SF 1908

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 02/28/2025 09:42 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; requiring the collection and reporting of specified
information on criminal cases and the creation of a public dashboard for this
information; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 609.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [609.016] CRIMINAL CASE INFORMATION COLLECTION.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Collection. new text end

new text begin (a) A criminal justice official or entity associated with a
criminal case shall collect the following information:
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new text begin (1) for each jail detainee and criminal defendant:
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new text begin (i) full name and known aliases;
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new text begin (ii) year of birth;
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new text begin (iii) age at arrest;
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new text begin (iv) primary language;
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new text begin (v) race and ethnicity;
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new text begin (vi) sex;
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new text begin (vii) gender;
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new text begin (viii) public defender eligibility status;
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new text begin (ix) booking date;
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new text begin (x) release date; and
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new text begin (xi) all pending cases associated with the defendant and all booking dates and charges
for each case;
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new text begin (2) for each formal charge, including charges resulting in convictions, filed against a
defendant:
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new text begin (i) charge number;
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new text begin (ii) charge description;
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new text begin (iii) charge statute;
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new text begin (iv) charge type;
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new text begin (v) charge class severity;
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new text begin (vi) charge disposition;
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new text begin (vii) method of disposition, including pretrial diversion, plea negotiation, or trial;
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new text begin (viii) charge disposition date; and
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new text begin (ix) prosecuting office, agency, or attorney;
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new text begin (3) for bail or bond pretrial releases:
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new text begin (i) date of first appearance before the court;
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new text begin (ii) judge who presided over the defendant's first appearance and set bail;
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new text begin (iii) pretrial evaluation form or data contained in the form, including but not limited to
the pretrial risk assessment score;
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new text begin (iv) amount of bail, if any, set at first appearance, including whether there was a
percentage of the bail that could be paid directly to the court;
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new text begin (v) other conditions of release, if any, set at first appearance;
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new text begin (vi) nonmonetary conditions of release;
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new text begin (vii) cash bail or bond amount;
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new text begin (viii) date of pretrial release, if any;
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new text begin (ix) release type, including release on own recognizance, release on monetary bond,
release after completed sentence, transfer to prison, transfer to jail in another jurisdiction,
or transfer to ICE or other federal agencies;
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new text begin (x) time served credit length;
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new text begin (xi) bail or bond revocation due to a new offense, a failure to appear, or violation of the
terms of bail or bond; and
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new text begin (xii) if revocation occurred, whether there was also a reinstatement of the bail or bond;
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new text begin (4) for each criminal case:
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new text begin (i) whether the defendant failed to appear at any hearings and whether warrants were
issued;
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new text begin (ii) whether the defendant was charged with a new crime during the pretrial period,
including the level of charge and statute charged;
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new text begin (iii) defense attorney type, including whether it was a public defender, private counsel,
pro se, or contract attorney; and
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new text begin (iv) outcome of the defendant's case, including but not limited to dismissal, acquittal,
guilty plea, and guilty verdict;
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new text begin (5) for each sentencing:
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new text begin (i) plea date, if any;
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new text begin (ii) sentence date;
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new text begin (iii) charge sentenced to, charge number, charge description, statute, type, and charge
class severity;
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new text begin (iv) sentence type;
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new text begin (v) sentence length;
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new text begin (vi) fine and fees and whether they were waived or stayed due to inability to pay; and
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new text begin (vii) restitution amount ordered, amount collected, and amount paid to victim; and
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new text begin (6) any other information required by the Sentencing Guidelines Commission.
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new text begin (b) Each official or agency collecting the information required in paragraph (a) shall
forward this information to the Sentencing Guidelines Commission and the Bureau of
Criminal Apprehension in a timely manner under a schedule and format directed by the
commission. The commission shall ensure that each official and agency reports the
information in a uniform and consistent format.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Repository. new text end

new text begin The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall act as a repository for
the information collected under subdivision 1.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Sentencing Guidelines Commission. new text end

new text begin (a) The Sentencing Guidelines
Commission, in consultation with representatives from all major criminal legal system
agencies, including but not limited to the Department of Corrections, jail administrators,
the state court administrator's office and the judicial branch, public defenders, prosecutors,
law enforcement, probation officers, and community nonprofits and individual community
members with expertise in data systems and pretrial policy, shall:
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new text begin (1) provide ongoing advice about the types of data analysis necessary for understanding
and evaluating the pretrial system;
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new text begin (2) determine whether additional information should be reported under subdivision 1;
and
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new text begin (3) allow for information sharing and problem solving among the officials and agencies
required to collect information under subdivision 1 or act as the repository of that information
under subdivision 2.
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new text begin (b) Each year beginning January 1, 2026, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall
submit the prior calendar year information collected under subdivision 1 to the Sentencing
Guidelines Commission. In its annual report to the legislature, the commission shall study,
research, summarize, and analyze the information. The commission may contract with a
nonprofit research-based organization to do this.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Public dashboard. new text end

new text begin By July 1, 2030, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
shall create and operate an interactive public dashboard of the information collected under
subdivision 1. The dashboard must be searchable and helpful to members of the public,
researchers, and other interested parties seeking information.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Sentencing Guidelines Commission. new text end

new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $.......
in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general fund to the Sentencing Guidelines
Commission: (1) to implement this act; and (2) for a grant to a nonprofit research-based
organization to study, research, summarize, and analyze the information collected under
Minnesota Statutes, section 609.016, subdivision 1, to provide understanding of current and
historical practices in the state. The grant shall be awarded through a competitive grant
process.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Public safety. new text end

new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are
appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety for: (1) grants to
criminal justice officials and entities to hire additional staff, update case management
systems, and develop new processes for data entry to fully facilitate collecting the information
required in Minnesota Statutes, section 609.016, subdivision 1; and (2) the Bureau of
Criminal Apprehension's costs to implement this act.
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