	(b) Major Disciplinary Actions
4.5 	$125,000 each year is for special investigative 
4.6 	and hearing costs for major disciplinary 
4.7 	actions undertaken by the board. This 
4.8 	appropriation does not cancel. Any 
4.9 	unencumbered and unspent balances remain 
4.10 	available for these expenditures until June 30, 
4.11 	2029.

4.12	Sec. 10. BOARD OF PUBLIC DEFENSE
 	$
	167,130,000
	$
	167,130,000

4.13	Sec. 11. HUMAN RIGHTS
 	$
	8,847,000
	$
	8,854,000

4.14
4.15	Sec. 12. OFFICE OF APPELLATE COUNSEL 
AND TRAINING
 	$
	1,361,000
	$
	1,361,000

4.16
4.17	Sec. 13. COMPETENCY ATTAINMENT 
BOARD
 	$
	10,900,000
	$
	11,165,000

4.18	Sec. 14. CANNABIS EXPUNGEMENT BOARD
 	$
	5,356,000
	$
	5,371,000

4.19	Sec. 15. SECRETARY OF STATE
 	$
	-0-
	$
	18,000
	
4.20 	Personal Information of Judicial Officials
4.21 	$18,000 the second year is to protect personal 
4.22 	information of judicial officials contained in 
4.23 	real property records pursuant to Minnesota 
4.24 	Statutes, section 480.50. This appropriation is 
4.25 	onetime.

4.26 	Sec. 16. OFFICE OF APPELLATE COUNSEL AND TRAINING; REDUCTION.
 4.27 	The commissioner of management and budget shall reduce the appropriation to the 
4.28 	Office of Appellate Counsel and Training for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 in Laws 2023, 
4.29 	chapter 52, article 1, section 11, by $2,000,000.

4.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

5.1 	Sec. 17. STATE COMPETENCY ATTAINMENT BOARD; REDUCTION.
 5.2 	The commissioner of management and budget shall reduce the appropriation to the State 
5.3 	Competency Attainment Board for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 in Laws 2023, chapter 52, 
5.4 	article 1, as amended by Laws 2023, chapter 73, section 3, by $11,000,000.

5.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

5.6 	Sec. 18. CANNABIS EXPUNGEMENT BOARD; REDUCTION.
 5.7 	The commissioner of management and budget shall reduce the appropriation to the 
5.8 	Cannabis Expungement Board for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 in Laws 2023, chapter 63, 
5.9 	article 9, section 4, by $10,000,000.

5.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

5.11 	Sec. 19. JUSTICE PARTNER ACCESS; FEE.
 5.12 	The Minnesota Judicial Branch may charge a fee to private attorneys for improved access 
5.13 	to documents and court information and retain any money collected. The fee may be imposed 
5.14 	by rule or policy.

5.15 	ARTICLE 2
5.16 	PUBLIC SAFETY APPROPRIATIONS

5.17	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
5.18 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
5.19 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the general fund, 
5.20 	or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 
5.21 	The figures "2026" and "2027" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under 
5.22 	them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, or June 30, 2027, respectively. 
5.23 	"The first year" is fiscal year 2026. "The second year" is fiscal year 2027. "The biennium" 
5.24 	is fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

5.25				APPROPRIATIONS
	
5.26				Available for the Year
	
5.27				Ending June 30
	
5.28					2026
		2027

5.29	Sec. 2. SENTENCING GUIDELINES
 	$
	1,076,000
	$
	1,079,000
	
5.30 	The agency's annual general fund base shall 
5.31 	be $1,084,000 beginning in fiscal year 2028.

5.32	Sec. 3. PUBLIC SAFETY

6.1	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	284,664,000
	$
	270,881,000

6.2	Appropriations by Fund
	
6.3		2026
	2027
	
6.4	General
	177,693,000
	178,007,000
	
6.5	Special Revenue
	21,497,000
	21,397,000
	
6.6
6.7	State Government 
Special Revenue
	103,000
	103,000
	
6.8	Environmental
	130,000
	133,000
	
6.9	Trunk Highway
	2,429,000
	2,429,000
	
6.10	911 Fund
	82,597,000
	68,597,000
	
6.11
6.12	Workers' 
Compensation
	215,000
	215,000
	
6.13 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
6.14 	purpose are specified in the following 
6.15 	subdivisions.

6.16	Subd. 2.Emergency Management
 		4,814,000
		4,952,000

6.17	Appropriations by Fund
	
6.18	General
	4,684,000
	4,819,000
	
6.19	Environmental
	130,000
	133,000
	
6.20 	This program's annual general fund base shall 
6.21 	be $5,059,000 beginning in fiscal year 2028.

6.22	Subd. 3.Criminal Apprehension
 		112,929,000
		113,086,000

6.23	Appropriations by Fund
	
6.24	General
	110,278,000
	110,435,000
	
6.25
6.26	State Government 
Special Revenue
	7,000
	7,000
	
6.27	Trunk Highway
	2,429,000
	2,429,000
	
6.28
6.29	Workers' 
Compensation
	215,000
	215,000
	
6.30 	(a) DWI Lab Analysis; Trunk Highway 
6.31 	Fund
6.32 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 
6.33 	161.045, subdivision 3, and 161.20, 
6.34 	subdivision 3, $2,429,000 each year is from 
6.35 	the trunk highway fund for staff and operating 
7.1 	costs for laboratory analysis related to 
7.2 	driving-while-impaired cases.
7.3 	(b) Financial Crimes and Fraud Section
7.4 	$1,810,000 each year from the general fund 
7.5 	and $215,000 each year from the workers' 
7.6 	compensation fund are for the Financial 
7.7 	Crimes and Fraud Section in Minnesota 
7.8 	Statutes, section 299C.061, and may not be 
7.9 	used for any other purpose.
7.10 	(c) Base Adjustment
7.11 	This program's annual general fund base shall 
7.12 	be $110,716,000 beginning in fiscal year 2028.

7.13	Subd. 4.Fire Marshal
 		20,117,000
		20,017,000

7.14	Appropriations by Fund
	
7.15	General
	4,190,000
	4,190,000
	
7.16	Special Revenue
	15,927,000
	15,827,000
	
7.17 	The special revenue fund appropriation is from 
7.18 	the fire safety account in the special revenue 
7.19 	fund and is for activities under Minnesota 
7.20 	Statutes, section 299F.012. The base 
7.21 	appropriation for this account is $15,927,000 
7.22 	in fiscal year 2028 and $15,827,000 in fiscal 
7.23 	year 2029.
7.24 	(a) Hazardous Materials and Emergency 
7.25 	Response Teams
7.26 	$2,170,000 the first year and $2,070,000 the 
7.27 	second year are from the fire safety account 
7.28 	for hazardous materials and emergency 
7.29 	response teams. The base for these purposes 
7.30 	is $2,170,000 in the first year of future 
7.31 	bienniums and $2,070,000 in the second year 
7.32 	of future bienniums.
7.33 	(b) Bomb Squad Reimbursements
8.1 	$250,000 from the fire safety account and 
8.2 	$50,000 from the general fund each year are 
8.3 	for reimbursements to local governments for 
8.4 	bomb squad services.
8.5 	(c) Nonresponsible Party Reimbursements
8.6 	$750,000 each year from the fire safety 
8.7 	account is for nonresponsible party hazardous 
8.8 	material, Urban Search and Rescue, Minnesota 
8.9 	Air Rescue Team, and bomb squad incident 
8.10 	reimbursements. Money appropriated for this 
8.11 	purpose is available for one year.
8.12 	(d) Hometown Heroes Assistance Program
8.13 	$4,000,000 each year from the general fund 
8.14 	is for grants to the Minnesota Firefighter 
8.15 	Initiative to fund the hometown heroes 
8.16 	assistance program established in Minnesota 
8.17 	Statutes, section 299A.477.
8.18 	(e) Task Force 1
8.19 	$1,425,000 each year from the fire safety 
8.20 	account is for the Minnesota Task Force 1.
8.21 	(f) Task Force 2
8.22 	$300,000 each year from the fire safety 
8.23 	account is for the Minnesota Task Force 2.
8.24 	(g) Air Rescue
8.25 	$500,000 each year from the fire safety 
8.26 	account is for the Minnesota Air Rescue Team.

8.27
8.28	Subd. 5.Firefighter Training and Education 
Board
 		5,500,000
		5,500,000

8.29	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.30	Special Revenue
	5,500,000
	5,500,000
	
8.31 	The special revenue fund appropriation is from 
8.32 	the fire safety account in the special revenue 
9.1 	fund and is for activities under Minnesota 
9.2 	Statutes, section 299F.012.

9.3	(a) Firefighter Training and Education
					
9.4 	$5,500,000 each year from the fire safety 
9.5 	account is for firefighter training and 
9.6 	education.

9.7	(b) Unappropriated Revenue
					
9.8 	Any additional unappropriated money 
9.9 	collected in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated 
9.10 	to the commissioner of public safety for the 
9.11 	purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.12 	299F.012. The commissioner may transfer 
9.13 	appropriations and base amounts between 
9.14 	activities in this subdivision.

9.15
9.16	Subd. 6.Alcohol and Gambling 
Enforcement
 		3,879,000
		3,896,000

9.17	Appropriations by Fund
	
9.18	General
	3,809,000
	3,826,000
	
9.19	Special Revenue
	70,000
	70,000
	
9.20 	The special revenue fund appropriation is from 
9.21 	the lawful gambling regulation account.
9.22 	This program's annual general fund base shall 
9.23 	be $3,855,000 beginning in fiscal year 2028.

9.24	Subd. 7.Office of Justice Programs
 		53,828,000
		53,833,000

9.25	Appropriations by Fund
	
9.26	General
	53,732,000
	53,737,000
	
9.27
9.28	State Government 
Special Revenue
	96,000
	96,000
	
9.29 	(a) Prosecutor Training
9.30 	$125,000 each year is for a grant to the 
9.31 	Minnesota County Attorneys Association to 
9.32 	be used for prosecutorial and law enforcement 
9.33 	training, including trial school training and 
10.1 	train-the-trainer courses. If any portion of this 
10.2 	appropriation is used to fund trial school or 
10.3 	training at the Minnesota County Attorneys 
10.4 	Association annual conference, the training 
10.5 	must contain blocks of instruction on racial 
10.6 	disparities in the criminal justice system, 
10.7 	collateral consequences to criminal 
10.8 	convictions, and trauma-informed responses 
10.9 	to victims. This is a onetime appropriation.
10.10 	By February 15 of each year, the Minnesota 
10.11 	County Attorneys Association must provide 
10.12 	a report to the chairs, co-chairs, and ranking 
10.13 	minority members of the legislative 
10.14 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
10.15 	over public safety policy and finance on the 
10.16 	training provided with grant proceeds, 
10.17 	including a description of each training and 
10.18 	the number of prosecutors and law 
10.19 	enforcement officers who received training.
10.20 	(b) Intensive Comprehensive Peace Officer 
10.21 	Education and Training Program
10.22 	$2,000,000 each year is to implement the 
10.23 	intensive comprehensive peace officer 
10.24 	education and training program described in 
10.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 626.8516. This is 
10.26 	a onetime appropriation and is available 
10.27 	through June 30, 2029.

10.28	Subd. 8.Emergency Communication Networks
 		83,597,000
		69,597,000

10.29	Appropriations by Fund
	
10.30	General
	1,000,000
	1,000,000
	
10.31	911 Fund
	82,597,000
	68,597,000
	
10.32 	These appropriations are from the state 
10.33 	government special revenue fund for 911 
11.1 	emergency telecommunications services unless 
11.2 	otherwise indicated.

11.3	(a) Public Safety Answering Points
					
11.4 	$28,011,000 each year shall be distributed as 
11.5 	provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 
11.6 	403.113, subdivision 2.
11.7 	(b) ARMER State Backbone Operating 
11.8 	Costs
11.9 	$10,384,000 each year is transferred to the 
11.10 	commissioner of transportation for costs of 
11.11 	maintaining and operating the statewide radio 
11.12 	system backbone.
11.13 	$14,000,000 the first year is transferred to the 
11.14 	commissioner of transportation for costs of 
11.15 	maintaining and operating the statewide radio 
11.16 	system backbone. This is a onetime 
11.17 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
11.18 	2029.
11.19 	(c) Statewide Emergency Communications 
11.20 	Board
11.21 	$1,000,000 each year is to the Statewide 
11.22 	Emergency Communications Board (SECB). 
11.23 	Funds may be used for operating costs; to 
11.24 	provide competitive grants to local units of 
11.25 	government to fund enhancements to a 
11.26 	communication system, technology, or support 
11.27 	activity that directly provides the ability to 
11.28 	deliver the 911 call between the entry point to 
11.29 	the 911 system and the first responder; and to 
11.30 	further the strategic goals set forth by the 
11.31 	SECB Statewide Communication 
11.32 	Interoperability Plan.
12.1 	(d) Statewide Public Safety Radio 
12.2 	Communication System Equipment Grants
12.3 	$1,000,000 each year is appropriated from the 
12.4 	general fund for grants to local units of 
12.5 	government, federally recognized Tribal 
12.6 	entities, and state agencies participating in the 
12.7 	statewide Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency 
12.8 	Response (ARMER) public safety radio 
12.9 	communication system established under 
12.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 403.36, 
12.11 	subdivision 1e. The grants must be used to 
12.12 	purchase or upgrade portable radios, mobile 
12.13 	radios, and related equipment that is 
12.14 	interoperable with the ARMER system. Each 
12.15 	local government unit may receive only one 
12.16 	grant. Each grant is contingent upon a match 
12.17 	of at least five percent from nonstate funds. 
12.18 	The director of the Department of Public 
12.19 	Safety Emergency Communication Networks 
12.20 	Division, in consultation with the Statewide 
12.21 	Emergency Communications Board, must 
12.22 	administer the grant program. This 
12.23 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2028. 
12.24 	This is a onetime appropriation.

12.25
12.26	Sec. 4. PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND 
TRAINING (POST) BOARD
 	$
	12,211,000
	$
	12,219,000
	
12.27 	(a) Peace Officer Training Reimbursements
12.28 	$2,949,000 each year is for reimbursements 
12.29 	to local governments for peace officer training 
12.30 	costs.
12.31 	(b) Philando Castile Memorial Training 
12.32 	Fund
12.33 	$5,500,000 each year is to support and 
12.34 	strengthen law enforcement training and 
13.1 	implement best practices. This funding shall 
13.2 	be named the "Philando Castile Memorial 
13.3 	Training Fund." These funds may only be used 
13.4 	to reimburse costs related to training courses 
13.5 	that qualify for reimbursement under 
13.6 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 626.8452 (use of 
13.7 	force), 626.8469 (training in crisis response, 
13.8 	conflict management, and cultural diversity), 
13.9 	and 626.8474 (autism training).
13.10 	Each sponsor of a training course is required 
13.11 	to include the following in the sponsor's 
13.12 	application for approval submitted to the 
13.13 	board: course goals and objectives; a course 
13.14 	outline including at a minimum a timeline and 
13.15 	teaching hours for all courses; instructor 
13.16 	qualifications; and a plan for learning 
13.17 	assessments of the course and documenting 
13.18 	the assessments to the board during review. 
13.19 	Upon completion of each course, instructors 
13.20 	must submit student evaluations of the 
13.21 	instructor's teaching to the sponsor.
13.22 	The board shall keep records of the 
13.23 	applications of all approved and denied 
13.24 	courses. All continuing education courses shall 
13.25 	be reviewed after the first year. The board 
13.26 	must set a timetable for recurring review after 
13.27 	the first year. For each review, the sponsor 
13.28 	must submit its learning assessments to the 
13.29 	board to show that the course is teaching the 
13.30 	learning outcomes that were approved by the 
13.31 	board.
13.32 	A list of licensees who successfully complete 
13.33 	the course shall be maintained by the sponsor 
13.34 	and transmitted to the board following the 
13.35 	presentation of the course and the completed 
14.1 	student evaluations of the instructors. 
14.2 	Evaluations are available to chief law 
14.3 	enforcement officers. The board shall establish 
14.4 	a data retention schedule for the information 
14.5 	collected in this section.
14.6 	Each year, if funds are available after 
14.7 	reimbursing all eligible requests for courses 
14.8 	approved by the board under this subdivision, 
14.9 	the board may use the funds to reimburse law 
14.10 	enforcement agencies for other 
14.11 	board-approved law enforcement training 
14.12 	courses. The base for this activity is 
14.13 	$2,051,000 in fiscal year 2028 and thereafter.
14.14 	(c) Base Adjustment
14.15 	The total general fund base for the Peace 
14.16 	Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board 
14.17 	shall be $8,783,000 beginning in fiscal year 
14.18 	2028.

14.19	Sec. 5. PRIVATE DETECTIVE BOARD
 	$
	691,000
	$
	692,000
	
14.20 	The agency's annual general fund base shall 
14.21 	be $694,000 beginning in fiscal year 2028.

14.22	Sec. 6. CORRECTIONS

14.23	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	810,385,000
	$
	816,063,000
	
14.24 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
14.25 	purpose are specified in the following 
14.26 	subdivisions.

14.27	Subd. 2.Incarceration and Prerelease Services
 		565,460,000
		569,142,000
	
14.28 	(a) Prison Rape Elimination Act
14.29 	$500,000 each year is for Prison Rape 
14.30 	Elimination Act (PREA) compliance.
14.31 	(b) Incarceration and Prerelease Services 
14.32 	Base Budget
15.1 	The base for incarceration and prerelease 
15.2 	services is $574,492,000 in fiscal year 2028 
15.3 	and $574,505,000 in fiscal year 2029.

15.4
15.5
15.6	Subd. 3.Community 
Supervision and Postrelease 
Services
 				188,855,000
		189,882,000
	
15.7 	(a) Community Supervision Funding
15.8 	$143,378,000 each year is for community 
15.9 	supervision services. This appropriation shall 
15.10 	be distributed according to the community 
15.11 	supervision formula in Minnesota Statutes, 
15.12 	section 401.10.
15.13 	(b) Tribal Nation Supervision
15.14 	$2,750,000 each year is for Tribal Nations to 
15.15 	provide supervision or supportive services 
15.16 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
15.17 	401.10.
15.18 	(c) Housing Initiatives
15.19 	$1,685,000 each year is for housing initiatives 
15.20 	to support stable housing of incarcerated 
15.21 	individuals upon release. Of this amount:
15.22 	(1) $760,000 each year is for housing 
15.23 	stabilization prerelease services and program 
15.24 	evaluation;
15.25 	(2) $500,000 each year is for rental assistance 
15.26 	for incarcerated individuals approaching 
15.27 	release, on supervised release, or on probation 
15.28 	who are at risk of homelessness;
15.29 	(3) $200,000 each year is for culturally 
15.30 	responsive trauma-informed transitional 
15.31 	housing; and
15.32 	(4) $225,000 each year is for housing 
15.33 	coordination activities.
16.1 	(d) Base Adjustment
16.2 	This program's annual general fund base shall 
16.3 	be $191,866,000 beginning in fiscal year 2028.

16.4
16.5	Subd. 4.Organizational, Regulatory, and 
Administrative Services
 		56,070,000
		57,039,000
	
16.6 	(a) Public Safety Data Infrastructure
16.7 	$4,097,000 each year is for technology 
16.8 	modernization and the development of an 
16.9 	information-sharing and data-technology 
16.10 	infrastructure. Any unspent funds from the 
16.11 	current biennium do not cancel and are 
16.12 	available in the next biennium.
16.13 	(b) Base Adjustment
16.14 	This program's annual general fund base shall 
16.15 	be $59,114,000 beginning in fiscal year 2028.

16.16
16.17	Sec. 7. OMBUDSPERSON FOR 
CORRECTIONS
 	$
	1,103,000
	$
	1,106,000
	
16.18 	The general fund base shall be $1,111,000 
16.19 	beginning in fiscal year 2028.

16.20	Sec. 8. CLEMENCY REVIEW COMMISSION
 	$
	988,000
	$
	990,000
	
16.21 	(a) Commission; Outreach
16.22 	$988,000 the first year and $990,000 the 
16.23 	second year are for the Clemency Review 
16.24 	Commission described in Minnesota Statutes, 
16.25 	section 638.09. Of this amount, $200,000 each 
16.26 	year is for grants to support outreach and 
16.27 	clemency application assistance.
16.28 	(b) Base Adjustment
16.29 	The general fund base shall be $992,000 in 
16.30 	fiscal year 2028 and $993,000 in fiscal year 
16.31 	2029.

16.32	Sec. 9. CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
 	$
	21,000
	$
	4,000
	
17.1 	$21,000 the first year and $4,000 the second 
17.2 	year are for costs related to child maltreatment 
17.3 	reports regarding fentanyl exposure.

17.4	Sec. 10. OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
 	$
	500,000
	$
	-0-
	
17.5 	Use of Force Training
17.6 	$500,000 the first year is to provide 
17.7 	reimbursement grants to eligible 
17.8 	postsecondary schools certified to provide 
17.9 	programs of professional peace officer 
17.10 	education for providing in-service training 
17.11 	programs on the use of force, including deadly 
17.12 	force, by peace officers. Of this amount, up 
17.13 	to 2.5 percent is for administration and 
17.14 	monitoring of the program.
17.15 	To be eligible for reimbursement, training 
17.16 	offered by a postsecondary school must:
17.17 	(1) satisfy the requirements of Minnesota 
17.18 	Statutes, section 626.8452, and be approved 
17.19 	by the Board of Peace Officer Standards and 
17.20 	Training;
17.21 	(2) utilize scenario-based training that 
17.22 	simulates real-world situations and involves 
17.23 	the use of real firearms that fire nonlethal 
17.24 	ammunition;
17.25 	(3) include a block of instruction on the 
17.26 	physical and psychological effects of stress 
17.27 	before, during, and after a high-risk or 
17.28 	traumatic incident and the cumulative impact 
17.29 	of stress on the health of officers;
17.30 	(4) include blocks of instruction on 
17.31 	de-escalation methods and tactics, bias 
17.32 	motivation, unknown risk training, defensive 
17.33 	tactics, and force-on-force training; and
18.1 	(5) be offered to peace officers at no charge 
18.2 	to the peace officer or law enforcement 
18.3 	agency.
18.4 	An eligible postsecondary school may apply 
18.5 	for reimbursement for the costs of offering the 
18.6 	training. Reimbursement shall be made at a 
18.7 	rate of $450 for each officer who completes 
18.8 	the training. The postsecondary school must 
18.9 	submit the name and peace officer license 
18.10 	number of the peace officer who received the 
18.11 	training to the Office of Higher Education.
18.12 	As used in this section:
18.13 	(1) "law enforcement agency" has the meaning 
18.14 	given in Minnesota Statutes, section 626.84, 
18.15 	subdivision 1, paragraph (f); and
18.16 	(2) "peace officer" has the meaning given in 
18.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 626.84, 
18.18 	subdivision 1, paragraph (c).

18.19 	Sec. 11. TRANSFER; MINNESOTA VICTIMS OF CRIME ACCOUNT.
 18.20 	$8,000,000 each year is transferred from the general fund to the Minnesota victims of 
18.21 	crime account in the special revenue fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.708. This 
18.22 	is a onetime transfer.

18.23 	Sec. 12. COMMERCE; REDUCTION.
 18.24 	The commissioner of management and budget must reduce general fund appropriations 
18.25 	to the Department of Commerce by $1,115,000 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 and must 
18.26 	reduce the workers' compensation fund appropriations to the Department of Commerce by 
18.27 	$215,000 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to account for the transfer of Commerce Fraud 
18.28 	Bureau employees and responsibilities to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. These 
18.29 	reductions are ongoing.

18.30 	Sec. 13. Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 2, section 3, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

18.31	Subd. 3.Emergency Management
 		7,330,000
		4,417,000

19.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
19.2	General
	7,211,000
	4,290,000
	
19.3	Environmental
	119,000
	127,000
	
19.4 	(a) Supplemental Nonprofit Security Grants
19.5 	$250,000 each year is for supplemental 
19.6 	nonprofit security grants under this paragraph. 
19.7 	This appropriation is onetime.
19.8 	Nonprofit organizations whose applications 
19.9 	for funding through the Federal Emergency 
19.10 	Management Agency's nonprofit security grant 
19.11 	program have been approved by the Division 
19.12 	of Homeland Security and Emergency 
19.13 	Management are eligible for grants under this 
19.14 	paragraph. No additional application shall be 
19.15 	required for grants under this paragraph, and 
19.16 	an application for a grant from the federal 
19.17 	program is also an application for funding 
19.18 	from the state supplemental program.
19.19 	Eligible organizations may receive grants of 
19.20 	up to $75,000, except that the total received 
19.21 	by any individual from both the federal 
19.22 	nonprofit security grant program and the state 
19.23 	supplemental nonprofit security grant program 
19.24 	shall not exceed $75,000. Grants shall be 
19.25 	awarded in an order consistent with the 
19.26 	ranking given to applicants for the federal 
19.27 	nonprofit security grant program. No grants 
19.28 	under the state supplemental nonprofit security 
19.29 	grant program shall be awarded until the 
19.30 	announcement of the recipients and the 
19.31 	amount of the grants awarded under the federal 
19.32 	nonprofit security grant program. This is a 
19.33 	onetime appropriation.
19.34 	(b) Emergency Preparedness Staff
20.1 	$550,000 each year is for additional 
20.2 	emergency preparedness staff members.
20.3 	(c) Lake Superior Chippewa Tribal 
20.4 	Emergency Management Coordinator
20.5 	$145,000 each year is for a grant to the Grand 
20.6 	Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to 
20.7 	establish and maintain a Tribal emergency 
20.8 	management coordinator under Minnesota 
20.9 	Statutes, section 12.25.
20.10 	(d) Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior 
20.11 	Chippewa Tribe Coast Guard Services
20.12 	$3,000,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
20.13 	Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior 
20.14 	Chippewa to purchase equipment and fund a 
20.15 	position for coast guard services off the north 
20.16 	shore of Lake Superior. This appropriation is 
20.17 	available until June 30, 2027.

20.18 	ARTICLE 3
20.19 	JUDICIARY POLICY

20.20 	Section 1. [13.891] RESTORATIVE PRACTICE PARTICIPANT DATA.
20.21 	(a) For purposes of this section, "restorative practice participant" has the meaning given 
20.22 	in section 595.02, subdivision 1b, paragraph (a), clause (2).
20.23 	(b) Data collected, created, or maintained by a government entity that identifies an 
20.24 	individual as a restorative practice participant is private data on individuals but may be 
20.25 	disclosed for the purposes described in section 595.02, subdivision 1b, paragraph (b), clauses 
20.26 	(1) to (3), or paragraph (c). This section does not apply to personnel data, as defined in 
20.27 	section 13.43, subdivision 1, or to an individual who receives payment to facilitate a 
20.28 	restorative practice, as defined in section 142A.76, subdivision 1.

20.29 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.76, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
20.30 		Subd. 8.Report. By February 15 of each year, the director shall report to the chairs and 
20.31 	ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over 
20.32 	public safety, human services, and education, on the work of the Office of Restorative 
21.1 	Practices, any grants issued pursuant to this section, and the status of local restorative 
21.2 	practices initiatives in the state that were reviewed in the previous year. The status report 
21.3 	should include information provided by the grantees on their program's impact on recidivism, 
21.4 	public safety, and local financial investments in restorative practices. Grantees must provide 
21.5 	this information to the Office of Restorative Practices by November 15 of each year.

21.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.419, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
21.7 		Subd. 2.Statewide Office of Appellate Counsel and Training; establishment. (a) 
21.8 	The Statewide Office of Appellate Counsel and Training is established as an independent 
21.9 	state office created as an agency in the executive branch, with powers and duties established 
21.10 	by law. The office shall be responsible for:
21.11 	(1) establishing and maintaining a system for providing appellate representation to 
21.12 	parents in juvenile protection matters, as provided in section 260C.163, subdivision 3, 
21.13 	paragraph (c), and in Tribal court jurisdictions;
21.14 	(2) providing training to all parent attorneys practicing in the state on topics relevant to 
21.15 	their practice and establishing practice standards and training requirements for parent 
21.16 	attorneys practicing in the state; and
21.17 	(3) collaborating with the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families to 
21.18 	coordinate and secure federal Title IV-E support for counties and Tribes interested in 
21.19 	accessing federal funding.
21.20 	(b) The office shall be governed by a board as provided in subdivision 3.

21.21 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.419, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
21.22 		Subd. 3.State Board of Appellate Counsel and Training; structure; membership. (a) 
21.23 	The State Board of Appellate Counsel and Training is established to direct the Statewide 
21.24 	Office of Appellate Counsel and Training. The board shall consist of seven members, 
21.25 	including:
21.26 	(1) four public members appointed by the governor; and
21.27 	(2) three members appointed by the supreme court, at least one of whom must have 
21.28 	experience representing parents in juvenile court and who include two attorneys admitted 
21.29 	to practice law in the state and one public member.
21.30 	(b) The appointing authorities may not appoint any of the following to be a member of 
21.31 	the board:
22.1 	(1) a person who is a judge;
22.2 	(2) a person who is a registered lobbyist;
22.3 	(3) a person serving as a guardian ad litem or counsel for a guardian ad litem;
22.4 	(4) a person who serves as counsel for children in juvenile court;
22.5 	(5) a person under contract with or employed by the Department of Children, Youth, 
22.6 	and Families or a county department of human or social services; or
22.7 	(6) a current city or county attorney or assistant city or county attorney.
22.8 	(c) All members shall demonstrate an interest in maintaining a high quality, independent 
22.9 	appellate defense system for parents in juvenile protection proceedings who are unable to 
22.10 	obtain adequate representation, a robust program for parent attorneys in Minnesota, and an 
22.11 	efficient coordination effort, in collaboration with the Department of Children, Youth, and 
22.12 	Families, to secure and utilize Title IV-E funding. At least one member of the board appointed 
22.13 	by the governor must be a representative from a federally recognized Indian Tribe. No more 
22.14 	than five members of the board may belong to the same political party. At least three 
22.15 	members of the board shall be from judicial districts other than the First, Second, Fourth, 
22.16 	and Tenth Judicial Districts. To the extent practicable, the membership of the board must 
22.17 	include persons with disabilities, reflect the ethnic diversity of the state, take into 
22.18 	consideration race and gender, and include persons from throughout the state. The members 
22.19 	shall be well acquainted with representing parents in district court and appellate proceedings 
22.20 	related to child protection matters as well as the law that affects a parent attorney's work, 
22.21 	including chapter 260C, the Rules of Juvenile Protection Procedure, the Rules of Civil 
22.22 	Appellate Procedure, the Indian Child Welfare Act, and the Minnesota Indian Family 
22.23 	Preservation Act. The terms, compensation, and removal of members shall be as provided 
22.24 	in section 15.0575. The governor shall designate one member to serve as the initial chair. 
22.25 	Upon the expiration of the initial chair's term, board members shall elect a chair from among 
22.26 	the membership and the chair shall serve a term of two years.

22.27 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.419, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
22.28 		Subd. 4.Head appellate counsel for parents; assistant and contracted attorneys; 
22.29 	other employees. (a) Beginning January 1, 2024, and for every four years after that date, 
22.30 	the board shall appoint a head appellate counsel in charge of executing the responsibilities 
22.31 	of the office who shall provide for sufficient appellate counsel for parents and other personnel 
22.32 	necessary to discharge the functions of the office. The head appellate counsel shall serve a 
22.33 	four-year term and may be removed only for cause upon the order of the board. The head 
23.1 	appellate counsel shall be a full-time qualified attorney, licensed to practice law in this state, 
23.2 	and serve in the unclassified service of the state. Vacancies of the office shall be filled by 
23.3 	the appointing authority for the unexpired term. The head appellate counsel shall devote 
23.4 	full time to the performance of duties and shall not engage in the general practice of law. 
23.5 	The compensation salary of the head appellate counsel shall be set by the board and shall 
23.6 	be commensurate with county attorneys in the state according to section 43A.18, subdivision 
23.7 	3.
23.8 	(b) Consistent with the decisions of the board, The head appellate counsel shall employ 
23.9 	assistants or hire independent contractors or appoint attorneys to serve as assistant appellate 
23.10 	counsel for parents. Each assistant appellate counsel and independent contractor serves at 
23.11 	the pleasure of the head appellate counsel. The compensation ofsalary ranges for assistant 
23.12 	appellate counsel and independent contractors shall be set by the board and shall be 
23.13 	commensurate with county attorneys in the state in consultation with Minnesota Management 
23.14 	and Budget.
23.15 	(c) A person serving as appellate counsel shall be a qualified an attorney licensed to 
23.16 	practice law in this state. A person serving as appellate counsel practicing in Tribal court 
23.17 	shall be a licensed attorney qualified to practice law in Tribal courts in the state. Assistant 
23.18 	appellate counsel and contracted appellate counsel may engage in the general practice of 
23.19 	law where not employed or contracted to provide services on a full-time basis.
23.20 	(d) The head appellate counsel shall, consistent with the responsibilities under subdivision 
23.21 	2, employ or hire the following:
23.22 	(1) one managing appellate attorney;
23.23 	(2) two staff attorneys;
23.24 	(3) one director of training;
23.25 	(4) one program administrator to support Title IV-E reimbursement in collaboration 
23.26 	with the Department of Children, Youth, and Families; and
23.27 	(5) one office administrator.
23.28 	(e) Each employee All attorneys identified in paragraph (d) serves serve at the pleasure 
23.29 	of the head appellate counsel. TheOther employees shall serve in the classified service. 
23.30 	Compensation of each employee for all employees shall be set by the board and shall be 
23.31 	commensurate with county attorneys in the state. in accordance with the collective bargaining 
23.32 	agreements or compensation plans covering the terms and conditions for executive branch 
23.33 	employees.
24.1 	(f) Any person serving as managing appellate attorney, staff attorney, and director of 
24.2 	training shall be a qualified attorney licensed to practice law in the state.
24.3 	(g) A person serving as the program administrator and office administrator must be 
24.4 	chosen solely on the basis of training, experience, and qualifications.

24.5 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 480.243, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
24.6 	read:
24.7 		Subd. 3.Report to legislature. The State Board of Civil Legal Aid shall report to the 
24.8 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
24.9 	judiciary on data related to the cases and individuals and families serviced by each of the 
24.10 	grant recipients providing legal services with funds received pursuant to section 480.242. 
24.11 	The data shall be provided for each individual organization and, when possible, for each 
24.12 	geographic region the organization works in, and provided in the aggregate to protect the 
24.13 	privacy of the individuals and families served by the organization. Reports under this section 
24.14 	shall be submitted by July 15 each year.

24.15 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 480.35, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
24.16 	read:
24.17 		Subd. 8.Annual report to the legislature. By January 15 of each year, the State 
24.18 	Guardian ad Litem Board must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members 
24.19 	of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over judiciary finance, in compliance with 
24.20 	sections 3.195 and 3.197. The report must not contain data on individuals but may contain 
24.21 	summary data, as those terms are defined in section 13.02. The report must include the 
24.22 	number of:
24.23 	(1) board personnel, including volunteers;
24.24 	(2) children served by guardians ad litem in court cases, including Native American 
24.25 	children in Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act cases and federal Indian Child Welfare 
24.26 	Act cases;
24.27 	(3) court reports filed by guardians ad litem;
24.28 	(4) cases assigned;
24.29 	(5) hours worked;
24.30 	(6) complaints regarding a guardian submitted to the board;
24.31 	(7) investigations of complaints performed by the board; and
25.1 	(8) complaints that result in discipline to a guardian ad litem.
25.2 	All information in clauses (1) to (8) must be disaggregated by paid staff and volunteers.

25.3 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 484.44, is amended to read:
25.4 	484.44 DEPUTY SHERIFF AND COURT ADMINISTRATOR; ST. LOUIS 
25.5 	COUNTY.
25.6 	There shall be at all times a chief deputy sheriff of St. Louis County and a chief deputy 
25.7 	court administrator of the district court of St. Louis County and such other deputies as may 
25.8 	be necessary, resident at the city of Virginia, or the city of Ely, or the city of Hibbing, and 
25.9 	their appointment shall be made in the same manner as other deputy sheriffs and deputy 
25.10 	clerks of the district court in said county. The salaries of such deputies shall be fixed and 
25.11 	paid in the same manner as other such deputies. The office of said deputy sheriff at Virginia, 
25.12 	Hibbing, and Ely shall not in any sense be considered or deemed the office of the sheriff 
25.13 	for any purpose except the performance of duties relating solely to proceedings tried or to 
25.14 	be tried at said places; but the office of the deputy court administrator at said places shall 
25.15 	be equally deemed the office of the court administrator of court for all purposes except the 
25.16 	filing of papers in actions or proceedings to be tried at Duluth. Marriage licenses and 
25.17 	naturalization papers may be issued by said deputy court administrator.

25.18 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 484.51, is amended to read:
25.19 	484.51 PAPERS WHERE FILED; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
25.20 	After Regardless of the place of trial of any cause is determined, as provided in sections 
25.21 	484.44 to 484.52, all papers, orders and documents pertaining to all causes to be tried at 
25.22 	Virginia and filed in court shall be filed and be kept on file at the court administrator's office 
25.23 	in the city of Virginia, and all causes to be tried in Hibbing and all papers, orders and 
25.24 	documents pertaining thereto shall be filed and be kept on file at the court administrator's 
25.25 	office in the city of Hibbing can be filed at any court location in St. Louis County.
25.26 	In all actions tried at the city of Virginia or the city of Hibbing, the court administrator, 
25.27 	as soon as final judgment is entered, shall forthwith cause such judgment to be docketed in 
25.28 	the court administrator's office at the county seat; and when so docketed the same shall 
25.29 	become a lien on real estate and have the same effect as judgments entered in causes tried 
25.30 	at the county seat.
25.31 	In all actions tried at the city of Virginia or the city of Hibbing, involving the title of 
25.32 	real estate, upon final judgment being entered, all the papers in said cause shall be filed in 
26.1 	the court administrator's office at the county seat and the final judgment or decree recorded 
26.2 	therein, and a certified copy of all papers in the case shall be made by the court administrator 
26.3 	and retained at the court administrator's office in the city of Virginia or in the court 
26.4 	administrator's office in the city of Hibbing where the action was originally tried, without 
26.5 	additional charge to the parties to said action.

26.6 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 518.68, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.7 		Subdivision 1.Requirement. Every court order or judgment and decree under this 
26.8 	chapter or chapter 518A that provides for child support, spousal maintenance, custody, or 
26.9 	parenting time must contain certain notices as set out in subdivision 2. The information in 
26.10 	the notices must be concisely stated in plain language. The notices must be and in clearly 
26.11 	legible print, but may not exceed two pages. An order or judgment and decree without the 
26.12 	notice remains subject to all statutes. The court may waive all or part of the notice required 
26.13 	under subdivision 2 relating to parental rights under section 518.17, subdivision 3, if it finds 
26.14 	it is necessary to protect the welfare of a party or child.

26.15 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 518B.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
26.16 		Subd. 2.Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings 
26.17 	given them:
26.18 	(a) "Domestic abuse" means the following, if committed against a family or household 
26.19 	member by a family or household member:
26.20 	(1) physical harm, bodily injury, or assault;
26.21 	(2) the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault; or
26.22 	(3) terroristic threats, within the meaning of section 609.713, subdivision 1; criminal 
26.23 	sexual conduct, within the meaning of section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, or 
26.24 	609.3451; sexual extortion within the meaning of section 609.3458; or interference with an 
26.25 	emergency call within the meaning of section 609.78, subdivision 2.
26.26 	(b) "Family or household members" means:
26.27 	(1) spouses and former spouses;
26.28 	(2) parents and children;
26.29 	(3) persons related by blood;
26.30 	(4) persons who are presently residing together or who have resided together in the past;
27.1 	(5) persons who have a child in common regardless of whether they have been married 
27.2 	or have lived together at any time;
27.3 	(6) a man and woman if the woman is pregnant and the man is alleged to be the father, 
27.4 	regardless of whether they have been married or have lived together at any time; and
27.5 	(7) persons involved in a significant romantic or sexual relationship.
27.6 	Issuance of an order for protection on the ground in clause (6) does not affect a 
27.7 	determination of paternity under sections 257.51 to 257.74. In determining whether persons 
27.8 	are or have been involved in a significant romantic or sexual relationship under clause (7), 
27.9 	the court shall consider the length of time of the relationship; type of relationship; frequency 
27.10 	of interaction between the parties; and, if the relationship has terminated, length of time 
27.11 	since the termination.
27.12 	(c) "Qualified domestic violence-related offense" has the meaning given in section 
27.13 	609.02, subdivision 16.
27.14 	(d) "Custodian" means any person other than the petitioner or respondent who is under 
27.15 	a legal obligation to provide care and support for a minor child of a petitioner or who is in 
27.16 	fact providing care and support for a minor child of a petitioner. Custodian does not include 
27.17 	any person caring for a minor child if the petitioner's parental rights have been terminated.
27.18 	has:
27.19 	(1) physical or legal custody under section 257.541, subdivision 1, physical or legal 
27.20 	custody pursuant to any court order, or physical custody with the consent of a custodial 
27.21 	parent; or
27.22 	(2) court-ordered parenting time.

27.23 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 524.5-420, is amended to read:
27.24 	524.5-420 REPORTS; APPOINTMENT OF VISITOR; MONITORING; COURT 
27.25 	ORDERS.
27.26 	(a) A conservator shall report to the court for administration of the estate annually unless 
27.27 	the court otherwise directs, upon resignation or removal, upon termination of the 
27.28 	conservatorship, and at other times as the court directs. A copy of the report must be provided 
27.29 	to the person subject to conservatorship and to interested persons of record with the court. 
27.30 	An order, after notice and hearing, allowing an intermediate report of a conservator 
27.31 	adjudicates liabilities concerning the matters adequately disclosed in the accounting. An 
28.1 	order, after notice and hearing, allowing a final report adjudicates all previously unsettled 
28.2 	liabilities relating to the conservatorship.
28.3 	(b) A report must state or contain a listing of the assets of the estate under the 
28.4 	conservator's control and a listing of the receipts, disbursements, and distributions during 
28.5 	the reporting period.
28.6 	(c) The report must also state an address or post office box and a telephone number 
28.7 	where the conservator can be contacted.
28.8 	(d) A conservator shall report to the court in writing within 30 days of the occurrence 
28.9 	of any of the events listed in this paragraph. The conservator must report any of the 
28.10 	occurrences in this paragraph and follow the same reporting requirements in this paragraph 
28.11 	for any employee of the conservator responsible for exercising powers and duties under the 
28.12 	conservatorship. A copy of the report must be provided to the person subject to 
28.13 	conservatorship and to interested persons of record with the court. A conservator shall report 
28.14 	when:
28.15 	(1) the conservator is removed for cause from serving as a guardian or conservator, and 
28.16 	if so, the case number and court location;
28.17 	(2) the conservator has a professional license from an agency listed under section 
28.18 	524.5-118, subdivision 2a, denied, conditioned, suspended, revoked, or canceled, and if so, 
28.19 	the licensing agency and license number, and the basis for denial, condition, suspension, 
28.20 	revocation, or cancellation of the license;
28.21 	(3) the conservator is found civilly liable in an action that involves fraud, 
28.22 	misrepresentation, material omission, misappropriation, theft, or conversion, and if so, the 
28.23 	case number and court location;
28.24 	(4) the conservator files for or receives protection under the bankruptcy laws, and if so, 
28.25 	the case number and court location;
28.26 	(5) a civil monetary judgment is entered against the conservator, and if so, the case 
28.27 	number, court location, and outstanding amount owed;
28.28 	(6) the conservator is convicted of a crime other than a petty misdemeanor or traffic 
28.29 	offense, and if so, the case number and court location; or
28.30 	(7) an order for protection or harassment restraining order is issued against the 
28.31 	conservator, and if so, the case number and court location.
29.1 	(e) A person subject to conservatorship or an interested person of record with the court 
29.2 	may submit to the court a written statement disputing account statements regarding the 
29.3 	administration of the estate or addressing any disciplinary or legal action that is contained 
29.4 	in the reports and may petition the court for any order that is in the best interests of the 
29.5 	person subject to conservatorship and the estate or for other appropriate relief.
29.6 	(f) An interested person may notify the court in writing that the interested person does 
29.7 	not wish to receive copies of reports required under this section after which time neither 
29.8 	the court nor any other person is required to give notice to any person who has waived 
29.9 	notice.
29.10 	(g) The court may appoint a visitor to review a report or plan, interview the person 
29.11 	subject to conservatorship or conservator, and make any other investigation the court directs. 
29.12 	In connection with a report, the court may order a conservator to submit the assets of the 
29.13 	estate to an appropriate examination to be made in a manner the court directs.
29.14 	(h) The court shall establish a system for monitoring of conservatorships, including the 
29.15 	filing and review of conservators' reports and plans. If an annual report is not filed within 
29.16 	60 days of the required date, the court shall issue an order to show cause. Unless otherwise 
29.17 	ordered by the court, a report under this section shall be filed publicly.
29.18 	(i) If there is no acting guardian, a conservator that becomes aware of the death of the 
29.19 	person subject to conservatorship shall notify in writing; orally; or by phone, text message, 
29.20 	email, or electronic service, all known interested persons as defined by section 524.5-102, 
29.21 	subdivision 7, clauses (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (ix), and (xi), and the court as soon as is reasonably 
29.22 	practical, that the person subject to conservatorship has died. The conservator may delegate 
29.23 	this task under reasonable circumstances.
29.24 	(j) If a conservator fails to comply with this section, the court may decline to appoint 
29.25 	that person as a guardian or conservator, or may remove a person as guardian or conservator.

29.26 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 595.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
29.27 	read:
29.28 		Subd. 1b.Inadmissibility; exceptions. (a) For purposes of this subdivision:
29.29 	(1) "restorative practice" has the meaning given in section 142A.76, subdivision 1; and
29.30 	(2) "restorative practice participant" means a facilitator, a person who has caused harm, 
29.31 	a person who has been harmed, a community member, and any other person attending a 
29.32 	restorative practice.
30.1 	(b) Statements made or documents offered in the course of a restorative practice are not 
30.2 	subject to discovery or admissible as evidence in a civil or criminal proceeding. This 
30.3 	paragraph does not apply:
30.4 	(1) to statements or documents that are the subject of a report made pursuant to section 
30.5 	626.557 or chapter 260E;
30.6 	(2) if a restorative practice participant reasonably believed that disclosure of a statement 
30.7 	or document was necessary to prevent reasonably certain death, great bodily harm, or 
30.8 	commission of a crime; or
30.9 	(3) if the statement or document constitutes evidence of professional misconduct by a 
30.10 	restorative practice participant acting in the capacity of their professional or occupational 
30.11 	license.
30.12 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), if a court orders a person who caused harm to 
30.13 	participate in a restorative practice, a person overseeing the restorative practice may disclose 
30.14 	information necessary to demonstrate whether the person who caused harm participated as 
30.15 	ordered.
30.16 	(d) Evidence that is otherwise admissible or subject to discovery does not become 
30.17 	inadmissible or protected from discovery solely because it was discussed or used in a 
30.18 	restorative practice.

30.19 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611.45, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
30.20 		Subd. 3.Dismissal of criminal charge. (a) If the court finds the defendant incompetent, 
30.21 	and the charge is a misdemeanor other than a targeted misdemeanor, the charge must be 
30.22 	dismissed.
30.23 	(b) In targeted misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor cases, the charges must be dismissed 
30.24 	30 days after the date of the finding of incompetence, unless the prosecutor, before the 
30.25 	expiration of the 30-day period, files a written notice of intent to prosecute when the 
30.26 	defendant attains competency. If a notice has been filed and the charge is a targeted 
30.27 	misdemeanor, charges must be dismissed within one year after the finding of incompetency. 
30.28 	If a notice has been filed and the charge is a gross misdemeanor, charges must be dismissed 
30.29 	within two years after the finding of incompetency.
30.30 	(c) In felony cases, except as provided in paragraph (d), the charges must be dismissed 
30.31 	three years after the date of the finding of incompetency, unless the prosecutor, before the 
30.32 	expiration of the three-year period, files a written notice of intent to prosecute when the 
30.33 	defendant attains competency. If a notice has been filed, charges must be dismissed within 
31.1 	five years after the finding of incompetency or ten years if the maximum sentence for the 
31.2 	crime with which the defendant is charged is ten years or more.
31.3 	(d) The requirement that felony charges be dismissed under paragraph (c) does not apply 
31.4 	if:
31.5 	(1) the court orders continuing supervision or monitoring pursuant to section 611.49; or
31.6 	(2) the defendant is charged with a violation of sections 609.2112 (criminal vehicular 
31.7 	homicide); 609.2114, subdivision 1 (criminal vehicular operation, death to an unborn child); 
31.8 	609.2661 (murder of an unborn child in the first degree); 609.2662 (murder of an unborn 
31.9 	child in the second degree); 609.2663 (murder of an unborn child in the third degree); 
31.10 	609.2664 (manslaughter of an unborn child in the first degree); or 609.2665 (manslaughter 
31.11 	of an unborn child in the second degree); or a crime of violence as defined in section 624.712, 
31.12 	subdivision 5, except for a violation of chapter 152.
31.13 	(e) Nothing in this subdivision requires dismissal of any charge if the court finds the 
31.14 	defendant competent and enters an order directing that the criminal proceedings shall resume.

31.15 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611.46, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
31.16 		Subd. 2.Supervision Forensic navigator monitoring. (a) Upon a finding of 
31.17 	incompetency, if the defendant is entitled to release, the court must determine whether the 
31.18 	defendant requires pretrial supervision. The court must weigh public safety risks against 
31.19 	the defendant's interests in remaining free from supervision while presumed innocent in the 
31.20 	criminal proceedings. The court may use a validated and equitable risk assessment tool to 
31.21 	determine whether supervision is necessary.
31.22 	(b) If the court determines that the defendant requires pretrial supervision, the court shall
31.23 	may direct the forensic navigator to conduct pretrial supervision and report violations to 
31.24 	the court. The forensic navigator shall be responsible for the supervision of the defendant 
31.25 	until ordered otherwise by the court. monitor the defendant's compliance or noncompliance 
31.26 	with the conditions of release as provided in section 611.55, subdivision 3, paragraph (c). 
31.27 	A forensic navigator may not conduct searches, seize property or persons, or issue sanctions.
31.28 	(c) Upon application by the prosecutor, forensic navigator, other entity or its designee 
31.29 	assigned to supervise the defendant, or court services alleging that the defendant violated 
31.30 	a condition of release and is a risk to public safety, the court shall follow the procedures 
31.31 	under Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 6. Any hearing on the alleged violation of release 
31.32 	conditions shall be held no more than 15 days after the date of issuance of a summons or 
31.33 	within 72 hours if the defendant is apprehended on a warrant.
32.1 	(d) If the court finds a violation, the court may revise the conditions of release and bail 
32.2 	as appropriate pursuant to Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure and must consider the 
32.3 	defendant's need for ongoing access to a competency attainment program or alternative 
32.4 	program under this section.
32.5 	(e) The court must review conditions of release and bail on request of any party and may 
32.6 	amend the conditions of release or make any other reasonable order upon receipt of 
32.7 	information that the pretrial detention of a defendant has interfered with the defendant 
32.8 	attaining competency.

32.9 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611.49, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
32.10 		Subd. 2.Procedure. (a) If the court finds that there is a substantial probability that the 
32.11 	defendant will attain competency within the reasonably foreseeable future, the court shall 
32.12 	find the defendant incompetent and proceed under section 611.46.
32.13 	(b) If the court finds that there is not a substantial probability the defendant will attain 
32.14 	competency within the reasonably foreseeable future, the court may not order the defendant 
32.15 	to participate in or continue to participate in a competency attainment program in a locked 
32.16 	treatment facility. The court must release the defendant from any custody holds pertaining 
32.17 	to the underlying criminal case and require the forensic navigator to develop a bridge plan.
32.18 	(c) If the court finds that there is not a substantial probability the defendant will attain 
32.19 	competency within the foreseeable future, the court may issue an order to the designated 
32.20 	agency in the county of financial responsibility or the county where the defendant is present 
32.21 	to conduct a prepetition screening pursuant to section 253B.07.
32.22 	(d) If the court finds that there is not a substantial probability that the defendant will 
32.23 	attain competency within the foreseeable future, the court must dismiss the case unless:
32.24 	(1) the person is charged with a violation of section 609.2112 (criminal vehicular 
32.25 	homicide); 609.2114, subdivision 1 (criminal vehicular operation, death to an unborn child); 
32.26 	609.2661 (murder of an unborn child in the first degree); 609.2662 (murder of an unborn 
32.27 	child in the second degree); 609.2663 (murder of an unborn child in the third degree); 
32.28 	609.2664 (manslaughter of an unborn child in the first degree); or 609.2665 (manslaughter 
32.29 	of an unborn child in the second degree); or a crime of violence as defined in section 624.712, 
32.30 	subdivision 5, except for a violation of chapter 152; or
32.31 	(2) there is a showing of a danger to public safety if the matter is dismissed.
32.32 	(e) If the court does not dismiss the charges, the court must order continued supervision
32.33 	or monitoring under subdivision 3.

33.1 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611.49, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
33.2 		Subd. 3.Continued supervision or monitoring. (a) If the court orders the continued 
33.3 	supervision or monitoring of a defendant, any party may request a hearing on the issue of 
33.4 	continued supervision or monitoring by filing a notice no more than ten days after the order 
33.5 	for continued supervision or monitoring.
33.6 	(b) When continued supervision is ordered, the court must identify the supervisory
33.7 	agency responsible for the supervision of the defendant and may identify a forensic navigator 
33.8 	as the responsible entity. Alternatively, the court may direct the forensic navigator to monitor 
33.9 	the defendant's compliance or noncompliance with the conditions of release as provided in 
33.10 	section 611.55, subdivision 3, paragraph (c). A forensic navigator may not conduct searches, 
33.11 	seize property or persons, or issue sanctions.
33.12 	(c) Notwithstanding the reporting requirements of section 611.46, subdivision 6, the 
33.13 	court examiner must provide an updated report to the court one year after the initial order 
33.14 	for continued supervision or monitoring as to the defendant's competency and a description 
33.15 	of the efforts made to assist the defendant in attaining competency. The court shall hold a 
33.16 	review hearing within 30 days of receipt of the report.
33.17 	(d) If continued supervision or monitoring is ordered at the review hearing under 
33.18 	paragraph (c), the court must set a date for a review hearing no later than two years after 
33.19 	the most recent order for continuing supervision or monitoring. The court must order review 
33.20 	of the defendant's status, including an updated competency examination and report by the 
33.21 	court examiner. The court examiner must submit the updated report to the court. At the 
33.22 	review hearing, the court must determine if the defendant has attained competency, whether 
33.23 	there is a substantial probability that the defendant will attain competency within the 
33.24 	foreseeable future, and whether the absence of continuing supervision or monitoring of the 
33.25 	defendant is a danger to public safety. Notwithstanding subdivision 2, paragraph (d), the 
33.26 	court may hear any motions to dismiss pursuant to the interest of justice at the review 
33.27 	hearing.
33.28 	(e) Continued supervision or monitoring of a defendant in cases where the most serious 
33.29 	charge is a targeted misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor is subject to the limitations 
33.30 	established in section 611.45, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).
33.31 	(f) The court may not order continued supervision or monitoring of a defendant charged 
33.32 	with a felony for more than ten years unless the defendant is charged with a violation of 
33.33 	section 609.2112 (criminal vehicular homicide); 609.2114, subdivision 1 (criminal vehicular 
33.34 	operation, death to an unborn child); 609.2661 (murder of an unborn child in the first degree); 
34.1 	609.2662 (murder of an unborn child in the second degree); 609.2663 (murder of an unborn 
34.2 	child in the third degree); 609.2664 (manslaughter of an unborn child in the first degree); 
34.3 	or 609.2665 (manslaughter of an unborn child in the second degree); or a crime of violence 
34.4 	as defined in section 624.712, subdivision 5, except for a violation of chapter 152.
34.5 	(g) At any time, the head of the program may discharge the defendant from the program 
34.6 	or facility. The head of the program must notify the court, prosecutor, defense counsel, 
34.7 	forensic navigator, and any entity responsible for the supervision of the defendant prior to 
34.8 	any planned discharge. Absent emergency circumstances, this notification shall be made 
34.9 	five days prior to the discharge. If the defendant is discharged from the program or facility 
34.10 	under emergency circumstances, notification of emergency discharge shall include a 
34.11 	description of the emergency circumstances and may include a request for emergency 
34.12 	transportation. The court shall make a determination on a request for emergency 
34.13 	transportation within 24 hours. Nothing in this section prohibits a law enforcement agency 
34.14 	from transporting a defendant pursuant to any other authority.
34.15 	(h) The court may provide, partner, or contract for pretrial supervision services or 
34.16 	continued supervision if the defendant is found incompetent and unlikely to attain competency 
34.17 	in the foreseeable future.

34.18 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611.55, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
34.19 		Subd. 3.Duties. (a) Forensic navigators shall assist and supervise monitor defendants 
34.20 	when appointed to do so by a court. Forensic navigators shall be impartial in all legal matters 
34.21 	relating to the criminal case. Nothing shall be construed to permit the forensic navigator to 
34.22 	provide legal counsel as a representative of the court, prosecutor, or defense counsel.
34.23 	(b) Forensic navigators shall provide services to assist defendants with mental illnesses 
34.24 	and cognitive impairments. Services may include, but are not limited to:
34.25 	(1) developing bridge plans;
34.26 	(2) assisting defendants in participating in court-ordered examinations and hearings;
34.27 	(3) coordinating timely placement in court-ordered competency attainment programs;
34.28 	(4) providing competency attainment education;
34.29 	(5) reporting to the court on the progress of defendants found incompetent to stand trial;
34.30 	(6) providing coordinating services to help defendants access mental health services, 
34.31 	medical care, stable housing and housing assistance, financial assistance, social services, 
35.1 	transportation, precharge and pretrial diversion, and other necessary services provided by 
35.2 	other programs and community service providers;
35.3 	(7) communicating with and offering supportive resources to defendants and family 
35.4 	members of defendants; and
35.5 	(8) providing consultation and education to court officials on emerging issues and 
35.6 	innovations in serving defendants with mental illnesses in the court system.
35.7 	(c) When ordered to supervise a defendant, a forensic navigator shall report to the court 
35.8 	on monitor a defendant's compliance or noncompliance with conditions of pretrial supervision 
35.9 	and any order of the court release under section 611.46, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), the 
35.10 	forensic navigator shall provide updates to the court on a regular basis or when requested 
35.11 	by the court or either party.
35.12 	(d) If a defendant's charges are dismissed, the appointed forensic navigator may continue 
35.13 	assertive outreach with the individual for up to 90 days to assist in attaining stability in the 
35.14 	community.

35.15 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
35.16 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; membership. (a) The Minnesota Competency Attainment 
35.17 	Board is established in the judicial branch. The board is not subject to the administrative 
35.18 	control of the judiciary. The board shall consist of seven members, including:
35.19 	(1) three members appointed by the supreme court, at least one of whom must be a 
35.20 	defense attorney, one a county attorney, and one public member; and
35.21 	(2) four members appointed by the governor, at least one of whom must be a mental 
35.22 	health professional with experience in competency attainment.
35.23 	(b) The appointing authorities may not appoint an active judge to be a member of the 
35.24 	board, but may appoint a retired judge.
35.25 	(c) All members must demonstrate an interest in maintaining a high quality, independent 
35.26 	forensic navigator program and a thorough process for certification of competency attainment 
35.27 	programs. Members shall be familiar with the Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, 
35.28 	particularly rule 20; chapter 253B; and sections 611.40 to 611.59. Following the initial 
35.29 	terms of appointment, at least one member appointed by the supreme court must have 
35.30 	previous experience working as a forensic navigator. At least three members of the board 
35.31 	shall live outside the First, Second, Fourth, and Tenth Judicial Districts. The terms, 
36.1 	compensation, and removal of members shall be as provided in section 15.0575. The members 
36.2 	shall elect the chair from among the membership for a term of two years.

36.3 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611.59, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
36.4 		Subdivision 1.Availability and certification. The board must will use available resources 
36.5 	to provide or contract for enough competency attainment services to meet the needs of adult 
36.6 	defendants in each judicial district who are found incompetent to proceed and do not have 
36.7 	access to competency attainment services as a part of any other programming in which they 
36.8 	are ordered to participate. The board, in consultation with the Certification Advisory 
36.9 	Committee, shall develop procedures to certify that the standards in this section are met, 
36.10 	including procedures for regular recertification of competency attainment programs. The 
36.11 	board shall maintain a list of programs it has certified on the board's website and shall update 
36.12 	the list of competency attainment programs at least once every year.

36.13 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611.59, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
36.14 		Subd. 4.Program evaluations. (a) The board state court administrator shall collect
36.15 	prepare and make available to the board the following data:
36.16 	(1) the total number of competency examinations ordered in each judicial district 
36.17 	separated by county;
36.18 	(2) the age, race, and number of unique defendants and for whom at least one competency 
36.19 	examination was ordered in each judicial district separated by county;
36.20 	(3) the age, race, and number of unique defendants found incompetent at least once in 
36.21 	each judicial district separated by county; and
36.22 	(4) all available data on the level of charge and adjudication of cases with a defendant 
36.23 	found incompetent and whether a forensic navigator was assigned to the case.
36.24 	(b) By February 15 of each year, the board must report to the legislative committees and 
36.25 	divisions with jurisdiction over human services, public safety, and the judiciary on the data 
36.26 	collected under this subdivision and may include recommendations for statutory or funding 
36.27 	changes related to competency attainment.

37.1 	ARTICLE 4
37.2 	PUBLIC SAFETY POLICY

37.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.137, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
37.4 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the 
37.5 	meanings given.
37.6 	(b) "Chemical substance" means a substance intended to be used as a precursor in the 
37.7 	manufacture of methamphetamine or any other chemical intended to be used in the 
37.8 	manufacture of methamphetamine.
37.9 	(c) "Child" means any person under the age of 18 years.
37.10 	(d) "Fentanyl" has the meaning given in section 152.01, subdivision 25.
37.11 	(d) (e) "Methamphetamine paraphernalia" means all equipment, products, and materials 
37.12 	of any kind that are used, intended for use, or designed for use in manufacturing, injecting, 
37.13 	ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing methamphetamine into the human body.
37.14 	(e) (f) "Methamphetamine waste products" means substances, chemicals, or items of 
37.15 	any kind used in the manufacture of methamphetamine or any part of the manufacturing 
37.16 	process, or the by-products or degradates of manufacturing methamphetamine.
37.17 	(f) (g) "Vulnerable adult" has the meaning given in section 609.232, subdivision 11.

37.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.137, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
37.19 		Subd. 2.Prohibited conduct. (a) No person may knowingly engage in any of the 
37.20 	following activities in the presence of a child or vulnerable adult; in the residence of a child 
37.21 	or a vulnerable adult; in a building, structure, conveyance, or outdoor location where a child 
37.22 	or vulnerable adult might reasonably be expected to be present; in a room offered to the 
37.23 	public for overnight accommodation; or in any multiple unit residential building:
37.24 	(1) manufacturing or attempting to manufacture methamphetamine;
37.25 	(2) storing any chemical substance;
37.26 	(3) storing any methamphetamine waste products; or
37.27 	(4) storing any methamphetamine paraphernalia.
37.28 	(b) No person may knowingly cause or permit a child or vulnerable adult to inhale, be 
37.29 	exposed to, have contact with, or ingest methamphetamine, a chemical substance, or 
37.30 	methamphetamine paraphernalia.
38.1 	(c) No person may knowingly cause or permit a child or vulnerable adult to inhale, be 
38.2 	exposed to, have contact with, or ingest fentanyl.
38.3 	(d) Paragraphs (b) and (c) do not apply to manufacturers, practitioners, pharmacists, 
38.4 	owners of pharmacies, nurses, and other persons when the manufacturer, practitioner, 
38.5 	pharmacist, owner of a pharmacy, nurse, or other person is acting in a professional capacity.

38.6 	Sec. 3. [241.76] OPIATE ANTAGONISTS.
38.7 	(a) The commissioner must maintain a supply of opiate antagonists, as defined in section 
38.8 	604A.04, subdivision 1, at each correctional facility to be administered in compliance with 
38.9 	section 151.37, subdivision 12.
38.10 	(b) The commissioner must store an ample number of doses of nasal opiate antagonists 
38.11 	throughout each facility so that staff can rapidly respond to opioid overdoses.
38.12 	(c) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall provide 
38.13 	training to employees of the department on recognizing the symptoms of an opiate overdose 
38.14 	and how to administer nasal opiate antagonists.

38.15 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
38.16 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this 
38.17 	subdivision have the meanings given them.
38.18 	(b) "Correctional fees":
38.19 	(1) effective August 1, 2027 2029, means fees charged or contracted for by a probation 
38.20 	agency or the commissioner of corrections for court-ordered or community-provided 
38.21 	correctional services, including but not limited to drug testing, electronic home monitoring, 
38.22 	treatment, and programming; and
38.23 	(2) effective August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2027 2029, include fees for the following 
38.24 	correctional services:
38.25 	(i) community service work placement and supervision;
38.26 	(ii) restitution collection;
38.27 	(iii) supervision;
38.28 	(iv) court-ordered investigations;
38.29 	(v) any other court-ordered service;
38.30 	(vi) postprison supervision or other form of release; and
39.1 	(vii) supervision or other probation-related services provided by a probation agency or 
39.2 	by the Department of Corrections for individuals supervised by the commissioner of 
39.3 	corrections.
39.4 	(c) "Probation" has the meaning given in section 609.02, subdivision 15.
39.5 	(d) "Probation agency" means a probation agency, including a Tribal Nation, organized 
39.6 	under section 244.19 or chapter 401.

39.7 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.18, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
39.8 		Subd. 7.Annual report. (a) By January 15 each year, the commissioner must submit 
39.9 	an annual report on implementing the commissioner's duties under this section to the chairs 
39.10 	and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees and 
39.11 	divisions with jurisdiction over criminal justice funding and policy. At a minimum, the 
39.12 	report must include information on the types of correctional services for which fees were 
39.13 	imposed, the aggregate amount of fees imposed, and the amount of fees collected.
39.14 	(b) This subdivision expires August 1, 2027 2029.

39.15 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.18, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
39.16 		Subd. 9.Sunsetting supervision fees; sunset plan. (a) By August 1, 2025, each probation 
39.17 	agency must provide to the commissioner a written plan for phasing out supervision fees 
39.18 	for individuals under the agency's supervision and control, and the commissioner must 
39.19 	review and approve the plan by August 1, 2027 2029. By August 1, 2027 2029, the 
39.20 	commissioner must develop a written plan for phasing out supervision fees for individuals 
39.21 	under the commissioner's supervision and control.
39.22 	(b) A copy of an approved plan must be provided to all individuals under the supervision 
39.23 	and control of the agency or the commissioner and in a language and manner that each 
39.24 	individual can understand.
39.25 	(c) Supervision fees must not be increased from August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2027
39.26 	2029.
39.27 	(d) This subdivision expires August 1, 2027 2029.

39.28 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
39.29 	read:
39.30 		Subd. 9.Grant contracts and programs administrative costs. Notwithstanding any 
39.31 	law to the contrary, unless amounts are otherwise appropriated for administrative costs, the 
40.1 	department may retain up to five percent of the amount appropriated to the department for 
40.2 	grants enacted by the legislature and single or sole source and formula grants and up to ten 
40.3 	percent for competitively awarded grants to be used for staff and related operating costs for 
40.4 	grant administration. This subdivision applies to all new and existing grant programs 
40.5 	administered by the department. This subdivision does not apply to grants funded with an 
40.6 	appropriation of proceeds from the sale of state general obligation bonds.

40.7 	Sec. 8. [299A.708] MINNESOTA VICTIMS OF CRIME ACCOUNT.
40.8 		Subdivision 1.Account established. The Minnesota victims of crime account is 
40.9 	established in the special revenue fund.
40.10 		Subd. 2.Source of funds. The account consists of money deposited, donated, allotted, 
40.11 	transferred, or otherwise provided to the account and any interest or earnings of the account.
40.12 		Subd. 3.Appropriation; account purpose; grants. Money in the account, including 
40.13 	interest accrued, is appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for the Office of Justice 
40.14 	Programs to provide grants to crime victim services providers. Grants must be used for 
40.15 	direct services and advocacy for victims of sexual assault, general crime, domestic violence, 
40.16 	and child abuse. Funding must support the direct needs of organizations serving victims of 
40.17 	crime and may provide: direct client assistance to crime victims; competitive wages for 
40.18 	direct service staff; hotel stays and other housing-related supports and services; culturally 
40.19 	responsive programming; prevention programming, including domestic abuse transformation 
40.20 	and restorative justice programming; and for other needs of organizations and crime victim 
40.21 	survivors. Up to ten percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
40.22 		Subd. 4.Reporting; carryover. (a) By January 15 of each year, the commissioner of 
40.23 	public safety shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
40.24 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over public safety policy and finance on the account 
40.25 	established in subdivision 1. The report must provide detailed information on the money 
40.26 	deposited into the account and any money carried over from the previous year, including 
40.27 	the amounts and sources of the money.
40.28 	(b) Money in the account does not cancel but remains available for expenditures for 
40.29 	grants identified in subdivision 3.
40.30 		Subd. 5.Annual transfer. In fiscal year 2028 and each year thereafter, the commissioner 
40.31 	of management and budget shall transfer $2,000,000 from the general fund to the Minnesota 
40.32 	victims of crime account.

41.1 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299F.47, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
41.2 		Subd. 2.Charter school inspections; fees. The state fire marshal shall charge charter 
41.3 	schools $100 $0.014 per square foot for each school building inspected. This rate These 
41.4 	rates shall include two follow-up inspections or on-site consultations. If additional follow-up 
41.5 	inspections or consultations are needed, the state fire marshal shall charge $50 $0.005 per 
41.6 	square foot for each additional follow-up inspection to each applicable building in which a 
41.7 	follow-up inspection is needed.

41.8 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 401.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
41.9 		Subdivision 1.Community supervision funding formula. (a) Beginning July 1, 2023, 
41.10 	the community supervision subsidy paid to each county, the commissioner for supervision 
41.11 	of non-CCA jurisdictions served by the Department of Corrections, and each applicable 
41.12 	Tribal Nation under paragraph (e) equals the sum of:
41.13 	(1) a base funding amount equal to $150,000; and
41.14 	(2) a community supervision formula equal to the sum of:
41.15 	(i) for each individual with a felony sentence, a felony per diem rate of $5.62 multiplied 
41.16 	by the sum of the county's or Tribal Nation's adult felony population, adult supervised 
41.17 	release and parole populations, and juvenile supervised release and parole populations as 
41.18 	reported in the most recent probation survey published by the commissioner, multiplied by 
41.19 	365; and
41.20 	(ii) for each individual sentenced for a gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor or under 
41.21 	juvenile probation, the felony per diem rate of $5.62 multiplied by 0.5 and then multiplied 
41.22 	by the sum of the county's or Tribal Nation's gross misdemeanor, misdemeanor, and juvenile 
41.23 	populations as reported in the most recent probation survey published by the commissioner, 
41.24 	multiplied by 365.
41.25 	(i) for individuals with a felony sentence, the felony per diem rate of $5.62 shall be 
41.26 	multiplied by the average total population over the three most recent years, as reported in 
41.27 	the probation surveys published by the commissioner. This population includes the county 
41.28 	or Tribal Nation's adult felony population, adult supervised release population, adult parole 
41.29 	population, juvenile supervised release population, and juvenile parole population. The 
41.30 	resulting amount shall then be multiplied by 365 to calculate the total annual allocation; 
41.31 	and
41.32 	(ii) for individuals sentenced for a gross misdemeanor, for a misdemeanor, or under 
41.33 	juvenile probation, the felony per diem rate of $5.62 shall be multiplied by 0.5, and then 
42.1 	multiplied by the average total population over the three most recent years, as reported in 
42.2 	the probation surveys published by the commissioner. This population includes the county 
42.3 	or Tribal Nation's gross misdemeanor population, misdemeanor population, and juvenile 
42.4 	probation population. The resulting amount shall then be multiplied by 365 to calculate the 
42.5 	total annual allocation.
42.6 	(b) For a non-CCA jurisdiction under section 244.19, subdivision 1b, paragraph (b) or 
42.7 	(c), the base funding amount must be shared equally between the jurisdiction and the 
42.8 	commissioner for the provision of felony supervision under section 244.20.
42.9 	(c) If in any year the total amount appropriated for the purpose of this section is more 
42.10 	than or less than the total of base funding plus community supervision formula funding for 
42.11 	all counties and applicable Tribal Nations, the sum of each county's and applicable Tribal 
42.12 	Nation's base funding plus community supervision formula funding is adjusted by the ratio 
42.13 	of amounts appropriated for this purpose divided by the total of base funding plus community 
42.14 	supervision formula funding for all counties and applicable Tribal Nations.
42.15 	(d) If in any year the base funding plus the community supervision formula amount 
42.16 	based on what was appropriated in fiscal year 2024 is less than the funding paid to the 
42.17 	county in fiscal year 2023, the difference is added to the community supervision formula 
42.18 	amount for that county. A county is not eligible for additional funding under this paragraph 
42.19 	unless the base funding plus community supervision formula results in an increase in funding 
42.20 	for the county based on what was appropriated in the previous fiscal year. This paragraph 
42.21 	expires June 30, 2029.
42.22 	(e) For each Tribal Nation, a funding amount of $250,000 is allotted annually to purchase 
42.23 	probation services or probation-related services, including contracted services, but a Tribal 
42.24 	Nation that becomes a CCA jurisdiction or a non-CCA jurisdiction under section 244.19, 
42.25 	subdivision 1b, paragraph (b) or (c), is an applicable Tribal Nation under paragraphs (a) to 
42.26 	(c) and:
42.27 	(1) has the Tribal Nation's funding amount of $250,000 transferred to the total community 
42.28 	supervision subsidy amount appropriated for the purposes of this section; and
42.29 	(2) is allotted a base funding amount equal to $150,000 plus an amount as determined 
42.30 	according to the community supervision formula under paragraph (a), clause (2).
42.31 	(f) Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act savings under section 244.50, 
42.32 	subdivision 4, clause (2), are appropriated to each CCA jurisdiction and non-CCA jurisdiction 
42.33 	served by the Department of Corrections by dividing the three-year average of the number 
42.34 	of individuals on supervised release and intensive supervised release within the jurisdiction 
43.1 	by the three-year average of the total number of individuals under supervised release and 
43.2 	intensive supervised release statewide, using the numbers reported annually in the Probation 
43.3 	Survey report.

43.4 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 517.08, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
43.5 		Subd. 1b.Term of license; fee; premarital education. (a) The local registrar shall 
43.6 	examine upon oath the parties applying for a license relative to the legality of the 
43.7 	contemplated civil marriage. Both parties must present proof of age to the local registrar. 
43.8 	If one party is unable to appear in person, the party appearing may complete the absent 
43.9 	applicant's information. The local registrar shall provide a copy of the civil marriage 
43.10 	application to the party who is unable to appear, who must verify the accuracy of the 
43.11 	appearing party's information in a notarized statement. The verification statement must be 
43.12 	accompanied by a copy of proof of age of the party. The civil marriage license must not be 
43.13 	released until the verification statement and proof of age has been received by the local 
43.14 	registrar. If the local registrar is satisfied that there is no legal impediment to it, including 
43.15 	the restriction contained in section 259.13, the local registrar shall issue the license, 
43.16 	containing the full names of the parties before and after the civil marriage, and county and 
43.17 	state of residence, with the county seal attached, and make a record of the date of issuance. 
43.18 	The license shall be valid for a period of six months. Except as provided in paragraph (b), 
43.19 	the local registrar shall collect from the applicant a fee of $115 $125 for administering the 
43.20 	oath, issuing, recording, and filing all papers required, and preparing and transmitting to 
43.21 	the state registrar of vital records the reports of civil marriage required by this section. If 
43.22 	the license should not be used within the period of six months due to illness or other 
43.23 	extenuating circumstances, it may be surrendered to the local registrar for cancellation, and 
43.24 	in that case a new license shall issue upon request of the parties of the original license 
43.25 	without fee. A local registrar who knowingly issues or signs a civil marriage license in any 
43.26 	manner other than as provided in this section shall pay to the parties aggrieved an amount 
43.27 	not to exceed $1,000.
43.28 	(b) The civil marriage license fee for parties who have completed at least 12 hours of 
43.29 	premarital education is $40 $50. In order to qualify for the reduced license fee, the parties 
43.30 	must submit at the time of applying for the civil marriage license a statement that is signed, 
43.31 	dated, and notarized or marked with a church seal from the person who provided the 
43.32 	premarital education on their letterhead confirming that it was received. The premarital 
43.33 	education must be provided by a licensed or ordained minister or the minister's designee, 
43.34 	a person authorized to solemnize civil marriages under section 517.18, or a person authorized 
43.35 	to practice marriage and family therapy under section 148B.33. The education must include 
44.1 	the use of a premarital inventory and the teaching of communication and conflict management 
44.2 	skills.
44.3 	(c) The statement from the person who provided the premarital education under paragraph 
44.4 	(b) must be in the following form:
44.5 	"I, .......................... (name of educator), confirm that .......................... (names of both 
44.6 	parties) received at least 12 hours of premarital education that included the use of a premarital 
44.7 	inventory and the teaching of communication and conflict management skills. I am a licensed 
44.8 	or ordained minister, a person authorized to solemnize civil marriages under Minnesota 
44.9 	Statutes, section 517.18, or a person licensed to practice marriage and family therapy under 
44.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 148B.33."
44.11 	The names of the parties in the educator's statement must be identical to the legal names 
44.12 	of the parties as they appear in the civil marriage license application. Notwithstanding 
44.13 	section 138.17, the educator's statement must be retained for seven years, after which time 
44.14 	it may be destroyed.

44.15 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 517.08, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
44.16 		Subd. 1c.Disposition of license fee. (a) Of the civil marriage license fee collected 
44.17 	pursuant to subdivision 1b, paragraph (a), $25 must be retained by the county. The local 
44.18 	registrar must pay $90 $100 to the commissioner of management and budget to be deposited 
44.19 	as follows:
44.20 	(1) $55 in the general fund;
44.21 	(2) $3 in the state government special revenue fund to be appropriated to the 
44.22 	commissioner of public safety for parenting time centers under section 119A.37;
44.23 	(3) $2 in the special revenue fund to be appropriated to the commissioner of health for 
44.24 	developing and implementing the MN ENABL program under section 145.9255;
44.25 	(4) $25 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of employment 
44.26 	and economic development for the Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership under section 
44.27 	116L.96; and
44.28 	(5) $5 in the special revenue fund, which is appropriated to the Board of Regents of the 
44.29 	University of Minnesota for the Minnesota couples on the brink project under section 137.32; 
44.30 	and
44.31 	(6) $10 in the Minnesota victims of crime account in the special revenue fund under 
44.32 	section 299A.708.
45.1 	(b) Of the $40 fee under subdivision 1b, paragraph (b), $25 must be retained by the 
45.2 	county. The local registrar must pay $15 $25 to the commissioner of management and 
45.3 	budget to be deposited as follows:
45.4 	(1) $5 as provided in paragraph (a), clauses (2) and (3); and
45.5 	(2) $10 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of employment 
45.6 	and economic development for the Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership under section 
45.7 	116L.96; and
45.8 	(3) $10 in the Minnesota victims of crime account in the special revenue fund under 
45.9 	section 299A.708.

45.10 	Sec. 13. [609.1015] CORPORATE OFFENDERS; PENALTY ASSESSMENT 
45.11 	REQUIRED.
45.12 	(a) As used in this section, "corporation" means any entity, other than a natural person, 
45.13 	that is capable under the laws of any state to sue, be sued, own property, contract, or employ 
45.14 	another.
45.15 	(b) When a court is sentencing a corporation that has been convicted of a crime, the 
45.16 	court must impose an assessment of up to $1,000,000 if the conviction is for a felony offense, 
45.17 	up to $250,000 if the conviction is for a gross misdemeanor offense, and up to $100,000 if 
45.18 	the conviction is for a misdemeanor offense. The assessment is in addition to any criminal 
45.19 	fines, restitution, or surcharge otherwise authorized or required under law. The court shall 
45.20 	impose an assessment of not less than 30 percent of the maximum assessment authorized 
45.21 	by this section unless the defendant makes a showing of undue hardship. The court may not 
45.22 	waive payment of the assessment.
45.23 	(c) In setting the amount of the assessment, the court shall take the following into 
45.24 	consideration:
45.25 	(1) the nature and seriousness of the offense;
45.26 	(2) the number of offenses committed;
45.27 	(3) the persistence of the criminal conduct;
45.28 	(4) the length of time over which the criminal conduct occurred;
45.29 	(5) the willfulness of the corporation's criminal conduct;
45.30 	(6) the corporation's assets, liabilities, and net worth; and
45.31 	(7) the particular harm to victims of the crime.
46.1 	(d) Assessments collected under this section must be deposited into the Minnesota victims 
46.2 	of crime account under section 299A.708.

46.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to sentences 
46.4 	announced on or after that date.

46.5 	Sec. 14. [609.1016] VICTIM SERVICES ASSESSMENT.
46.6 	(a) When a court is sentencing a person for an offense listed in paragraph (b), the court 
46.7 	must impose a victim services assessment. If the violation is a misdemeanor, the assessment 
46.8 	must be at least $500 and not more than $750. For any other violation, the assessment must 
46.9 	be at least $750 and not more than $1,000.
46.10 	(b) The victim services assessment applies to a conviction of the following offenses:
46.11 	(1) any crime of violence as defined in section 624.712, subdivision 5, other than a 
46.12 	violation of chapter 152;
46.13 	(2) section 518B.01, subdivision 14 (violation of domestic abuse order for protection);
46.14 	(3) section 609.2242 (domestic assault);
46.15 	(4) section 609.324, subdivision 1, 1a, or 2 (patronizing or hiring an individual engaged 
46.16 	in prostitution);
46.17 	(5) section 609.3458 (sexual extortion);
46.18 	(6) section 609.748, subdivision 6 (violation of harassment restraining order);
46.19 	(7) section 617.261 (nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images); or
46.20 	(8) section 629.75 (violation of domestic abuse no contact order).
46.21 	(c) The court must waive payment of the assessment required under this subdivision on 
46.22 	a showing of indigency and may waive or reduce payment of the assessment on a showing 
46.23 	of undue hardship upon the convicted person or the convicted person's immediate family.
46.24 	(d) Assessments collected under this section must be deposited into the Minnesota victims 
46.25 	of crime account under section 299A.708.

46.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to sentences 
46.27 	announced on or after that date.

47.1 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2232, is amended to read:
47.2 	609.2232 CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES FOR ASSAULTS COMMITTED BY 
47.3 	STATE PRISON INMATES.
47.4 	(a) If an inmate of a state correctional facility is convicted of violating section 609.221, 
47.5 	609.222, 609.223, 609.2231, or 609.224, while confined in the facility, the sentence imposed 
47.6 	for the assault shall be executed and run consecutively to any unexpired portion of the 
47.7 	offender's earlier sentence. The inmate is not entitled to credit against the sentence imposed 
47.8 	for the assault for time served in confinement for the earlier sentence. The inmate shall 
47.9 	serve the sentence for the assault in a state correctional facility even if the assault conviction 
47.10 	was for a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor.
47.11 	(b) If an inmate of a county jail, county regional jail, county work farm, county 
47.12 	workhouse, or other local correctional facility is convicted of violating section 609.221, 
47.13 	609.222, 609.223, or 609.2231 while confined in the facility and the victim is a county 
47.14 	sheriff or sheriff's deputy, the court must not stay adjudication or imposition of the sentence 
47.15 	and the inmate must be sentenced as follows:
47.16 	(1) if the inmate was serving an executed sentence at the time of the assault, the sentence 
47.17 	imposed for the assault shall be executed and run consecutively to that sentence;
47.18 	(2) if the court imposes an executed sentence for any crime or offense for which the 
47.19 	person was in custody when the person committed the assault, the sentence imposed for the 
47.20 	assault shall be executed and run consecutively to that sentence; and
47.21 	(3) if the inmate was serving a probationary sentence or the court imposes a stayed 
47.22 	sentence for any crime or offense for which the person was in custody when the person 
47.23 	committed the assault, the sentence imposed for the assault shall be executed.

47.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes 
47.25 	committed on or after that date.

47.26 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.322, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
47.27 		Subdivision 1.Solicitation, inducement, and promotion of prostitution; sex trafficking 
47.28 	in the first degree. (a) Whoever, while acting other than as a prostitute or patron, 
47.29 	intentionally does any of the following may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more 
47.30 	than 25 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $50,000, or both:
47.31 	(1) solicits or induces an individual under the age of 18 years to practice prostitution;
47.32 	(2) promotes the prostitution of an individual under the age of 18 years;
48.1 	(3) receives profit, knowing or having reason to know that it is derived from the 
48.2 	prostitution, or the promotion of the prostitution, of an individual under the age of 18 years; 
48.3 	or
48.4 	(4) engages in the sex trafficking of an individual under the age of 18 years.
48.5 	(b) Whoever violates paragraph (a) or subdivision 1a may be sentenced to imprisonment 
48.6 	for not more than 30 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $60,000, or both, if one 
48.7 	or more of the following aggravating factors are present:
48.8 	(1) the offender has committed a prior qualified human trafficking-related offense;
48.9 	(2) the offense involved a sex trafficking victim who suffered bodily harm during the 
48.10 	commission of the offense;
48.11 	(3) the time period that a sex trafficking victim was held in debt bondage or forced or 
48.12 	coerced labor or services exceeded 180 days; or
48.13 	(4) the offense involved more than one sex trafficking victim.
48.14 	(c) Unless a longer mandatory minimum sentence is otherwise required by law or the 
48.15 	Sentencing Guidelines provide for a longer presumptive executed sentence, the court shall 
48.16 	presume that an executed sentence of 120 months must be imposed on an offender convicted 
48.17 	of violating this section under the conditions described in paragraph (a), and an executed 
48.18 	sentence of 144 months must be imposed on an offender convicted of violating this section 
48.19 	under the conditions described in paragraph (b). Sentencing a person in a manner other than 
48.20 	that described in this paragraph is a departure from the Sentencing Guidelines.

48.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes 
48.22 	committed on or after that date.

48.23 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.8516, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
48.24 		Subd. 4.Forms. The commissioner must prepare the necessary grant application forms 
48.25 	and make the forms available on the agency's public website no later than December 31, 
48.26 	2023 2026.

48.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2023.

48.28 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.8516, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
48.29 		Subd. 5.Intensive education and skills training program. No later than December 
48.30 	31, 2023 2026, the commissioner, in consultation with the executive director of the board 
48.31 	and the institutions designated as education providers under subdivision 6, shall develop 
49.1 	an intensive comprehensive law enforcement education and skills training curriculum that 
49.2 	will provide eligible peace officer candidates with the law enforcement education and skills 
49.3 	training needed to be licensed as a peace officer. The curriculum must be designed to be 
49.4 	completed in eight months or less and shall be offered at the institutions designated under 
49.5 	subdivision 6. The curriculum may overlap, coincide with, or draw upon existing law 
49.6 	enforcement education and training programs at institutions designated as education providers 
49.7 	under subdivision 6. The executive director of the board may designate existing law 
49.8 	enforcement education and training programs that are designed to be completed in eight 
49.9 	months or less as intensive comprehensive law enforcement education and skills training 
49.10 	programs for the purposes of this section.

49.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2023.

49.12 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.8516, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
49.13 		Subd. 6.Education providers; sites. (a) No later than October 1, 2023 2026, the Board 
49.14 	of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall designate at least two 
49.15 	regionally diverse system campuses to provide the required intensive comprehensive law 
49.16 	enforcement education and skills training to eligible peace officer candidates.
49.17 	(b) In addition to the campuses designated under paragraph (a), the commissioner may 
49.18 	designate private, nonprofit postsecondary institutions to provide the required intensive 
49.19 	comprehensive law enforcement education and skills training to eligible peace officer 
49.20 	candidates.
49.21 	(c) Effective July 1, 2025, the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota may 
49.22 	request that the commissioner designate one or more campuses to provide intensive 
49.23 	comprehensive law enforcement education and skills training to eligible peace officer 
49.24 	candidates. Upon such a request, the commissioner may designate at least one of the requested 
49.25 	campuses.

49.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2023.

49.27 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 628.26, is amended to read:
49.28 	628.26 LIMITATIONS.
49.29 	(a) Indictments or complaints for any crime resulting in the death of the victim may be 
49.30 	found or made at any time after the death of the person killed.
49.31 	(b) Indictments or complaints for a violation of section 609.25 may be found or made 
49.32 	at any time after the commission of the offense.
50.1 	(c) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 609.282 may be found or made at 
50.2 	any time after the commission of the offense if the victim was under the age of 18 at the 
50.3 	time of the offense.
50.4 	(d) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 609.282 where the victim was 18 
50.5 	years of age or older at the time of the offense, or 609.42, subdivision 1, clause (1) or (2), 
50.6 	shall be found or made and filed in the proper court within six years after the commission 
50.7 	of the offense.
50.8 	(e) Indictments or complaints for violation of sections 609.322, 609.342 to 609.345, and 
50.9 	609.3458 may be found or made at any time after the commission of the offense.
50.10 	(f) Indictments or complaints for a violation of section 609.561 shall be found or made 
50.11 	and filed in the proper court within ten years after the commission of the offense.
50.12 	(f) (g) Indictments or complaints for violation of sections 609.466 and 609.52, subdivision 
50.13 	2, paragraph (a), clause (3), item (iii), shall be found or made and filed in the proper court 
50.14 	within six years after the commission of the offense.
50.15 	(g) (h) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 609.2335, 609.52, subdivision 
50.16 	2, paragraph (a), clause (3), items (i) and (ii), (4), (15), or (16), 609.631, or 609.821, where 
50.17 	the value of the property or services stolen is more than $35,000, or for violation of section 
50.18 	609.527 where the offense involves eight or more direct victims or the total combined loss 
50.19 	to the direct and indirect victims is more than $35,000, shall be found or made and filed in 
50.20 	the proper court within five years after the commission of the offense.
50.21 	(h) (i) Except for violations relating to false material statements, representations or 
50.22 	omissions, indictments or complaints for violations of section 609.671 shall be found or 
50.23 	made and filed in the proper court within five years after the commission of the offense.
50.24 	(i) (j) Indictments or complaints for violation of sections 609.561 to 609.562 and609.563, 
50.25 	shall be found or made and filed in the proper court within five years after the commission 
50.26 	of the offense.
50.27 	(j) (k) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 609.746 shall be found or made 
50.28 	and filed in the proper court within the later of three years after the commission of the 
50.29 	offense or three years after the offense was reported to law enforcement authorities.
50.30 	(k) (l) In all other cases, indictments or complaints shall be found or made and filed in 
50.31 	the proper court within three years after the commission of the offense.
50.32 	(l) (m) The limitations periods contained in this section shall exclude any period of time 
50.33 	during which the defendant was not an inhabitant of or usually resident within this state.
51.1 	(m) (n) The limitations periods contained in this section for an offense shall not include 
51.2 	any period during which the alleged offender participated under a written agreement in a 
51.3 	pretrial diversion program relating to that offense.
51.4 	(n) (o) The limitations periods contained in this section shall not include any period of 
51.5 	time during which physical evidence relating to the offense was undergoing DNA analysis, 
51.6 	as defined in section 299C.155, unless the defendant demonstrates that the prosecuting or 
51.7 	law enforcement agency purposefully delayed the DNA analysis process in order to gain 
51.8 	an unfair advantage.

51.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes 
51.10 	committed on or after that date and to crimes committed before that date if the limitations 
51.11 	period for the crime did not expire before August 1, 2025.

51.12 	ARTICLE 5
51.13 	CORRECTIONS POLICY

51.14 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.19, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
51.15 		Subd. 1c.Community supervision funding; eligibility for funding formula. (a) A 
51.16 	CPO jurisdiction:
51.17 	(1) must collaborate with the commissioner to develop a comprehensive plan under 
51.18 	section 401.06; and
51.19 	(2) is subject to all applicable eligibility provisions under chapter 401 necessary to 
51.20 	receive a subsidy under section 401.10.
51.21 	(b) A non-CPO jurisdiction is eligible to receive a subsidy under section 401.10 but is 
51.22 	not a Community Corrections Act jurisdiction under chapter 401, and. Except as provided 
51.23 	under section 401.115, the commissioner:
51.24 	(1) is appropriated the jurisdiction's share of funding under section 401.10 for providing 
51.25 	probation services; and.
51.26 	(2) may seek reimbursement from the jurisdiction according to subdivision 5a.

51.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.19, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:
51.28 		Subd. 1d.Commissioner of corrections; reimbursing CPO and non-CPO jurisdictions
51.29 	jurisdiction. As calculated by the community supervision formula under section 401.10, 
51.30 	the commissioner must:
52.1 	(1) reimburse a CPO jurisdiction for the cost that the jurisdiction assumes under this 
52.2 	section for providing probation services, including supervising juveniles committed to the 
52.3 	commissioner of corrections; and.
52.4 	(2) reimburse a non-CPO jurisdiction for the commissioner's provision of probation 
52.5 	services to the jurisdiction under this section.

52.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.19, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
52.7 		Subd. 5.Commissioner compensation to duties for non-CPO jurisdiction. (a) For a 
52.8 	non-CPO jurisdiction, the commissioner must, out of appropriations provided under 
52.9 	subdivision 5a, paragraph (b), pay probation officers the salary and all benefits fixed by the 
52.10 	state law or applicable bargaining unit and all necessary expenses, including secretarial 
52.11 	service, office equipment and supplies, postage, telephone services, and travel and 
52.12 	subsistence.
52.13 	(b) Except as provided under section 401.115, the commissioner must pay the items 
52.14 	under paragraph (a) using appropriations provided under section 401.10.

52.15 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.19, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
52.16 		Subd. 5a.Department of Corrections billing; CPO and non-CPO jurisdiction 
52.17 	reimbursement annual reporting. (a) At least every six months, the commissioner must 
52.18 	bill for the total cost and expenses incurred by the commissioner on behalf of each non-CPO 
52.19 	jurisdiction that has received probation services. annually, the commissioner must notify 
52.20 	each CPO and non-CPO jurisdiction of the total cost and expenses, and the jurisdiction must 
52.21 	pay to the commissioner the amount due for reimbursement incurred by the commissioner 
52.22 	on behalf of each CPO and non-CPO jurisdiction that has received probation services.
52.23 	(b) Each CPO and non-CPO jurisdiction must reimburse the Department of Corrections 
52.24 	for the total cost and expenses of the probation services as incurred by the commissioner, 
52.25 	excluding the cost and expense of services provided under the state's obligation for adult 
52.26 	felony supervision in section 244.20. Money received under this paragraph from a non-CPO 
52.27 	jurisdiction must be annually appropriated to the commissioner for providing probation 
52.28 	services to the jurisdiction.
52.29 	(c) Objections by a non-CPO jurisdiction to all allocation of cost and expenses must be 
52.30 	presented to and determined by the commissioner.
53.1 	(b) (d) In addition to the billing and reimbursement requirements under this section,
53.2 	Invoicing and payments for probation services for a CPO jurisdiction are as provided under 
53.3 	sections 401.14 and 401.15.

53.4 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.20, is amended to read:
53.5 	244.20 PROBATION; FELONY SUPERVISION.
53.6 	(a) Notwithstanding sections 244.19, subdivisions 1 to 1d, and 609.135, subdivision 1, 
53.7 	the Department of Corrections:
53.8 	(1) has exclusive responsibility for providing probation services for adult felons in 
53.9 	counties and Tribal Nations that do not take part in the Community Corrections Act subsidy 
53.10 	program under chapter 401; and
53.11 	(2) to provide felony supervision, retains the county's or Tribal Nation's funding allotted 
53.12 	under section 401.10 for providing felony probation services.
53.13 	(b) Paragraph (a), clause (2), does not apply to a Tribal Nation's subsidy under section 
53.14 	401.115.

53.15 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 401.03, is amended to read:
53.16 	401.03 RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
53.17 	(a) The commissioner must, as provided in chapter 14, adopt rules to implement this 
53.18 	chapter and provide consultation and technical assistance to counties and Tribal Nations to 
53.19 	help them develop comprehensive plans, including abbreviated plans.
53.20 	(b) The time limit to adopt rules under section 14.125 does not apply.

53.21 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 401.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
53.22 		Subdivision 1.Community supervision funding formula. (a) Beginning July 1, 2023, 
53.23 	the community supervision subsidy paid to each county, the commissioner for supervision 
53.24 	of non-CCA jurisdictions served by the Department of Corrections, and each applicable 
53.25 	Tribal Nation under paragraph (e) providing services as a CCA jurisdiction or CPO 
53.26 	jurisdiction as defined in section 244.19, subdivision 1a, paragraph (b), equals the sum of:
53.27 	(1) a base funding amount equal to $150,000; and
53.28 	(2) a community supervision formula equal to the sum of:
53.29 	(i) for each individual with a felony sentence, a felony per diem rate of $5.62 multiplied 
53.30 	by the sum of the county's or Tribal Nation's adult felony population, adult supervised 
54.1 	release and parole populations, and juvenile supervised release and parole populations as 
54.2 	reported in the most recent probation survey published by the commissioner, multiplied by 
54.3 	365; and
54.4 	(ii) for each individual sentenced for a gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor or under 
54.5 	juvenile probation, the felony per diem rate of $5.62 multiplied by 0.5 and then multiplied 
54.6 	by the sum of the county's or Tribal Nation's gross misdemeanor, misdemeanor, and juvenile 
54.7 	populations as reported in the most recent probation survey published by the commissioner, 
54.8 	multiplied by 365.
54.9 	(b) For a non-CCA jurisdiction under section 244.19, subdivision 1b, paragraph (b) or 
54.10 	(c), the base funding amount must be shared equally between the jurisdiction and the 
54.11 	commissioner for the provision of felony supervision under section 244.20.
54.12 	(c) If in any year the total amount appropriated for the purpose of this section is more 
54.13 	than or less than the total of base funding plus community supervision formula funding for 
54.14 	all counties and applicable Tribal Nations, the sum of each county's and applicable Tribal 
54.15 	Nation's base funding plus community supervision formula funding is adjusted by the ratio 
54.16 	of amounts appropriated for this purpose divided by the total of base funding plus community 
54.17 	supervision formula funding for all counties and applicable Tribal Nations.
54.18 	(d) If in any year the base funding plus the community supervision formula amount 
54.19 	based on what was appropriated in fiscal year 2024 is less than the funding paid to the 
54.20 	county in fiscal year 2023, the difference is added to the community supervision formula 
54.21 	amount for that county. A county is not eligible for additional funding under this paragraph 
54.22 	unless the base funding plus community supervision formula results in an increase in funding 
54.23 	for the county based on what was appropriated in the previous fiscal year. This paragraph 
54.24 	expires June 30, 2029.
54.25 	(e) For each Tribal Nation, a funding amount of $250,000 is allotted annually to purchase 
54.26 	probation services or probation-related services, including contracted services, but a Tribal 
54.27 	Nation that becomes a CCA jurisdiction or a non-CCA jurisdiction under section 244.19, 
54.28 	subdivision 1b, paragraph (b) or (c), is an applicable Tribal Nation under paragraphs (a) to 
54.29 	(c) and:
54.30 	(1) has the Tribal Nation's funding amount of $250,000 transferred to the total community 
54.31 	supervision subsidy amount appropriated for the purposes of this section; and
54.32 	(2) is allotted a base funding amount equal to $150,000 plus an amount as determined 
54.33 	according to the community supervision formula under paragraph (a), clause (2).
55.1 	(f) (e) Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act savings under section 244.50, 
55.2 	subdivision 4, clause (2), are appropriated to each CCA jurisdiction and non-CCA jurisdiction 
55.3 	served by the Department of Corrections by dividing the three-year average of the number 
55.4 	of individuals on supervised release and intensive supervised release within the jurisdiction 
55.5 	by the three-year average of the total number of individuals under supervised release and 
55.6 	intensive supervised release statewide, using the numbers reported annually in the Probation 
55.7 	Survey report.

55.8 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 401.10, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
55.9 	read:
55.10 		Subd. 1a.Interstate Transfer Unit. Prior to disbursing the community supervision 
55.11 	subsidy in subdivision 1, the commissioner shall prorate the cost of the Interstate Transfer 
55.12 	Unit based upon the county's share of the probation population as reported in the most recent 
55.13 	probation survey and deduct that amount from the county's subsidy.

55.14 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 401.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
55.15 		Subdivision 1.Policy items. (a) Except for an abbreviated comprehensive plan submitted 
55.16 	under section 401.115, a comprehensive plan submitted to the commissioner for approval 
55.17 	under section 401.06 must include items prescribed by commissioner policy and may include 
55.18 	the following:
55.19 	(1) the manner in which presentence and postsentence investigations and reports for the 
55.20 	district courts and social history reports for the juvenile courts will be made;
55.21 	(2) the manner in which conditional release services to the courts and persons under 
55.22 	jurisdiction of the commissioner will be provided;
55.23 	(3) a program for detaining, supervising, and treating persons under pretrial detention 
55.24 	or under commitment;
55.25 	(4) delivery of other correctional services;
55.26 	(5) proposals for new programs, which proposals must demonstrate a need for the 
55.27 	program, and the program's purpose, objective, administrative structure, staffing pattern, 
55.28 	staff training, financing, evaluation process, degree of community involvement, client 
55.29 	participation, and duration;
55.30 	(6) descriptions of programs that adhere to best practices for assessing risk and using 
55.31 	interventions that address an individual's needs while tailoring supervision and interventions 
55.32 	by using risk, need, and responsivity principles; and
56.1 	(7) data on expenditures, costs, and programming results and outcomes for individuals 
56.2 	under community supervision.
56.3 	(b) The commissioner must develop in policy budgetary requirements for comprehensive 
56.4 	plans to ensure the efficient and accountable expenditure of a county's or Tribal Nation's 
56.5 	subsidy for correctional services and programming to produce successful community 
56.6 	supervision outcomes.

56.7 	Sec. 10. [401.115] NONPARTICIPATING TRIBAL NATIONS.
56.8 		Subdivision 1.Subsidy amount. A Tribal Nation electing not to provide services as a 
56.9 	CCA jurisdiction or a CPO jurisdiction under section 244.19, subdivision 1a, paragraph (b), 
56.10 	is eligible for a subsidy of $250,000 annually to purchase or provide community supervision 
56.11 	services or reentry services, including contracted services.
56.12 		Subd. 2.Eligibility for subsidy. A Tribal Nation is eligible to receive funding under 
56.13 	subdivision 1 upon submission and approval by the commissioner of an abbreviated 
56.14 	comprehensive plan. Section 401.08 does not apply. The abbreviated plan must comply 
56.15 	with commissioner-developed standards, and at minimum:
56.16 	(1) describe the community supervision services or reentry services for which the funding 
56.17 	will be utilized;
56.18 	(2) identify a steering committee to oversee the use of funds; and
56.19 	(3) provide a budget for those services.
56.20 	Once approved, the abbreviated comprehensive plan is valid for two years.
56.21 		Subd. 3.Paying subsidy. A Tribal Nation receiving the subsidy under subdivision 1 
56.22 	must be paid according to section 401.14.
56.23 		Subd. 4.Eligibility for community supervision funding formula. A Tribal Nation 
56.24 	electing to become a CCA jurisdiction or a non-CCA jurisdiction under section 244.19, 
56.25 	subdivision 1b, paragraph (b) or (c), is an applicable Tribal Nation under section 401.10, 
56.26 	subdivision 1, paragraphs (a) to (c), and:
56.27 	(1) has the Tribal Nation's funding amount under subdivision 1 transferred to the 
56.28 	community supervision formula amount appropriated for the purpose of section 401.10;
56.29 	(2) is allotted a base funding amount equal to $150,000 plus an amount as determined 
56.30 	according to the community supervision formula under section 401.10, subdivision 1, 
56.31 	paragraph (a), clause (2); and
57.1 	(3) is subject to all requirements relating to providing correctional services in section 
57.2 	244.19 and chapter 401.

57.3 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 401.14, is amended to read:
57.4 	401.14 PAYING SUBSIDY TO CCA AND NON-CCA JURISDICTIONS.
57.5 		Subdivision 1.Payment. (a) This section does not apply to:
57.6 	(1) a non-CCA jurisdiction under section 244.19, subdivision 1b, paragraph (d); and
57.7 	(2) a non-CCA jurisdiction under section 244.19, subdivision 1b, paragraph (b) or (c), 
57.8 	for the portion of the subsidy allotted for felony probation services.
57.9 	(b) After a county or Tribal Nation becomes compliant with the prerequisites for receiving 
57.10 	the subsidy and the commissioner approves the applicable comprehensive plan, the 
57.11 	commissioner must determine whether funds exist to pay the subsidy and proceed to pay it 
57.12 	in accordance with applicable law.
57.13 		Subd. 2.Quarterly estimate and remittance. Based on the approved comprehensive 
57.14 	plan, the commissioner may estimate the amount to be expended in furnishing the required 
57.15 	correctional services during each calendar quarter and cause the estimated amount to be 
57.16 	remitted to the counties and Tribal Nations entitled to the amount as provided under section 
57.17 	401.15, subdivision 1.
57.18 		Subd. 3.Installment payments. The commissioner must:
57.19 	(1) make payments for correctional services to each county and Tribal Nation in 12 
57.20 	installments per year;
57.21 	(2) ensure that the pertinent payment of the allotment for each month is made to each 
57.22 	county and Tribal Nation on the first working day after the end of each month of the calendar 
57.23 	year, except for the last month of the calendar year; and
57.24 	(3) ensure that each county and Tribal Nation receives its monthly payment allotment 
57.25 	no later than the last working day of each month.

57.26 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 401.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
57.27 		Subd. 2.Formula review. The commissioner must annually review the community 
57.28 	supervision formula under section 401.10 at the start of each biennium and calculate and 
57.29 	prorate the subsidy accordingly.

58.1 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.78, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
58.2 		Subd. 2c.Felony offense; reporting fictitious emergency resulting in response to 
58.3 	the home of certain officials. Whoever violates subdivision 2, clause (2), is guilty of a 
58.4 	felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of 
58.5 	a fine of not more than $5,000, or both, if the person places the call with the intent of 
58.6 	prompting an emergency response to the home of:
58.7 	(1) an elected official;
58.8 	(2) a judge as defined in section 609.221, subdivision 6, clause (5);
58.9 	(3) a prosecuting attorney as defined in section 609.221, subdivision 6, clause (4);
58.10 	(4) an employee of a correctional facility as defined in section 241.021, subdivision 1i
58.11 	a correctional employee of the state or a local political subdivision; or
58.12 	(5) a peace officer as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c).

58.13 	Sec. 14. Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 11, section 31, is amended to read:
58.14 	Sec. 31. MENTAL HEALTH UNIT PILOT PROGRAM.
 58.15 	(a) The commissioner of corrections shall establish a pilot program with interested 
58.16 	counties to provide mental health care to individuals with serious and persistent mental 
58.17 	illness who are incarcerated in county jails. The pilot program must require the participating 
58.18 	counties to pay according to Minnesota Statutes, section 243.51, a per diem for 
58.19 	reimbursement of the Mental Health Unit at the Minnesota Correctional Facility - Oak Park 
58.20 	Heights, and other costs incurred by the Department of Corrections.
58.21 	(b) The commissioner in consultation with the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association shall 
58.22 	develop program protocols, guidelines, and procedures and qualifications for participating 
58.23 	counties and incarcerated individuals to be treated in the Mental Health Unit. The program 
58.24 	is limited to a total of five incarcerated individuals from the participating counties at any 
58.25 	one time. Incarcerated individuals must volunteer to be treated in the unit and be able to 
58.26 	participate in programming with other incarcerated individuals. A licensed mental health 
58.27 	professional must evaluate the incarcerated individual and recommend the individual to 
58.28 	receive treatment in the unit.
58.29 	(c) The Minnesota Correctional Facility - Oak Park Heights warden, director of 
58.30 	psychology, and associate director of behavioral health, or a designee of each, in consultation 
59.1 	with the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association, the Minnesota branch of the National Association 
59.2 	on Mental Illness, and the Department of Human Services, shall oversee the pilot program.
59.3 	(d) On November 15, 2024, the warden shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking 
59.4 	minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over 
59.5 	corrections describing the protocols, guidelines, and procedures for participation in the pilot 
59.6 	program by counties and incarcerated individuals, challenges with staffing, cost sharing 
59.7 	with counties, capacity of the program, services provided to the incarcerated individuals, 
59.8 	program outcomes, concerns regarding the program, and recommendations for the viability 
59.9 	of a long-term program.
59.10 	(e) (d) The pilot program expires November 16, 2024 August 1, 2027.

59.11 	ARTICLE 6
59.12 	FINANCIAL CRIMES AND FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS

59.13 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.82, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
59.14 		Subdivision 1.Application. This section shall apply to agencies which carry on a law 
59.15 	enforcement function, including but not limited to municipal police departments, county 
59.16 	sheriff departments, fire departments, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the Minnesota 
59.17 	State Patrol, the Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training, the Department of 
59.18 	Commerce, and county human service agency client and provider fraud investigation, 
59.19 	prevention, and control units operated or supervised by the Department of Human Services.

59.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 43A.17, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
59.21 		Subd. 13.Compensation for law enforcement officers. (a) For purposes of this 
59.22 	subdivision, the term "law enforcement officers" means all licensed peace officers employed 
59.23 	by the state who are included in the state units under section 179A.10, subdivision 2, 
59.24 	including without limitation: Minnesota State Patrol troopers, Bureau of Criminal 
59.25 	Apprehension agents, including Financial Crimes and Fraud Section agents, and Alcohol 
59.26 	and Gambling Enforcement agents, in the Department of Public Safety; Department of 
59.27 	Natural Resources conservation officers; and Department of Corrections Fugitive 
59.28 	Apprehension Unit members; and Commerce Fraud Bureau agents in the Department of 
59.29 	Commerce.
59.30 	(b) When the commissioner of management and budget negotiates a collective bargaining 
59.31 	agreement establishing compensation for law enforcement officers, the commissioner must 
59.32 	use compensation and benefit data from the most recent salary and benefits survey conducted 
60.1 	pursuant to section 299D.03, subdivision 2a, to compare salaries to ensure appropriate 
60.2 	increases are made to law enforcement officer salaries and benefits.

60.3 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 45.0135, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
60.4 		Subd. 2b.Duties. The commissioner of commerce Fraud Bureau shall may:
60.5 	(1) review notices and reports within the Commerce Fraud Bureau's primary jurisdiction
60.6 	submitted by authorized insurers, their employees, and agents or producers regarding 
60.7 	insurance fraud, as defined in section 60A.951, subdivision 4;
60.8 	(2) respond to notifications or complaints within the Commerce Fraud Bureau's primary 
60.9 	jurisdiction generated by other law enforcement agencies, state or federal governmental 
60.10 	units, or any other person;
60.11 	(3) (2) initiate inquiries and conduct investigations under section 45.027 when the bureau
60.12 	commissioner has reason to believe that an offense within the Commerce Fraud Bureau's 
60.13 	primary jurisdiction insurance fraud, as defined in section 60A.951, subdivision 4, has been 
60.14 	or is being committed; and
60.15 	(4) report crimes disclosed by the Commerce Fraud Bureau's investigations to appropriate 
60.16 	law enforcement agencies, including, but not limited to, the attorney general, county 
60.17 	attorneys, or any other appropriate law enforcement or regulatory agency, and shall assemble 
60.18 	evidence, prepare charges, and otherwise assist any law enforcement authority having 
60.19 	jurisdiction.
60.20 	(3) share active investigative data pursuant to section 13.39 concerning insurance fraud 
60.21 	with the commissioner of public safety and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

60.22 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 45.0135, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
60.23 	read:
60.24 		Subd. 2g.Criminal insurance fraud investigations. (a) The Bureau of Criminal 
60.25 	Apprehension shall conduct investigations of criminal insurance fraud, as defined in section 
60.26 	609.611, in accordance with section 299C.061.
60.27 	(b) The commissioner shall report criminal insurance fraud-related crimes disclosed by 
60.28 	the Department of Commerce's investigations of civil insurance fraud to the Bureau of 
60.29 	Criminal Apprehension.

61.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 45.0135, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
61.2 		Subd. 6.Insurance fraud prevention account. The insurance fraud prevention account 
61.3 	is created in the state treasury. Money received from assessments under subdivision 7 section 
61.4 	299C.061, subdivision 10, and transferred from the automobile theft prevention account in 
61.5 	sections 65B.84, subdivision 1, and 297I.11, subdivision 2, is deposited in the account. 
61.6 	Money in this fund is appropriated to the commissioner of commerce public safety for the 
61.7 	purposes specified in this section and sections 60A.951 to 60A.956.

61.8 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 45.0135, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
61.9 		Subd. 7.Assessment. Each insurer authorized to sell insurance in the state of Minnesota, 
61.10 	including surplus lines carriers, and having Minnesota earned premium the previous calendar 
61.11 	year shall remit an assessment to the commissioner of public safety for deposit in the 
61.12 	insurance fraud prevention account on or before June 1 of each year. The amount of the 
61.13 	assessment shall be based on the insurer's total assets and on the insurer's total written 
61.14 	Minnesota premium, for the preceding fiscal year, as reported pursuant to section 60A.13. 
61.15 	The commissioner of public safety shall consult with the commissioner of commerce for 
61.16 	purposes of calculating the assessment amount. Beginning with the payment due on or 
61.17 	before June 1, 2024, the assessment amount is:

61.18		Total Assets
	Assessment
	
61.19		Less than $100,000,000
		$
	400
	
61.20		$100,000,000 to $1,000,000,000
		$
	1,500
	
61.21		Over $1,000,000,000
		$
	4,000
	
61.22		Minnesota Written Premium
	Assessment
	
61.23		Less than $10,000,000
		$
	400
	
61.24		$10,000,000 to $100,000,000
		$
	1,500
	
61.25		Over $100,000,000
		$
	4,000
	
61.26 	For purposes of this subdivision, the following entities are not considered to be insurers 
61.27 	authorized to sell insurance in the state of Minnesota: risk retention groups; or township 
61.28 	mutuals organized under chapter 67A.

61.29 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 45.0135, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
61.30 		Subd. 8.Investigations; health-related boards. (a) The Commerce Fraud Bureau
61.31 	Bureau of Criminal Apprehension may consult with the appropriate health-related board 
61.32 	when a licensee, licensed under chapter 144E, 147, 148, 148B, or 150A, is suspected of 
61.33 	insurance fraud.
62.1 	(b) The bureau shall, for any conviction involving or related to insurance, send copies 
62.2 	of all public data in its possession to the appropriate health-related licensing board.

62.3 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 45.0135, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
62.4 		Subd. 9.Administrative penalty for insurance fraud. (a) The commissioner may:
62.5 	(1) impose an administrative penalty against any person in an amount as set forth in 
62.6 	paragraph (b) for each intentional act of insurance fraud or substantiated acts of attempted 
62.7 	insurance fraud, as defined in section 60A.951, subdivision 4, committed by that person;
62.8 	(2) order restitution to any person suffering loss as a result of the insurance fraud; and
62.9 	(3) order restitution to a company for the reasonable documented cost of any investigation 
62.10 	in connection with the insurance fraud.
62.11 	(b) The administrative penalty for each violation described in paragraph (a) may be no 
62.12 	more than:
62.13 	(1) $20,000 if the funds or the value of the property or services wrongfully obtained 
62.14 	exceeds $5,000;
62.15 	(2) $10,000 if the funds or value of the property or services wrongfully obtained exceeds 
62.16 	$1,000, but not more than $5,000;
62.17 	(3) $3,000 if the funds or value of the property or services wrongfully obtained is more 
62.18 	than $500, but not more than $1,000; and
62.19 	(4) $1,000 if the funds or value of the property or services wrongfully obtained is $500 
62.20 	or less.
62.21 	(c) If an administrative penalty is not paid after all rights of appeal have been waived 
62.22 	or exhausted, the commissioner may bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction 
62.23 	to collect the administrative penalty, including expenses and litigation costs, reasonable 
62.24 	attorney fees, and interest.
62.25 	(d) This section does not affect a person's right to seek recovery, including expenses 
62.26 	and litigation costs, reasonable attorney fees, and interest, against any person that commits 
62.27 	insurance fraud.
62.28 	(e) For purposes of this subdivision, "insurance fraud" has the meaning given in section 
62.29 	60A.951, subdivision 4.
62.30 	(f) Hearings under this subdivision must be conducted in accordance with chapter 14 
62.31 	and any other applicable law.
63.1 	(g) All revenues from penalties, expenses, costs, fees, and interest collected under 
63.2 	paragraphs (a) to (c) shall be deposited in into the insurance fraud prevention account under 
63.3 	subdivision 6 section 299C.061, subdivision 9.

63.4 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 60A.951, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
63.5 		Subd. 2.Authorized person. "Authorized person" means the county attorney, sheriff, 
63.6 	or chief of police responsible for investigations in the county where the suspected insurance 
63.7 	fraud occurred; the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension; the commissioner 
63.8 	of commerce; the Commerce Fraud Bureau; the commissioner of labor and industry; the 
63.9 	attorney general; or any duly constituted criminal investigative department or agency of the 
63.10 	United States.

63.11 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 60A.952, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
63.12 		Subd. 2.Notice to and cooperation with the Commerce Fraud Bureau Bureau of 
63.13 	Criminal Apprehension. Any insurer or insurance professional that has reasonable belief 
63.14 	that an act of insurance fraud will be, is being, or has been committed, shall furnish and 
63.15 	disclose all relevant information to the Commerce Fraud Bureau Bureau of Criminal 
63.16 	Apprehension or to any authorized person and cooperate fully with any investigation 
63.17 	conducted by the Commerce Fraud Bureau Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Any person 
63.18 	that has a reasonable belief that an act of insurance fraud will be, is being, or has been 
63.19 	committed, or any person who collects, reviews, or analyzes information concerning 
63.20 	insurance fraud, may furnish and disclose any information in its possession concerning the 
63.21 	act to the Commerce Fraud Bureau Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, any authorized 
63.22 	person, or to an authorized representative of an insurer that requests the information for the 
63.23 	purpose of detecting, prosecuting, or preventing insurance fraud. The insurer may also 
63.24 	release relevant information to any person authorized to receive the information under 
63.25 	section 72A.502, subdivision 2. If disclosure is made to an authorized person other than the 
63.26 	Commerce Fraud Bureau Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, a copy of the disclosure must 
63.27 	be sent to the Commerce Fraud Bureau Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

63.28 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 60A.952, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
63.29 		Subd. 4.Tolling of time periods. If an insurer has a reasonable or probable cause to 
63.30 	believe that an insurance fraud has been committed in connection with an insurance claim, 
63.31 	and has properly notified the Commerce Fraud Bureau Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
63.32 	of its suspicions according to subdivision 2, the notification tolls any applicable time period 
63.33 	in any unfair claims practices statute or related regulations, or any action on the claim against 
64.1 	the insurer to whom the claim had been presented for bad faith, until 30 days after 
64.2 	determination by the Commerce Fraud Bureau Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and notice 
64.3 	to the insurer that the division Bureau of Criminal Apprehension will not recommend action 
64.4 	on the claim.

64.5 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 60A.952, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
64.6 		Subd. 5.Reward for information. The Commerce Fraud Bureau Bureau of Criminal 
64.7 	Apprehension, in cooperation with authorized insurers and insurance professionals, may 
64.8 	establish a voluntary fund to reward persons not connected with the insurance industry who 
64.9 	provide information or furnish evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of persons 
64.10 	responsible for insurance fraud.

64.11 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 60A.954, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
64.12 		Subd. 2.Review. The commissioner may review each insurer's antifraud plan to determine 
64.13 	whether it complies with the requirements of this section. If the commissioner finds that an 
64.14 	insurer's antifraud plan does not comply with the requirements of this section, the 
64.15 	commissioner shall disapprove the plan and send a notice of disapproval, along with the 
64.16 	reasons for disapproval, to the insurer. An insurer whose antifraud plan has been disapproved 
64.17 	by the commissioner shall submit a new plan to the commissioner within 60 days after the 
64.18 	plan was disapproved. The commissioner may examine an insurer's procedures to determine 
64.19 	whether the insurer is complying with its antifraud plan. The commissioner shall withhold 
64.20 	from public inspection any part of an insurer's antifraud plan for so long as the commissioner 
64.21 	deems the withholding to be in the public interest. The commissioner may share an insurer's 
64.22 	complete antifraud plan with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

64.23 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 60A.956, is amended to read:
64.24 	60A.956 OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.
64.25 	Nothing in sections 60A.951 to 60A.956 preempts the authority of or relieves the duty 
64.26 	of any other law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute alleged violations of 
64.27 	law, prevents or prohibits a person from voluntarily disclosing any information concerning 
64.28 	insurance fraud to any law enforcement agency other than the Commerce Fraud Bureau
64.29 	Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, or limits any of the powers granted elsewhere by the 
64.30 	laws of this state to the commissioner of commerce to investigate alleged violations of law 
64.31 	and to take appropriate action.

65.1 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 65B.84, is amended to read:
65.2 	65B.84 AUTOMOBILE THEFT PREVENTION PROGRAM.
65.3 		Subdivision 1.Program described; commissioner's duties; appropriation. (a) The 
65.4 	commissioner of commerce public safety shall:
65.5 	(1) develop and sponsor the implementation of statewide plans, programs, and strategies 
65.6 	to combat automobile theft, improve the administration of the automobile theft laws, and 
65.7 	provide a forum for identification of critical problems for those persons dealing with 
65.8 	automobile theft;
65.9 	(2) coordinate the development, adoption, and implementation of plans, programs, and 
65.10 	strategies relating to interagency and intergovernmental cooperation with respect to 
65.11 	automobile theft enforcement;
65.12 	(3) annually audit the plans and programs that have been funded in whole or in part to 
65.13 	evaluate the effectiveness of the plans and programs and withdraw funding should the 
65.14 	commissioner determine that a plan or program is ineffective or is no longer in need of 
65.15 	further financial support from the fund;
65.16 	(4) develop a plan of operation including:
65.17 	(i) an assessment of the scope of the problem of automobile theft, including areas of the 
65.18 	state where the problem is greatest;
65.19 	(ii) an analysis of various methods of combating the problem of automobile theft;
65.20 	(iii) a plan for providing financial support to combat automobile theft;
65.21 	(iv) a plan for eliminating car hijacking; and
65.22 	(v) an estimate of the funds required to implement the plan; and
65.23 	(5) distribute money, in consultation with the commissioner of public safety commerce, 
65.24 	pursuant to subdivision 3 from the automobile theft prevention special revenue account for 
65.25 	automobile theft prevention activities, including:
65.26 	(i) paying the administrative costs of the program;
65.27 	(ii) providing financial support to the State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies 
65.28 	for automobile theft enforcement teams;
65.29 	(iii) providing financial support to state or local law enforcement agencies for programs 
65.30 	designed to reduce the incidence of automobile theft and for improved equipment and 
65.31 	techniques for responding to automobile thefts;
66.1 	(iv) providing financial support to local prosecutors for programs designed to reduce 
66.2 	the incidence of automobile theft;
66.3 	(v) providing financial support to judicial agencies for programs designed to reduce the 
66.4 	incidence of automobile theft;
66.5 	(vi) providing financial support for neighborhood or community organizations or business 
66.6 	organizations for programs designed to reduce the incidence of automobile theft and to 
66.7 	educate people about the common methods of automobile theft, the models of automobiles 
66.8 	most likely to be stolen, and the times and places automobile theft is most likely to occur; 
66.9 	and
66.10 	(vii) providing financial support for automobile theft educational and training programs 
66.11 	for state and local law enforcement officials, driver and vehicle services exam and inspections 
66.12 	staff, and members of the judiciary.
66.13 	(b) The commissioner may not spend in any fiscal year more than ten percent of the 
66.14 	money in the fund for the program's administrative and operating costs. The commissioner 
66.15 	is annually appropriated and must distribute the amount of the proceeds credited to the 
66.16 	automobile theft prevention special revenue account each year, less the transfer of $1,300,000 
66.17 	each year to the insurance fraud prevention account described in section 297I.11, subdivision 
66.18 	2.
66.19 	(c) At the end of each fiscal year, the commissioner may transfer any unobligated balances 
66.20 	in the auto theft prevention account to the insurance fraud prevention account under section 
66.21 	45.0135, subdivision 6 299C.061, subdivision 9.
66.22 	(d) The commissioner must establish a library of equipment to combat automobile-related 
66.23 	theft offenses. The equipment must be available to all law enforcement agencies upon 
66.24 	request to support law enforcement agency efforts to combat automobile theft.
66.25 		Subd. 2.Annual report. By September 30 each year, the commissioner of public safety 
66.26 	shall report to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of 
66.27 	representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over the Departments Department
66.28 	of Commerce and Public Safety on the activities and expenditures in the preceding year.
66.29 		Subd. 3.Grant criteria; application. (a) A county attorney's office, law enforcement 
66.30 	agency, neighborhood organization, community organization, or business organization may 
66.31 	apply for a grant under this section. Multiple offices or agencies within a county may apply 
66.32 	for a grant under this section.
67.1 	(b) The commissioner of public safety, in consultation with the commissioner of public 
67.2 	safety commerce, must develop criteria for the fair distribution of grants from the automobile 
67.3 	theft prevention account that address the following factors:
67.4 	(1) the number of reported automobile thefts per capita in a city, county, or region, not 
67.5 	merely the total number of automobile thefts;
67.6 	(2) the population of the jurisdiction of the applicant office or agency;
67.7 	(3) the total funds distributed within a county or region; and
67.8 	(4) the statewide interest in automobile theft reduction.
67.9 	(c) The commissioner may give priority to:
67.10 	(1) offices and agencies engaged in a collaborative effort to reduce automobile theft; 
67.11 	and
67.12 	(2) counties or regions with the greatest rates of automobile theft.
67.13 	(d) The minimum amount of a grant award is $5,000. After considering the automobile 
67.14 	theft rate and total population of an applicant's jurisdiction, if a grant award, as determined 
67.15 	under the criteria and priorities in this subdivision, would be less than $5,000, it must not 
67.16 	be awarded.
67.17 		Subd. 4.Advisory board; creation; membership. An Automobile Theft Prevention 
67.18 	Advisory Board is established to advise the commissioner on the distribution of grants under 
67.19 	this section. The board must consist of seven members appointed by the commissioner of 
67.20 	public safety and must include representatives of law enforcement, prosecuting agencies, 
67.21 	automobile insurers, and the public. The commissioner must annually select a chair from 
67.22 	among its members.
67.23 		Subd. 5.Definition. For purposes of this section, "automobile theft" includes 
67.24 	automobile-related theft.

67.25 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268.19, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
67.26 		Subdivision 1.Use of data. (a) Except as provided by this section, data gathered from 
67.27 	any person under the administration of the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law are 
67.28 	private data on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02, 
67.29 	subdivisions 9 and 12, and may not be disclosed except according to a district court order 
67.30 	or section 13.05. A subpoena is not considered a district court order. These data may be 
67.31 	disseminated to and used by the following agencies without the consent of the subject of 
67.32 	the data:
68.1 	(1) state and federal agencies specifically authorized access to the data by state or federal 
68.2 	law;
68.3 	(2) any agency of any other state or any federal agency charged with the administration 
68.4 	of an unemployment insurance program;
68.5 	(3) any agency responsible for the maintenance of a system of public employment offices 
68.6 	for the purpose of assisting individuals in obtaining employment;
68.7 	(4) the public authority responsible for child support in Minnesota or any other state in 
68.8 	accordance with section 518A.83;
68.9 	(5) human rights agencies within Minnesota that have enforcement powers;
68.10 	(6) the Department of Revenue to the extent necessary for its duties under Minnesota 
68.11 	laws;
68.12 	(7) public and private agencies responsible for administering publicly financed assistance 
68.13 	programs for the purpose of monitoring the eligibility of the program's recipients;
68.14 	(8) the Department of Labor and Industry and the Commerce Fraud Bureau in, the 
68.15 	Department of Commerce, and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for uses consistent 
68.16 	with the administration of their duties under Minnesota law;
68.17 	(9) the Department of Human Services and the Office of Inspector General and its agents 
68.18 	within the Department of Human Services, including county fraud investigators, for 
68.19 	investigations related to recipient or provider fraud and employees of providers when the 
68.20 	provider is suspected of committing public assistance fraud;
68.21 	(10) the Department of Human Services for the purpose of evaluating medical assistance 
68.22 	services and supporting program improvement;
68.23 	(11) local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the eligibility of the data subject 
68.24 	for assistance programs, or for any employment or training program administered by those 
68.25 	agencies, whether alone, in combination with another welfare agency, or in conjunction 
68.26 	with the department or to monitor and evaluate the statewide Minnesota family investment 
68.27 	program and other cash assistance programs, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, 
68.28 	and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training program by 
68.29 	providing data on recipients and former recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
68.30 	Program (SNAP) benefits, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child 
68.31 	care assistance under chapter 142E, or medical programs under chapter 256B or 256L or 
68.32 	formerly codified under chapter 256D;
69.1 	(12) local and state welfare agencies for the purpose of identifying employment, wages, 
69.2 	and other information to assist in the collection of an overpayment debt in an assistance 
69.3 	program;
69.4 	(13) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of ascertaining 
69.5 	the last known address and employment location of an individual who is the subject of a 
69.6 	criminal investigation;
69.7 	(14) the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has access to data on 
69.8 	specific individuals and specific employers provided the specific individual or specific 
69.9 	employer is the subject of an investigation by that agency;
69.10 	(15) the Department of Health for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations;
69.11 	(16) the Department of Corrections for the purposes of case planning and internal research 
69.12 	for preprobation, probation, and postprobation employment tracking of offenders sentenced 
69.13 	to probation and preconfinement and postconfinement employment tracking of committed 
69.14 	offenders;
69.15 	(17) the state auditor to the extent necessary to conduct audits of job opportunity building 
69.16 	zones as required under section 469.3201;
69.17 	(18) the Office of Higher Education for purposes of supporting program improvement, 
69.18 	system evaluation, and research initiatives including the Statewide Longitudinal Education 
69.19 	Data System; and
69.20 	(19) the Family and Medical Benefits Division of the Department of Employment and 
69.21 	Economic Development to be used as necessary to administer chapter 268B.
69.22 	(b) Data on individuals and employers that are collected, maintained, or used by the 
69.23 	department in an investigation under section 268.182 are confidential as to data on individuals 
69.24 	and protected nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 3 
69.25 	and 13, and must not be disclosed except under statute or district court order or to a party 
69.26 	named in a criminal proceeding, administrative or judicial, for preparation of a defense.
69.27 	(c) Data gathered by the department in the administration of the Minnesota unemployment 
69.28 	insurance program must not be made the subject or the basis for any suit in any civil 
69.29 	proceedings, administrative or judicial, unless the action is initiated by the department.

70.1 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.30, is amended to read:
70.2 	268B.30 DATA PRIVACY.
70.3 	(a) Except as provided by this section, data collected, created, or maintained under this 
70.4 	chapter are private data on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in 
70.5 	section 13.02, subdivisions 9 and 12, and must not be disclosed except according to a district 
70.6 	court order or section 13.05. A subpoena is not considered a district court order.
70.7 	(b) Data classified under paragraph (a) may be disseminated to and used by the following 
70.8 	without the consent of the subject of the data:
70.9 	(1) state and federal agencies specifically authorized access to the data by state or federal 
70.10 	law;
70.11 	(2) the unemployment insurance division, to the extent necessary to administer the 
70.12 	programs established under this chapter and chapter 268;
70.13 	(3) employers, to the extent necessary to support adjudication of application requests 
70.14 	and to support the employer's administration of a leave of absence;
70.15 	(4) health care providers, to the extent necessary to support verification of health care 
70.16 	conditions and qualifying events;
70.17 	(5) the public authority responsible for child support in Minnesota or any other state in 
70.18 	accordance with section 518A.83;
70.19 	(6) human rights agencies within Minnesota that have enforcement powers;
70.20 	(7) the Department of Revenue, to the extent necessary for its duties under Minnesota 
70.21 	laws;
70.22 	(8) public and private agencies responsible for administering publicly financed assistance 
70.23 	programs for the purpose of monitoring the eligibility of the program's recipients;
70.24 	(9) the Department of Labor and Industry and the Commerce Fraud Bureau in, the 
70.25 	Department of Commerce, and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for uses consistent 
70.26 	with the administration of their duties under Minnesota law;
70.27 	(10) the Department of Human Services and the Office of Inspector General and its 
70.28 	agents within the Department of Human Services, including county fraud investigators, for 
70.29 	investigations related to recipient or provider fraud and employees of providers when the 
70.30 	provider is suspected of committing public assistance fraud;
70.31 	(11) the Department of Public Safety for support in identity verification;
71.1 	(12) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of ascertaining 
71.2 	the last known address and employment location of an individual who is the subject of a 
71.3 	criminal investigation;
71.4 	(13) the Department of Health for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations;
71.5 	(14) the Department of Corrections for the purposes of tracking incarceration of 
71.6 	applicants; and
71.7 	(15) contracted third parties, to the extent necessary to aid in identity verification, 
71.8 	adjudication, administration, and evaluation of the program.
71.9 	(c) Data on individuals and employers that are collected, maintained, or used by the 
71.10 	department in an investigation under section 268B.19, 268B.21, 268B.22, or 268B.23 are 
71.11 	confidential as to data on individuals and protected nonpublic data not on individuals as 
71.12 	defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 3 and 13, and must not be disclosed except under 
71.13 	statute or district court order or to a party named in a criminal proceeding, administrative 
71.14 	or judicial, for preparation of a defense.
71.15 	(d) Data gathered by the department in the administration of this chapter must not be 
71.16 	made the subject or the basis for any suit in any civil proceedings, administrative or judicial, 
71.17 	unless the action is initiated by the department.

71.18 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297I.11, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
71.19 		Subd. 2.Automobile theft prevention account. A special revenue account in the state 
71.20 	treasury shall be credited with the proceeds of the surcharge imposed under subdivision 1. 
71.21 	Of the revenue in the account, $1,300,000 each year must be transferred to the insurance 
71.22 	fraud prevention account under section 45.0135, subdivision 6 299C.061, subdivision 9. 
71.23 	Revenues in excess of $1,300,000 each year may be used only for the automobile theft 
71.24 	prevention program described in section 65B.84.

71.25 	Sec. 19. [299C.061] FINANCIAL CRIMES AND FRAUD SECTION.
71.26 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
71.27 	the meanings given.
71.28 	(b) "Fraud involving state funded or administered programs or services" includes any 
71.29 	violation of section 609.445, 609.465, 609.466, 609.52, 609.5523, 609.611, 609.651, 
71.30 	609.7475, or 609.821 involving a state agency or state-funded or administered program or 
71.31 	service.
72.1 	(c) "Peace officer" has the meaning given in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph 
72.2 	(c).
72.3 	(d) "Section" means the Financial Crimes and Fraud Section of the Bureau of Criminal 
72.4 	Apprehension.
72.5 	(e) "State agency" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 17.
72.6 	(f) "Superintendent" means the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
72.7 		Subd. 2.Financial Crimes and Fraud Section. The superintendent shall operate the 
72.8 	Financial Crimes and Fraud Section within the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to conduct 
72.9 	investigations into insurance fraud, financial crimes, wage theft, and fraud involving 
72.10 	state-funded or administered programs or services. The Section shall be partially or fully 
72.11 	comprised of licensed peace officers. Members of this Section have the full authorities 
72.12 	specified in chapter 299C and are not limited to the duties enumerated in this statutory 
72.13 	section.
72.14 		Subd. 3.Duties. The Financial Crimes and Fraud Section shall:
72.15 	(1) review notices and reports of insurance fraud and related crimes submitted by 
72.16 	authorized insurers, their employees, and agents or producers pursuant to sections 60A.951 
72.17 	to 60A.956;
72.18 	(2) initiate inquiries and conduct investigations when the Section has reason to believe 
72.19 	that any of the following offenses have been or are being committed:
72.20 	(i) fraud involving state-funded or administered programs or services in subdivision 1, 
72.21 	paragraph (b);
72.22 	(ii) insurance fraud and related crimes, as defined in sections 60A.951, subdivision 4, 
72.23 	and 609.611, and support of those activities;
72.24 	(iii) wage theft and related crimes; and
72.25 	(iv) any other financial crimes; and
72.26 	(3) operate the automobile theft prevention program under section 65B.84.
72.27 		Subd. 4.Mandatory referral; duty to investigate. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs 
72.28 	(b) and (d), a state agency shall refer all suspected fraudulent activity under the provisions 
72.29 	in subdivision 1, paragraph (b), equaling $100,000 or more to the Section for evaluation 
72.30 	and investigation or appropriate referral. Upon receipt of the referral, the Section shall 
72.31 	review and, where appropriate, conduct criminal investigations into the allegations. The 
72.32 	Section has sole discretion as to which allegations are investigated further, referred back to 
73.1 	the reporting agency for appropriate regulatory investigation, or referred to another law 
73.2 	enforcement agency with appropriate jurisdiction.
73.3 	(b) When acting in a civil or criminal law enforcement capacity and permitted by 
73.4 	applicable law or order, the attorney general may, in the attorney general's discretion, refer 
73.5 	suspected fraudulent activity under the provisions in subdivision 1, paragraph (b), to the 
73.6 	Section for evaluation and investigation or appropriate referral in accordance with paragraph 
73.7 	(a).
73.8 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), this section has no effect on the authority of the 
73.9 	attorney general to investigate and enforce violations or suspected violations of Minnesota 
73.10 	civil or criminal law.
73.11 	(d) Referral to the Section under this subdivision is not required when a state agency is 
73.12 	required to refer the fraudulent activity to the state Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in 
73.13 	accordance with Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 455.21(A)(1)(a), and section 
73.14 	256B.04, subdivision 10.
73.15 		Subd. 5.Discretionary referral. A state agency may refer suspected fraud involving 
73.16 	state-funded or administered programs or services equaling less than $100,000 to the Section 
73.17 	for investigation. Upon referral, the Section shall:
73.18 	(1) accept the referral and, where appropriate, conduct criminal investigations into the 
73.19 	allegations and make appropriate referrals for criminal prosecution; or
73.20 	(2) redirect the referral to another appropriate law enforcement agency or civil 
73.21 	investigative authority, offering assistance where appropriate.
73.22 		Subd. 6.Data sharing authorized. Notwithstanding chapter 13 or any other statute 
73.23 	related to the classification of government data to the contrary, state agencies making a 
73.24 	referral under subdivision 4 or 5 shall provide data related to the suspected fraudulent activity 
73.25 	to the Section, including data classified as not public. The Section may share active criminal 
73.26 	investigative data concerning insurance fraud with the Department of Commerce.
73.27 		Subd. 7.State agency reporting. By January 15 of each year, each state agency must 
73.28 	report all suspected fraud incurred by the agency that involves state-funded or administered 
73.29 	programs or services equaling $10,000 or more to the Section to be summarized in the report 
73.30 	under subdivision 8. This subdivision does not apply to information obtained by the attorney 
73.31 	general when acting in a civil or criminal law enforcement capacity.
73.32 		Subd. 8.Annual report. (a) By February 1 of each year, the superintendent shall report 
73.33 	to the commissioner, the governor, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
74.1 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over public safety policy and finance, and commerce 
74.2 	consumer protection policy and finance, the following information pertaining to the Section 
74.3 	since the previous report:
74.4 	(1) the number of investigations initiated;
74.5 	(2) the number of allegations investigated;
74.6 	(3) the outcomes or current status of each investigation;
74.7 	(4) the charging decisions made by the prosecuting authority of incidents investigated 
74.8 	by the Section;
74.9 	(5) the number of plea agreements reached in incidents investigated by the Section;
74.10 	(6) the number of reports received under subdivision 7;
74.11 	(7) the number of state agency referrals to the state Medicaid Fraud Control Unit reported 
74.12 	to the superintendent under paragraph (b); and
74.13 	(8) any other information relevant to the Section's responsibilities.
74.14 	(b) No later than January 15 of each odd-numbered year, each state agency that is required 
74.15 	to make referrals to the state Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in accordance with Code of 
74.16 	Federal Regulations, title 42, section 455.21(A)(1)(a), and section 256B.04, subdivision 10, 
74.17 	shall report the following information to the superintendent for the two previous calendar 
74.18 	years:
74.19 	(1) the number of cases referred to the state Medicaid Fraud Control Unit;
74.20 	(2) the number of referrals accepted by the state Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; and
74.21 	(3) the number of referrals declined by the state Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
74.22 		Subd. 9.Funding allocation. One hundred percent of the funding allocated to the Bureau 
74.23 	of Criminal Apprehension for the assessment in subdivision 10 may only be used for the 
74.24 	investigation of insurance fraud and related crimes, as defined in sections 60A.951, 
74.25 	subdivision 4, and 609.611, and support of those activities.

74.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) Subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 6, and 9 are effective July 1, 2025.
74.27 	(b) Subdivisions 4, 5, 7, and 8 are effective January 1, 2026.

74.28 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.40, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
74.29 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.
75.1 	(b) "CIBRS" means the Comprehensive Incident-Based Reporting System, located in 
75.2 	the Department of Public Safety and managed by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. A 
75.3 	reference in this section to "CIBRS" includes the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
75.4 	(c) "Law enforcement agency" means a Minnesota municipal police department, the 
75.5 	Metropolitan Transit Police, the Metropolitan Airports Police, the University of Minnesota 
75.6 	Police Department, the Department of Corrections Fugitive Apprehension Unit, a Minnesota 
75.7 	county sheriff's department, the Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural 
75.8 	Resources, the Commerce Fraud Bureau, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, or the 
75.9 	Minnesota State Patrol.

75.10 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.531, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
75.11 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purpose of sections 609.531 to 609.5318, the 
75.12 	following terms have the meanings given them.
75.13 	(a) "Conveyance device" means a device used for transportation and includes, but is not 
75.14 	limited to, a motor vehicle, trailer, snowmobile, airplane, and vessel and any equipment 
75.15 	attached to it. The term "conveyance device" does not include property which is, in fact, 
75.16 	itself stolen or taken in violation of the law.
75.17 	(b) "Weapon used" means a dangerous weapon as defined under section 609.02, 
75.18 	subdivision 6, that the actor used or had in possession in furtherance of a crime.
75.19 	(c) "Property" means property as defined in section 609.52, subdivision 1, clause (1).
75.20 	(d) "Contraband" means property which is illegal to possess under Minnesota law.
75.21 	(e) "Appropriate agency" means the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the Department 
75.22 	of Commerce Fraud Bureau, the Minnesota Division of Driver and Vehicle Services, the 
75.23 	Minnesota State Patrol, a county sheriff's department, the Three Rivers Park District 
75.24 	Department of Public Safety, the Department of Natural Resources Division of Enforcement, 
75.25 	the University of Minnesota Police Department, the Department of Corrections Fugitive 
75.26 	Apprehension Unit, a city, metropolitan transit, or airport police department; or a 
75.27 	multijurisdictional entity established under section 299A.642 or 299A.681.
75.28 	(f) "Designated offense" includes:
75.29 	(1) for weapons used: any violation of this chapter, chapter 152 or 624;
75.30 	(2) for driver's license or identification card transactions: any violation of section 171.22; 
75.31 	and
76.1 	(3) for all other purposes: a felony violation of, or a felony-level attempt or conspiracy 
76.2 	to violate, section 325E.17; 325E.18; 609.185; 609.19; 609.195; 609.2112; 609.2113; 
76.3 	609.2114; 609.221; 609.222; 609.223; 609.2231; 609.2335; 609.24; 609.245; 609.247; 
76.4 	609.25; 609.255; 609.282; 609.283; 609.322; 609.342, subdivision 1, or subdivision 1a, 
76.5 	clauses (a) to (f) and (i); 609.343, subdivision 1, or subdivision 1a, clauses (a) to (f) and (i); 
76.6 	609.344, subdivision 1, or subdivision 1a, clauses (a) to (e), (h), or (i); 609.345, subdivision 
76.7 	1, or subdivision 1a, clauses (a) to (e), (h), and (i); 609.352; 609.42; 609.425; 609.466; 
76.8 	609.485; 609.487; 609.52; 609.525; 609.527; 609.528; 609.53; 609.54; 609.551; 609.561; 
76.9 	609.562; 609.563; 609.582; 609.59; 609.595; 609.611; 609.631; 609.66, subdivision 1e; 
76.10 	609.671, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 8, and 12; 609.687; 609.821; 609.825; 609.86; 609.88; 609.89; 
76.11 	609.893; 609.895; 617.246; 617.247; or a gross misdemeanor or felony violation of section 
76.12 	609.891 or 624.7181; or any violation of section 609.324; or a felony violation of, or a 
76.13 	felony-level attempt or conspiracy to violate, Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.21.
76.14 	(g) "Controlled substance" has the meaning given in section 152.01, subdivision 4.
76.15 	(h) "Prosecuting authority" means the attorney who is responsible for prosecuting an 
76.16 	offense that is the basis for a forfeiture under sections 609.531 to 609.5318.
76.17 	(i) "Asserting person" means a person, other than the driver alleged to have used a vehicle 
76.18 	in the transportation or exchange of a controlled substance intended for distribution or sale, 
76.19 	claiming an ownership interest in a vehicle that has been seized or restrained under this 
76.20 	section.

76.21 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
76.22 		Subd. 2.Peace officer. The term "peace officer," as used in sections 626.04 to 626.17, 
76.23 	means a person who is licensed as a peace officer in accordance with section 626.84, 
76.24 	subdivision 1, and who serves as a sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, conservation officer, 
76.25 	agent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, agent of the Division of Alcohol and 
76.26 	Gambling Enforcement, peace officer of the Commerce Fraud Bureau, University of 
76.27 	Minnesota peace officer, Metropolitan Transit police officer, Minnesota Department of 
76.28 	Corrections Fugitive Apprehension Unit member, State Patrol trooper as authorized by 
76.29 	section 299D.03, or railroad peace officer as authorized by section 219.995 and United 
76.30 	States Code, title 49, section 28101.

76.31 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626.84, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
76.32 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of sections 626.84 to 626.863, the following 
76.33 	terms have the meanings given them:
77.1 	(a) "Board" means the Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training.
77.2 	(b) "Director" means the executive director of the board.
77.3 	(c) "Peace officer" means:
77.4 	(1) an employee or an elected or appointed official of a political subdivision or law 
77.5 	enforcement agency who is licensed by the board, charged with the prevention and detection 
77.6 	of crime and the enforcement of the general criminal laws of the state and who has the full 
77.7 	power of arrest, and shall also include the Minnesota State Patrol, agents of the Division of 
77.8 	Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement, state conservation officers, Metropolitan Transit police 
77.9 	officers, Department of Corrections Fugitive Apprehension Unit officers, Department of 
77.10 	Commerce Fraud Bureau Unit officers, the statewide coordinator of the Violent Crime 
77.11 	Coordinating Council, and railroad peace officers as authorized by section 219.995 and 
77.12 	United States Code, title 49, section 28101; and
77.13 	(2) a peace officer who is employed by a law enforcement agency of a federally 
77.14 	recognized tribe, as defined in United States Code, title 25, section 450b(e), and who is 
77.15 	licensed by the board.
77.16 	(d) "Part-time peace officer" means an individual licensed by the board whose services 
77.17 	are utilized by law enforcement agencies no more than an average of 20 hours per week, 
77.18 	not including time spent on call when no call to active duty is received, calculated on an 
77.19 	annual basis, who has either full powers of arrest or authorization to carry a firearm while 
77.20 	on active duty. The term shall apply even though the individual receives no compensation 
77.21 	for time spent on active duty, and shall apply irrespective of the title conferred upon the 
77.22 	individual by any law enforcement agency.
77.23 	(e) "Reserve officer" means an individual whose services are utilized by a law 
77.24 	enforcement agency to provide supplementary assistance at special events, traffic or crowd 
77.25 	control, and administrative or clerical assistance, and shall include reserve deputies, special 
77.26 	deputies, mounted or unmounted patrols, and all other employees or volunteers performing 
77.27 	reserve officer functions. A reserve officer's duties do not include enforcement of the general 
77.28 	criminal laws of the state, and the officer does not have full powers of arrest or authorization 
77.29 	to carry a firearm on duty.
77.30 	(f) "Law enforcement agency" means:
77.31 	(1) a unit of state or local government that is authorized by law to grant full powers of 
77.32 	arrest and to charge a person with the duties of preventing and detecting crime and enforcing 
77.33 	the general criminal laws of the state;
78.1 	(2) subject to the limitations in section 626.93, a law enforcement agency of a federally 
78.2 	recognized tribe, as defined in United States Code, title 25, section 450b(e); and
78.3 	(3) subject to the limitation of section 219.995, a railroad company.
78.4 	(g) "Professional peace officer education" means a postsecondary degree program, or a 
78.5 	nondegree program for persons who already have a college degree, that is offered by a 
78.6 	college or university in Minnesota, designed for persons seeking licensure as a peace officer, 
78.7 	and approved by the board.
78.8 	(h) "Railroad peace officer" means an individual as authorized under United States Code, 
78.9 	title 49, section 28101:
78.10 	(1) employed by a railroad for the purpose of aiding and supplementing law enforcement 
78.11 	agencies in the protection of property owned by or in the care, custody, or control of a 
78.12 	railroad and to protect the persons and property of railroad passengers and employees; and
78.13 	(2) licensed by the board.

78.14 	Sec. 24. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 78.15 	The revisor of statutes shall renumber the subdivisions in column A with the number 
78.16 	listed in column B. The revisor shall also make necessary cross-reference changes in 
78.17 	Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules consistent with the renumbering.

78.18		Column A
	Column B
	
78.19		45.0135, subdivision 6
	299C.061, subdivision 9
	
78.20		45.0135, subdivision 7
	299C.061, subdivision 10
	
78.21		45.0135, subdivision 8
	299C.061, subdivision 11
	
78.22		45.0135, subdivision 9
	299C.061, subdivision 12
	
78.23		299C.061, subdivision 9
	299C.061, subdivision 13

78.24 	Sec. 25. REPEALER.
 78.25 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 45.0135, subdivisions 2a, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, 3, 4, and 5; 
78.26 	and 325E.21, subdivision 2b, are repealed.

79.1 	ARTICLE 7
79.2 	REAL PROPERTY; FORECLOSURES

79.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 580.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
79.4 		Subdivision 1.Postponement by mortgagee. (a) The sale may be postponed, from time 
79.5 	to time, by the party conducting the foreclosure. The party requesting the postponement 
79.6 	must, at the party's expense:
79.7 	(1) publish, only once, a notice of the postponement and the rescheduled date of the sale, 
79.8 	if known, as soon as practicable, in the newspaper in which the notice under section 580.03
79.9 	was published; and
79.10 	(2) send by first class mail to the occupant, postmarked within three business days of 
79.11 	the postponed sale, notice:
79.12 	(i) of the postponement; and
79.13 	(ii) if known, of the rescheduled date of the sale and the date on or before which the 
79.14 	mortgagor must vacate the property if the sheriff's sale is not further postponed, the mortgage 
79.15 	is not reinstated under section 580.30, the property is not redeemed under section 580.23, 
79.16 	or the redemption period is not reduced under section 582.032. The notice must state that 
79.17 	the time to vacate the property is 11:59 p.m. on the specified date.
79.18 	(b) If the rescheduled date of the sale is not known at the time of the initial publication 
79.19 	and notice to the occupant of postponement, the foreclosing party must, at its expense if 
79.20 	and when a new date of sale is scheduled:
79.21 	(1) publish, only once, notice of the rescheduled date of the sale, as soon as practicable, 
79.22 	in the newspaper in which the notice under section 580.03 and the notice of postponement 
79.23 	under paragraph (a) was published; and
79.24 	(2) send by first class mail to the occupant, postmarked within ten days of the rescheduled 
79.25 	sale, notice:
79.26 	(i) of the date of the rescheduled sale; and
79.27 	(ii) of the date on or before which the mortgagor must vacate the property if the mortgage 
79.28 	is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property redeemed under section 580.23. The 
79.29 	notice must state that the time to vacate the property is 11:59 p.m. on the specified date.
79.30 	(c) The right of a mortgagee to postpone a foreclosure sale under this section applies to 
79.31 	a foreclosure by action taken under chapter 581.

80.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2025, for judicial foreclosures 
80.2 	with the lis pendens recorded on or after the effective date.

80.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 580.07, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
80.4 		Subd. 2.Postponement by mortgagor or owner. (a) If all or a part of the property to 
80.5 	be sold is classified as homestead under section 273.124 and contains one to four dwelling 
80.6 	units, the mortgagor or owner may, in the manner provided in this subdivision, postpone 
80.7 	the sale to the first date that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday and is:
80.8 	(1) five months after the originally scheduled date of sale if the original redemption 
80.9 	period was six months under section 580.23, subdivision 1; or
80.10 	(2) 11 months after the originally scheduled date of sale if the original redemption period 
80.11 	was 12 months under section 580.23, subdivision 2. To postpone a foreclosure sale pursuant 
80.12 	to this subdivision, at any time after the first publication of the notice of mortgage foreclosure 
80.13 	sale under section 580.03 but at least 15 days prior to the scheduled sale date specified in 
80.14 	that notice, the mortgagor shall: (1) execute a sworn affidavit in the form set forth in 
80.15 	subdivision 3, (2) record the affidavit in the office of each county recorder and registrar of 
80.16 	titles where the mortgage was recorded, and (3) file with the sheriff conducting the sale and 
80.17 	deliver to the attorney foreclosing the mortgage a copy of the recorded affidavit, showing 
80.18 	the date and office in which the affidavit was recorded. Recording of the affidavit and 
80.19 	postponement of the foreclosure sale pursuant to this subdivision shall automatically reduce 
80.20 	the mortgagor's redemption period under section 580.23 to five weeks. The postponement 
80.21 	of a foreclosure sale pursuant to this subdivision does not require any change in the contents 
80.22 	of the notice of sale, service of the notice of sale if the occupant was served with the notice 
80.23 	of sale prior to postponement under this subdivision, or publication of the notice of sale if 
80.24 	publication was commenced prior to postponement under this subdivision, notwithstanding 
80.25 	the service and publication time periods specified in section 580.03, but the sheriff's 
80.26 	certificate of sale shall indicate the actual date of the foreclosure sale and the actual length 
80.27 	of the mortgagor's redemption period. No notice of postponement need be published. An 
80.28 	affidavit complying with subdivision 3 shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated 
80.29 	therein, and shall be entitled to be recorded. The right to postpone a foreclosure sale pursuant 
80.30 	to this subdivision may be exercised only once, regardless whether the mortgagor reinstates 
80.31 	the mortgage prior to the postponed mortgage foreclosure sale.
80.32 	(b) If the automatic stay under United States Code, title 11, section 362, applies to the 
80.33 	mortgage foreclosure after a mortgagor or owner requests postponement of the sheriff's sale 
80.34 	under this section, then when the automatic stay is no longer applicable, the mortgagor's or 
81.1 	owner's election to shorten the redemption period to five weeks under this section remains 
81.2 	applicable to the mortgage foreclosure.
81.3 	(c) Except for the circumstances set forth in paragraph (b), this section does not reduce 
81.4 	the mortgagor's redemption period under section 580.23 for any subsequent foreclosure of 
81.5 	the mortgage.
81.6 	(d) The right of a mortgagor or owner to postpone a foreclosure sale under this section 
81.7 	applies to a foreclosure by action taken under chapter 581.

81.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2025, for judicial foreclosures 
81.9 	with the lis pendens recorded on or after the effective date.

81.10 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 581.02, is amended to read:
81.11 	581.02 APPLICATION, CERTAIN SECTIONS.
81.12 	(a) The provisions of sections 580.08, 580.09, 580.12, 580.22, 580.25, and 580.27, so 
81.13 	far as they relate to the form of the certificate of sale, shall apply to and govern the 
81.14 	foreclosure of mortgages by action.
81.15 	(b) Section 580.07 applies to actions for the foreclosure of mortgages taken under this 
81.16 	chapter.

81.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2025, for judicial foreclosures 
81.18 	with the lis pendens recorded on or after the effective date.

81.19 	ARTICLE 8
81.20 	GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES

81.21 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
81.22 		Subd. 3.Request for access to data. (a) Upon request to a responsible authority or 
81.23 	designee, a person shall be permitted to inspect and copy public government data at 
81.24 	reasonable times and places, and, upon request, shall be informed of the data's meaning. If 
81.25 	a person requests access for the purpose of inspection, the responsible authority may not 
81.26 	assess a charge or require the requesting person to pay a fee to inspect data.
81.27 	(b) For purposes of this section, "inspection" includes, but is not limited to, the visual 
81.28 	inspection of paper and similar types of government data. Inspection does not include 
81.29 	printing copies by the government entity, unless printing a copy is the only method to provide 
81.30 	for inspection of the data. In the case of data stored in electronic form and made available 
81.31 	in electronic form on a remote access basis to the public by the government entity, inspection 
82.1 	includes remote access to the data by the public and the ability to print copies of or download 
82.2 	the data on the public's own computer equipment. Nothing in this section prohibits a 
82.3 	government entity from charging a reasonable fee for remote access to data under a specific 
82.4 	statutory grant of authority. A government entity may charge a fee for remote access to data 
82.5 	where either the data or the access is enhanced at the request of the person seeking access.
82.6 	(c) The responsible authority or designee shall provide copies of public data upon request. 
82.7 	If a person requests copies or electronic transmittal of the data to the person, the responsible 
82.8 	authority may require the requesting person to pay the actual costs of searching for and 
82.9 	retrieving government data, including the cost of employee time, and for making, certifying, 
82.10 	and electronically transmitting the copies of the data or the data, but may not charge for 
82.11 	separating public from not public data. However, if 100 or fewer pages of black and white, 
82.12 	letter or legal size paper copies are requested, actual costs shall not be used, and instead, 
82.13 	the responsible authority may charge no more than 25 cents for each page copied. If the 
82.14 	responsible authority or designee is not able to provide copies at the time a request is made, 
82.15 	copies shall be supplied as soon as reasonably possible.
82.16 	(d) When a request under this subdivision involves any person's receipt of copies of 
82.17 	public government data that has commercial value and is a substantial and discrete portion 
82.18 	of or an entire formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, process, 
82.19 	database, or system developed with a significant expenditure of public funds by the 
82.20 	government entity, the responsible authority may charge a reasonable fee for the information 
82.21 	in addition to the costs of making and certifying the copies. Any fee charged must be clearly 
82.22 	demonstrated by the government entity to relate to the actual development costs of the 
82.23 	information. The responsible authority, upon the request of any person, shall provide 
82.24 	sufficient documentation to explain and justify the fee being charged.
82.25 	(e) The responsible authority of a government entity that maintains public government 
82.26 	data in a computer storage medium shall provide to any person making a request under this 
82.27 	section a copy of any public data contained in that medium, in electronic form, if the 
82.28 	government entity can reasonably make the copy or have a copy made. This does not require 
82.29 	a government entity to provide the data in an electronic format or program that is different 
82.30 	from the format or program in which the data are maintained by the government entity. The 
82.31 	entity may require the requesting person to pay the actual cost of providing the copy.
82.32 	(f) If the responsible authority or designee determines that the requested data is classified 
82.33 	so as to deny the requesting person access, the responsible authority or designee shall inform 
82.34 	the requesting person of the determination either orally at the time of the request, or in 
82.35 	writing as soon after that time as possible, and shall cite the specific statutory section, 
83.1 	temporary classification, or specific provision of federal law on which the determination is 
83.2 	based. Upon the request of any person denied access to data, the responsible authority or 
83.3 	designee shall certify in writing that the request has been denied and cite the specific statutory 
83.4 	section, temporary classification, or specific provision of federal law upon which the denial 
83.5 	was based.
83.6 	(g) If a responsible authority has notified the requesting person that responsive data or 
83.7 	copies are available for inspection or collection, and the requesting person does not inspect 
83.8 	the data or collect the copies within five business days of the notification, the responsible 
83.9 	authority may suspend any further response to the request until the requesting person inspects 
83.10 	the data that has been made available, or collects and pays for the copies that have been 
83.11 	produced.

83.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.32, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
83.13 		Subd. 2.Student health and census data; data on parents. (a) Health data concerning 
83.14 	students, including but not limited to, data concerning immunizations, notations of special 
83.15 	physical or mental problems and records of school nurses are educational data. Access by 
83.16 	parents to student health data shall be pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 8.
83.17 	(b) Pupil census data, including emergency information and family information are 
83.18 	educational data.
83.19 	(c) Data concerning parents are private data on individuals but may be treated as directory 
83.20 	information if the same procedures that are used by a school district to designate student 
83.21 	data as directory information under subdivision 5 are followed.

83.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. 
83.23 	Beginning upon the effective date of this section, a parent's personal contact information 
83.24 	subject to this section must be treated by an educational agency or institution as private data 
83.25 	on individuals regardless of whether that contact information was previously designated as 
83.26 	or treated as directory information under Minnesota Statutes, section 13.32, subdivision 2.

83.27 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.32, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
83.28 		Subd. 5.Directory information; data on parents. (a) Educational data designated as 
83.29 	directory information is public data on individuals to the extent required under federal law. 
83.30 	Directory information must be designated pursuant to the provisions of:
83.31 	(1) this subdivision; and
84.1 	(2) United States Code, title 20, section 1232g, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 
84.2 	34, section 99.37, which were in effect on January 3, 2012.
84.3 	(b) When conducting the directory information designation and notice process required 
84.4 	by federal law, an educational agency or institution shall give parents and students notice 
84.5 	of the right to refuse to let the agency or institution designate specified data about the student 
84.6 	as directory information. This notice may be given by any means reasonably likely to inform 
84.7 	the parents and students of the right.
84.8 	(c) An educational agency or institution may not designate a student's or parent's home 
84.9 	address, telephone number, email address, or other personal contact information as directory 
84.10 	information under this subdivision. This paragraph does not apply to a postsecondary 
84.11 	institution.
84.12 	(d) When requested, educational agencies or institutions must share personal student or 
84.13 	parent contact information and directory information, whether public or private, with the 
84.14 	Minnesota Department of Education, as required for federal reporting purposes.
84.15 	(e) When requested, educational agencies or institutions may share personal student or 
84.16 	parent contact information and directory information for students served in special education 
84.17 	with postsecondary transition planning and services under section 125A.08, paragraph (b), 
84.18 	clause (1), whether public or private, with the Department of Employment and Economic 
84.19 	Development, as required for coordination of services to students with disabilities under 
84.20 	sections 125A.08, paragraph (b), clause (1); 125A.023; and 125A.027.
84.21 	(f) Data concerning parents is private data on individuals but may be treated as directory 
84.22 	information if the same procedures that are used by a school district to designate student 
84.23 	data as directory information under this subdivision are followed, except that a parent's 
84.24 	home address, telephone number, email address, or other personal contact information may 
84.25 	not be treated as directory information under this subdivision.

84.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. 
84.27 	Beginning upon the effective date of this section, a parent's personal contact information 
84.28 	subject to this section must be treated by an educational agency or institution as private data 
84.29 	on individuals regardless of whether that contact information was previously designated as 
84.30 	or treated as directory information under Minnesota Statutes, section 13.32, subdivision 2.

85.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.43, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
85.2 		Subd. 2.Public data. (a) Except for employees described in subdivision 5 and subject 
85.3 	to the limitations described in subdivision 5a, the following personnel data on current and 
85.4 	former employees, volunteers, and independent contractors of a government entity is public:
85.5 	(1) name; employee identification number, which must not be the employee's Social 
85.6 	Security number; actual gross salary; salary range; terms and conditions of employment 
85.7 	relationship; contract fees; actual gross pension; the value and nature of employer paid 
85.8 	fringe benefits; and the basis for and the amount of any added remuneration, including 
85.9 	expense reimbursement, in addition to salary;
85.10 	(2) job title and bargaining unit; job description; education and training background; 
85.11 	and previous work experience;
85.12 	(3) date of first and last employment;
85.13 	(4) the existence and status of any complaints or charges against the employee, regardless 
85.14 	of whether the complaint or charge resulted in a disciplinary action;
85.15 	(5) the final disposition of any disciplinary action together with the specific reasons for 
85.16 	the action and data documenting the basis of the action, excluding data that would identify 
85.17 	confidential sources who are employees of the public body;
85.18 	(6) the complete terms of any agreement settling any dispute arising out of an employment 
85.19 	relationship, including a buyout agreement as defined in section 123B.143, subdivision 2, 
85.20 	paragraph (a); except that the agreement must include specific reasons for the agreement if 
85.21 	it involves the payment of more than $10,000 of public money;
85.22 	(7) work location; a work telephone number; badge number; work-related continuing 
85.23 	education; and honors and awards received; and
85.24 	(8) payroll time sheets or other comparable data that are only used to account for 
85.25 	employee's work time for payroll purposes, except to the extent that release of time sheet 
85.26 	data would reveal the employee's reasons for the use of sick or other medical leave or other 
85.27 	not public data.
85.28 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a final disposition occurs when the government 
85.29 	entity makes its final decision about the disciplinary action, regardless of the possibility of 
85.30 	any later proceedings or court proceedings. Final disposition includes a resignation by an 
85.31 	individual when the resignation occurs after the final decision of the government entity, or 
85.32 	arbitrator. In the case of arbitration proceedings arising under collective bargaining 
85.33 	agreements, a final disposition occurs at the conclusion of the arbitration proceedings, or 
86.1 	upon the failure of the employee to elect arbitration within the time provided by the collective 
86.2 	bargaining agreement. A disciplinary action does not become public data if an arbitrator 
86.3 	sustains a grievance and reverses all aspects of any disciplinary action.
86.4 	(c) The government entity may display a photograph of a current or former employee 
86.5 	to a prospective witness as part of the government entity's investigation of any complaint 
86.6 	or charge against the employee.
86.7 	(d) A complainant has access to a statement provided by the complainant to a government 
86.8 	entity in connection with a complaint or charge against an employee.
86.9 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (5), and subject to paragraph (f), upon 
86.10 	completion of an investigation of a complaint or charge against a public official, or if a 
86.11 	public official resigns or is terminated from employment while the complaint or charge is 
86.12 	pending, all data relating to the complaint or charge are public, unless access to the data 
86.13 	would jeopardize an active investigation or reveal confidential sources. For purposes of this 
86.14 	paragraph, "public official" means:
86.15 	(1) the head of a state agency and deputy and assistant state agency heads;
86.16 	(2) members of boards or commissions required by law to be appointed by the governor 
86.17 	or other elective officers;
86.18 	(3) members of the Metropolitan Council appointed by the governor under section 
86.19 	473.123, subdivision 3;
86.20 	(3) (4) executive or administrative heads of departments, bureaus, divisions, or institutions 
86.21 	within state government; and
86.22 	(4) (5) the following employees:
86.23 	(i) the chief administrative officer, or the individual acting in an equivalent position, in 
86.24 	all political subdivisions;
86.25 	(ii) individuals required to be identified by a political subdivision pursuant to section 
86.26 	471.701;
86.27 	(iii) in a city with a population of more than 7,500 or a county with a population of more 
86.28 	than 5,000: managers; chiefs; heads or directors of departments, divisions, bureaus, or 
86.29 	boards; and any equivalent position; and
86.30 	(iv) in a school district: business managers; human resource directors; athletic directors 
86.31 	whose duties include at least 50 percent of their time spent in administration, personnel, 
86.32 	supervision, and evaluation; chief financial officers; directors; individuals defined as 
87.1 	superintendents and principals under Minnesota Rules, part 3512.0100; and in a charter 
87.2 	school, individuals employed in comparable positions.; and
87.3 	(v) in the Metropolitan Council, a public corporation and political subdivision of the 
87.4 	state established under chapter 473: the chair of the Metropolitan Council appointed by the 
87.5 	governor; the regional administrator appointed as the principal administrative officer by the 
87.6 	Metropolitan Council under section 473.125; the deputy regional administrator; the general 
87.7 	counsel appointed by the Metropolitan Council under section 473.123, subdivision 8; the 
87.8 	executive heads of divisions, including the general managers and executive directors; the 
87.9 	executive head responsible for compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity provisions 
87.10 	of federal law; and the chief law enforcement officer of the Metropolitan Transit Police 
87.11 	appointed by the regional administrator under section 473.407, subdivision 4.
87.12 	(f) Data relating to a complaint or charge against an employee identified under paragraph 
87.13 	(e), clause (4) (5), are public only if:
87.14 	(1) the complaint or charge results in disciplinary action or the employee resigns or is 
87.15 	terminated from employment while the complaint or charge is pending; or
87.16 	(2) potential legal claims arising out of the conduct that is the subject of the complaint 
87.17 	or charge are released as part of a settlement agreement.
87.18 	This paragraph and paragraph (e) do not authorize the release of data that are made not 
87.19 	public under other law.

87.20 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.991, is amended to read:
87.21 	13.991 JUDICIAL OFFICIAL DATA; PERSONAL INFORMATION.
87.22 	(a) Subject to paragraph (b), the personal information of all judicial officials collected, 
87.23 	created, or maintained by a government entity is private data on individuals. For purposes 
87.24 	of this section, the terms "personal information" and "judicial official" have the meanings 
87.25 	given in section 480.40, subdivision 1.
87.26 	(b) If the responsible authority or government entity violates this chapter, the remedies 
87.27 	and penalties under this chapter are available only if the judicial official making a claim 
87.28 	previously provided written notification to the responsible authority confirming on a form 
87.29 	provided by the Minnesota judicial branch that they are entitled to protection under section 
87.30 	480.40. If the subject of the data is an adult child of a judicial official who does not reside 
87.31 	with the judicial official, the remedies and penalties under this chapter are available only 
87.32 	if the adult child previously provided written notification to the responsible authority 
87.33 	confirming their status as the child of a judicial official. In the case of county records, the 
88.1 	form shall be filed with the responsible authority that maintains the personal information 
88.2 	for which the judicial officer is seeking protection. A form submitted under this section is 
88.3 	private data on individuals. A notice filed under this paragraph expires five years following 
88.4 	the date of filing, unless it is renewed prior to the expiration date.
88.5 	(c) This section shall not apply to Notwithstanding paragraph (a), section 480.50 shall 
88.6 	govern personal information contained in:of all judicial officials contained in real property 
88.7 	records, as defined in section 480.50, subdivision 1, paragraph (f).
88.8 	(1) real property records as defined in section 13.045, subdivision 1, clause (5);
88.9 	(2) Uniform Commercial Code filings and tax liens maintained by the secretary of state; 
88.10 	and
88.11 	(3) any other records maintained by a government entity evidencing title to, or any lien, 
88.12 	judgment, or other encumbrance on, real or personal property.

88.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2026.

88.14 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144E.123, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
88.15 		Subd. 3.Review. Prehospital care data may be reviewed by the director or its designees. 
88.16 	The data shall be classified as private data on individuals under chapter 13, the Minnesota 
88.17 	Government Data Practices Act. The director may share with the Washington/Baltimore 
88.18 	High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area's Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program 
88.19 	(ODMAP), data that identifies where and when an overdose incident happens, fatality status, 
88.20 	suspected drug type, naloxone administration, and first responder type. ODMAP may:
88.21 	(1) allow secure access to the system by authorized users to report information about an 
88.22 	overdose incident;
88.23 	(2) allow secure access to the system by authorized users to view, in near real-time,  
88.24 	information about overdose incidents reported;
88.25 	(3) produce a map in near real-time of the approximate locations of confirmed or 
88.26 	suspected overdose incidents reported; and
88.27 	(4) enable access to overdose incident information that assists in state and local decisions 
88.28 	regarding the allocation of public health, public safety, and educational resources for the 
88.29 	purposes of monitoring and reporting data related to suspected overdoses.

89.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 480.40, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
89.2 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section and section 480.45, the 
89.3 	following terms have the meanings given.
89.4 	(b) "Judicial official" means:
89.5 	(1) every Minnesota district court judge, senior judge, retired judge, and every judge of 
89.6 	the Minnesota Court of Appeals and every active, senior, recalled, or retired federal judge 
89.7 	who resides in Minnesota;
89.8 	(2) a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court;
89.9 	(3) employees of the Minnesota judicial branch;
89.10 	(4) judicial referees and magistrate judges; and
89.11 	(5) current and retired judges and current employees of the Office of Administrative 
89.12 	Hearings, Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, and Tax Court.
89.13 	(c) "Personal information" does not include publicly available information. Personal 
89.14 	information means:
89.15 	(1) a residential address of a judicial official;
89.16 	(2) a residential address of the spouse, domestic partner, or children of a judicial official;
89.17 	(3) a nonjudicial branch issued telephone number or email address of a judicial official;
89.18 	(4) the name of any child of a judicial official; and
89.19 	(5) the name of any child care facility or school that is attended by a child of a judicial 
89.20 	official if combined with an assertion that the named facility or school is attended by the 
89.21 	child of a judicial official.
89.22 	(d) "Publicly available information" means information that is lawfully made available 
89.23 	through federal, state, or local government records or information that a business has a 
89.24 	reasonable basis to believe is lawfully made available to the general public through widely 
89.25 	distributed media, by a judicial official, or by a person to whom the judicial official has 
89.26 	disclosed the information, unless the judicial official has restricted the information to a 
89.27 	specific audience.
89.28 	(e) "Law enforcement support organizations" do not include charitable organizations.
89.29 	(f) "Real property records" has the meaning given in section 480.50, subdivision 1, 
89.30 	paragraph (f).

90.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2026.

90.2 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 480.40, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
90.3 		Subd. 3.Exceptions. (a) Subdivision 2 doesand section 480.50 do not apply to:
90.4 	(1) the dissemination of personal information if the information is relevant to and 
90.5 	displayed as part of a news story, commentary, editorial, or other speech on a matter of 
90.6 	public concern;
90.7 	(2) personal information that the judicial official voluntarily disseminates publicly after 
90.8 	August 1, 2024;
90.9 	(3) the dissemination of personal information made at the request of the judicial official 
90.10 	or which is necessary to effectuate the request of a judicial official;
90.11 	(4) a commercial entity using personal information internally, providing access to 
90.12 	businesses under common ownership or affiliated by corporate control, or selling or providing 
90.13 	data for a transaction or service requested by or concerning the individual whose personal 
90.14 	information is being transferred;
90.15 	(5) a commercial entity providing publicly available information through real-time or 
90.16 	near real-time alert services for health or safety purposes;
90.17 	(6) a commercial entity engaged in the collection, maintenance, disclosure, sale, 
90.18 	communication, or use of any personal information bearing on a consumer's credit worthiness, 
90.19 	credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or 
90.20 	mode of living by a consumer reporting agency, furnisher, or user that provides information 
90.21 	for use in a consumer report, and by a user of a consumer report, but only to the extent that 
90.22 	such activity is regulated by and authorized under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 
90.23 	United States Code, title 15, section 1681, et seq.;
90.24 	(7) a consumer reporting agency subject to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, United 
90.25 	States Code, title 15, section 1681, et seq.;
90.26 	(8) a commercial entity using personal information collected, processed, sold, or disclosed 
90.27 	in compliance with the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994, United States Code, 
90.28 	title 18, section 2721, et seq.;
90.29 	(9) a commercial entity using personal information to do any of the following: prevent, 
90.30 	detect, protect against, or respond to security incidents, identity theft, fraud, harassment, 
90.31 	malicious or deceptive activities, or any illegal activity; preserve the integrity or security 
90.32 	of systems; or investigate, report, or prosecute any person responsible for any such action;
91.1 	(10) a financial institution, affiliate of a financial institution, or data subject to title V 
91.2 	of the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, United States Code, title 15, section 6801, et seq.;
91.3 	(11) a covered entity or business associate for purposes of the federal privacy regulations 
91.4 	promulgated under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 
91.5 	specifically United States Code, title 42, section 1320d-2 note;
91.6 	(12) insurance and insurance support organizations;
91.7 	(13) law enforcement agencies or law enforcement support organizations and vendors 
91.8 	that provide data support services to law enforcement agencies;
91.9 	(14) the display of a property address on a real estate or mapping platform when the 
91.10 	address is not displayed or disclosed in connection with any ownership or occupancy 
91.11 	information or other personal identifying information of a judicial official; and
91.12 	(14) (15) the collection and sale or licensing of covered information incidental to 
91.13 	conducting the activities described in clauses (4) to (13); and (14).
91.14 	(15) personal information contained in:
91.15 	(i) real property records as defined in section 13.045, subdivision 1, clause (5);
91.16 	(ii) uniform commercial code filings and tax liens maintained by the secretary of state; 
91.17 	and
91.18 	(iii) any other records maintained by a government entity evidencing title to, or any lien, 
91.19 	judgment, or other encumbrance on, real or personal property.
91.20 	(b) Subdivision 2 does not apply to personal information of judicial officials collected, 
91.21 	created, or maintained in real property records.

91.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2026.

91.23 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 480.45, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
91.24 		Subd. 2.Removal of personal information; exception. (a) Upon receipt of an affidavit 
91.25 	requesting removal of the personal information of a judicial official that meets the 
91.26 	requirements of subdivision 1, the person, business, association, or government entity shall 
91.27 	remove the publicly posted personal information within 30 days. If the person, business, 
91.28 	association, or government entity fails to remove the publicly posted personal information 
91.29 	within 30 days after an affidavit is submitted, the judicial official may file a civil action in 
91.30 	a court of competent jurisdiction seeking a court order compelling compliance, including 
91.31 	injunctive and declarative relief.
92.1 	(b) Paragraph (a) shall not apply to personal information disseminated directly by a  
92.2 	government entity contained in:real property records, as defined in section 480.50, 
92.3 	subdivision 1, paragraph (f).
92.4 	(1) real property records as defined in section 13.045, subdivision 1, clause (5);
92.5 	(2) uniform commercial code filings and tax liens maintained by the secretary of state; 
92.6 	and
92.7 	(3) any other records maintained by a government entity evidencing title to, or any lien, 
92.8 	judgment, or other encumbrance on, real or personal property.

92.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2026.

92.10 	Sec. 10. [480.50] PERSONAL INFORMATION IN REAL PROPERTY RECORDS.
92.11 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
92.12 	the meanings given.
92.13 	(b) "County recorder" has the meaning given in section 13.045, subdivision 1, clause 
92.14 	(4).
92.15 	(c) "Government entity" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 7a.
92.16 	(d) "Judicial official" has the meaning given in section 480.40, subdivision 1, paragraph 
92.17 	(b), except that it does not include employees of the Minnesota judicial branch, the Office 
92.18 	of Administrative Hearings, the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, or the Tax Court.
92.19 	(e) "Personal information" has the meaning given in section 480.40, subdivision 1, 
92.20 	paragraph (c).
92.21 	(f) "Real property records" means any of the following:
92.22 	(1) real property records as defined in section 13.045, subdivision 1, clause (5);
92.23 	(2) Uniform Commercial Code filings and tax liens maintained by the Secretary of State; 
92.24 	and
92.25 	(3) any other records maintained by a county recorder or other government entity 
92.26 	evidencing title to, or any lien, judgment, or other encumbrance on, real or personal property.
92.27 	(g) "Responsible authority" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 16.
92.28 		Subd. 2.Classification of data. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the personal 
92.29 	information of all judicial officials collected, created, or maintained in real property records 
92.30 	is private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12.
93.1 	(b) If the responsible authority or government entity violates this section, the remedies 
93.2 	and penalties under chapter 13 are available only if the judicial official making a claim 
93.3 	previously provided a real property notice that complies with subdivision 3. If the subject 
93.4 	of the data is the spouse, domestic partner, or adult child of a judicial official who does not 
93.5 	reside with the judicial official, the remedies and penalties under chapter 13 are available 
93.6 	only if the spouse, domestic partner, or adult child previously provided a notification under 
93.7 	subdivision 3 to the responsible authority confirming their status as the spouse, domestic 
93.8 	partner, or adult child of a judicial official. In the case of county records, the notification 
93.9 	shall be filed with the responsible authority that maintains the personal information for 
93.10 	which protection is sought. A notification submitted under this section is private data on 
93.11 	individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12.
93.12 		Subd. 3.Notification. (a) For the classification in subdivision 2 to apply to personal 
93.13 	information in real property records, a judicial official must submit a real property notice 
93.14 	in writing to the county recorder in the county where the property identified in the real 
93.15 	property notice is located and to the Office of the Secretary of State. To affect real property 
93.16 	records maintained by any other government entity, a judicial official must submit a real 
93.17 	property notice in writing to the other government entity's responsible authority. If the 
93.18 	personal information is that of the spouse, domestic partner, or adult child of a judicial 
93.19 	official who does not reside with the judicial official, the spouse, domestic partner, or adult 
93.20 	child must submit a real property notice. The real property notice is classified as private 
93.21 	data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12. A real property notice must 
93.22 	be on a form provided by the judicial branch and must include:
93.23 	(1) the full legal name of the individual submitting the form;
93.24 	(2) the last four digits of the individual's Social Security number;
93.25 	(3) the individual's date of birth;
93.26 	(4) the individual's telephone number and email;
93.27 	(5) the residential address of the individual in Minnesota;
93.28 	(6) the legal description, parcel identification number, and street address, if any, of the 
93.29 	real property affected by the notice; and
93.30 	(7) a certification that the individual is a judicial official or the spouse, domestic partner, 
93.31 	or adult child of a judicial official that contains the notarized signature of the individual.
94.1 	(b) A notice submitted by a judicial official employed by the state must include the 
94.2 	employer's business address and a verification of current employment signed by the 
94.3 	employer's human resources office.
94.4 	(c) A notice submitted pursuant to this subdivision by a spouse, domestic partner, or 
94.5 	adult child of a judicial official not residing with the judicial official must include a notarized 
94.6 	verification that the individual is the spouse, domestic partner, or adult child of a judicial 
94.7 	official.
94.8 	(d) Only one parcel of real property may be included in each notice, but an individual 
94.9 	may submit more than one notice. A government entity may require an individual to provide 
94.10 	additional information necessary to identify the records or the real property described in 
94.11 	the notice. An individual submitting a notice must submit a new real property notice if their 
94.12 	legal name changes.
94.13 		Subd. 4.Access to real property records. (a) If an individual submits a notice under 
94.14 	subdivision 3, the county recorder or other government entity must not disclose the 
94.15 	individual's personal information in conjunction with the property identified in the written 
94.16 	notice, unless:
94.17 	(1) the individual has consented to sharing or dissemination of the personal information 
94.18 	for the purpose identified in a writing signed by the individual and acknowledged by a 
94.19 	notary public;
94.20 	(2) the personal information is subject to dissemination pursuant to a court order under 
94.21 	section 13.03, subdivision 6;
94.22 	(3) the personal information is shared with a government entity for the purpose of 
94.23 	administering assessment and taxation laws;
94.24 	(4) the personal information is disseminated pursuant to subdivision 5; or
94.25 	(5) the personal information is shared with the examiner of titles or deputy examiner as 
94.26 	necessary to perform their statutory duties under chapters 508 and 508A, including the 
94.27 	dissemination of personal information in Reports of Examiner.
94.28 	(b) This subdivision does not prevent the county recorder from returning original 
94.29 	documents to the person who submitted the documents for recording. Each county recorder 
94.30 	shall establish procedures for recording documents to comply with this subdivision. These 
94.31 	procedures may include masking personal information and making documents or certificates 
94.32 	of title containing the personal information private and not viewable except as allowed by 
94.33 	this paragraph. The procedure must comply with the requirements of chapters 386, 507, 
95.1 	508, and 508A, and other laws as appropriate, to the extent these requirements do not conflict 
95.2 	with this section. The procedures must provide public notice of the existence of recorded 
95.3 	documents and certificates of title that are not publicly viewable and the provisions for 
95.4 	viewing them under this subdivision. Notice that a document or certificate is private and 
95.5 	viewable only under this subdivision or subdivision 5 is deemed constructive notice of the 
95.6 	document or certificate.
95.7 	(c) A real property notice submitted under subdivision 3 shall apply retroactively to all  
95.8 	online and digital real property records, except digitized or scanned images of tract pages 
95.9 	and books, but only to the extent the individual submitting the notice provides the parcel 
95.10 	identification number, document number, or certificate of title number of each record for 
95.11 	which protection is sought. Otherwise, paragraph (a) applies only to the real property records 
95.12 	recorded or filed concurrently with the real property notice specified in subdivision 3 and 
95.13 	to real property records affecting the same real property recorded subsequent to the county 
95.14 	recorder or other government entity's receipt of the real property notice.
95.15 	(d) The county recorder or other government entity shall have 60 days from the date of 
95.16 	receipt of a real property notice under subdivision 3 to process the request. If the individual  
95.17 	cites exigent circumstances, the county recorder or other government entity shall process 
95.18 	the request as soon as practicable.
95.19 	(e) The prohibition on disclosure in paragraph (a) continues until:
95.20 	(1) the individual has consented to the termination of the real property notice in a writing 
95.21 	signed by the individual and acknowledged by a notary public;
95.22 	(2) the real property notice is terminated pursuant to a court order;
95.23 	(3) the individual no longer holds a record interest in the real property identified in the 
95.24 	real property notice;
95.25 	(4) the individual is deceased and a certified copy of the death certificate has been filed 
95.26 	with the county recorder or other government entity to which a notice was given under 
95.27 	subdivision 3; or
95.28 	(5) the judicial official no longer qualifies as a judicial official. Notification that the 
95.29 	judicial official no longer qualifies as a judicial official must be given by the judicial official 
95.30 	to each county recorder or other government entity to which a notice under subdivision 3 
95.31 	was given within 90 days after the judicial official no longer qualifies as a judicial official.
96.1 	(f) Upon termination of the prohibition of disclosure, the county recorder shall make 
96.2 	publicly viewable all documents and certificates of title that were previously partially or 
96.3 	wholly private and not viewable pursuant to a notice filed under subdivision 3.
96.4 		Subd. 5.Access to personal information in real property records; title 
96.5 	examination. (a) Upon request, the individual who submitted the real property notice under 
96.6 	subdivision 3 shall verify that the individual's real property is the property subject to a bona 
96.7 	fide title exam.
96.8 	(b) The county recorder or other government entity shall provide the unredacted real 
96.9 	property records of an individual who submitted a real property notice under subdivision 3 
96.10 	upon request of any of the following persons:
96.11 	(1) a licensed title insurance company representative, a licensed title insurance agent, a 
96.12 	licensed abstractor, or an attorney licensed to practice law in Minnesota;
96.13 	(2) a mortgage loan originator;
96.14 	(3) a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson; and
96.15 	(4) an individual or entity that has made or received an offer for the purchase of real 
96.16 	property to or from an individual who submitted a real property notice under subdivision 3 
96.17 	whose address is subject to nondisclosure, provided the request is accompanied by a written 
96.18 	consent from the individual.
96.19 	(c) A request made under paragraph (a) or (b) must be made on a notarized form and 
96.20 	include:
96.21 	(1) the full legal name, title, address, and place of employment, if applicable, of the 
96.22 	person requesting the real property records;
96.23 	(2) the lawful purpose for requesting the real property records;
96.24 	(3) the requestor's relationship, if any, to the individual who submitted a real property 
96.25 	notice under subdivision 3;
96.26 	(4) the legal description of the property subject to the title examination; and
96.27 	(5) proof of the requestor's licensure.
96.28 	(d) Personal information provided under this subdivision may be used only for the 
96.29 	purposes authorized in this subdivision or the lawful purposes set forth in the request for 
96.30 	disclosure form and may not be further disseminated to any other person. However, the 
96.31 	dissemination of personal information in real property records by a licensed attorney or any 
97.1 	employees in the office of the licensed attorney is permitted when reasonably necessary for 
97.2 	the provision of legal services.
97.3 		Subd. 6.Service fees to county recorder or other government entity. The county 
97.4 	recorder or any other government entity is authorized to charge the following service fees:
97.5 	(1) up to $75 for each real property notice under subdivision 3;
97.6 	(2) up to $75 for each consent submitted under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (1), 
97.7 	and subdivision 4, paragraph (e), clause (1); and
97.8 	(3) up to $75 for each request submitted under subdivision 5.
97.9 	These service fees shall not be considered county recorder fees under section 357.18 or 
97.10 	registrar of titles fees under section 508.82 or 508A.82 and shall be deposited into the county 
97.11 	recorder or other government entity's general fund.

97.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2026.

	ARTICLE 1	JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS........	Page.Ln 2.2	
	ARTICLE 2	PUBLIC SAFETY APPROPRIATIONS........	Page.Ln 5.15	
	ARTICLE 3	JUDICIARY POLICY........	Page.Ln 20.18	
	ARTICLE 4	PUBLIC SAFETY POLICY........	Page.Ln 37.1	
	ARTICLE 5	CORRECTIONS POLICY........	Page.Ln 51.12	
	ARTICLE 6	FINANCIAL CRIMES AND FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS........	Page.Ln 59.11	
	ARTICLE 7	REAL PROPERTY; FORECLOSURES........	Page.Ln 79.1	
	ARTICLE 8	GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES........	Page.Ln 81.19	

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H2432-2 

45.0135 COMMERCE FRAUD BUREAU.Subd. 2a.Authorization. 
(a) The commissioner may appoint peace officers, as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), and establish a law enforcement agency, as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (f), known as the Commerce Fraud Bureau, to conduct investigations, and to make arrests under sections 629.30 and 629.34. The primary jurisdiction of the law enforcement agency is limited to offenses with a nexus to insurance-related crimes or financial crimes. 

(b) Upon request and at the commissioner's discretion, the Commerce Fraud Bureau may respond to a law enforcement agency's request to exercise law enforcement duties in cooperation with the law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the particular matter. 

(c) The Commerce Fraud Bureau must allocate at least 70 percent of its work to insurance fraud, as defined in sections 60A.951, subdivision 4, and 609.611. 

Subd. 2c.Arrests and investigations. 
The initial processing of a person arrested by the Commerce Fraud Bureau for an offense within its jurisdiction is the responsibility of the bureau unless otherwise directed by the law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction. Subsequent investigation shall be the responsibility of the bureau unless otherwise directed by the law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction. At the request of the primary jurisdiction, the bureau may assist in a subsequent investigation being carried out by the primary jurisdiction. 

Subd. 2d.Policy for notice of investigations. 
The Commerce Fraud Bureau must develop a policy for notifying the law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction when it has initiated investigation of any person within the jurisdiction of that agency. 

Subd. 2e.Chief law enforcement officer. 
The commissioner shall appoint a peace officer employed full time to be the chief law enforcement officer and to be responsible for the management of the Commerce Fraud Bureau. The chief law enforcement officer shall possess the necessary police and management experience to manage a law enforcement agency. The chief law enforcement officer may appoint, discipline, and discharge all employees of the bureau. All police managerial and supervisory personnel must be full-time employees of the bureau. Supervisory personnel must be on duty and available any time peace officers of the bureau are on duty. 

Subd. 2f.Compliance. 
Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Commerce Fraud Bureau shall comply with all statutes and administrative rules relating to the operation and management of a law enforcement agency. 

Subd. 3.Evidence, documentation, and related materials. 
If the bureau seeks evidence, documentation, and related materials pertinent to an investigation, and the matter is located outside of this state, the bureau may designate representatives, including officials of the state where the matter is located, to secure the matter or inspect the matter on its behalf. 

Subd. 4.Confidentiality and immunity. 
The provisions of chapter 13, including, but not limited to, section 13.82, apply to the classification, disclosure, and collection of data relating to the Commerce Fraud Bureau. 

Subd. 5.Annual report on activities and cost-effectiveness. 
The Commerce Fraud Bureau shall maintain records and information in order to produce an annual report of its activities as may be prescribed by the commissioner of commerce. The commissioner shall report annually to the house of representatives and senate standing committees with jurisdiction over insurance issues as to the activities of the bureau and the cost-effectiveness of the programs established by the bureau. 

325E.21 DEALERS IN SCRAP METAL; RECORDS, REPORTS, AND REGISTRATION.Subd. 2b.Catalytic converter theft prevention pilot project. 
(a) The catalytic converter theft prevention pilot project is created to deter the theft of catalytic converters by marking them with vehicle identification numbers or other unique identifiers. 

(b) The commissioner shall establish a procedure to mark the catalytic converters of vehicles most likely to be targeted for theft with unique identification numbers using labels, engraving, theft deterrence paint, or other methods that permanently mark the catalytic converter without damaging its function. 

(c) The commissioner shall work with law enforcement agencies, insurance companies, and scrap metal dealers to identify vehicles that are most frequently targeted for catalytic converter theft and to establish the most effective methods for marking catalytic converters. 

(d) Materials purchased under this program may be distributed to dealers, as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 6, automobile repair shops and service centers, law enforcement agencies, and community organizations to arrange for the marking of the catalytic converters of vehicles most likely to be targeted for theft at no cost to the vehicle owners. 

(e) The commissioner may prioritize distribution of materials to areas experiencing the highest rates of catalytic converter theft. 

(f) The commissioner must make educational information resulting from the pilot program available to law enforcement agencies and scrap metal dealers and is encouraged to publicize the program to the general public. 

(g) The commissioner shall include a report on the pilot project in the report required under section 65B.84, subdivision 2. The report must describe the progress, results, and any findings of the pilot project including the total number of catalytic converters marked under the program, and, to the extent known, whether any catalytic converters marked under the pilot project were stolen and the outcome of any criminal investigation into the thefts.