HF 4741
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 04/07/2026 04:25 p.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; establishing a registry for repeat domestic violence
offenders; requiring that certain information be published; assessing a fee; providing
criminal penalties; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
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[299A.965] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDER REGISTRY.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Definitions. new text end
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For purposes of this section:
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(1) "domestic violence offender" means a person convicted of a qualified domestic
violence-related offense after having been previously convicted of a qualified domestic
violence-related offense;
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(2) "family or household member" has the meaning given in section 518B.01, subdivision
2; and
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(3) "qualified domestic violence-related offense" has the meaning given in section 609.02,
subdivision 16, but applies only to offenses committed by the offender against a family or
household member of the offender.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Registry; publication of information on the Internet. new text end
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(a) The commissioner
of public safety must maintain a registry related to domestic violence offenders. The registry
must contain the offender's name; address; date of birth; date, county, and crime of
conviction; recent photograph; and, if reasonably available, a copy of the offender's driver's
license or other government-issued identification. Registry information must be made
available upon request to peace officers investigating a crime.
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(b) The commissioner must maintain a public website in a searchable format and publish
on the site the offender's name, date of birth, date and county of conviction, and photograph.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
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(a) Upon the conviction of a person for a
registrable offense, the court must inform the person of the person's duty to register under
this section and forward to the commissioner of public safety the person's name; address;
date of birth; date, county, and crime of conviction; recent photograph; and, if reasonably
available, a copy of the person's driver's license or other government-issued identification.
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(b) If a person required to register is assigned a probation officer or is incarcerated for
the offense, the officer or corrections official with oversight over the person must determine
whether the items described in paragraph (a) have been forwarded to the commissioner and,
if not, forward the items.
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(c) Failure of the court, probation officer, or corrections official to perform a duty under
this subdivision does not excuse the person from registering and providing the required
information to the commissioner.
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new text begin Registration period. new text end
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The commissioner of public safety must maintain a
person's registration and continue to publish the information described in subdivision 2 for:
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(1) five years from the date of the triggering conviction, if the person has one previous
qualified domestic violence-related offense conviction;
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(2) seven years from the date of the triggering conviction, if the person has two previous
qualified domestic violence-related offense convictions;
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(3) ten years from the date of the triggering conviction, if the person has three previous
qualified domestic violence-related offense convictions; and
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(4) 20 years from the date of the triggering conviction, if the person has four or more
previous qualified domestic violence-related offense convictions.
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new text begin Cooperation required. new text end
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A person required to register under this section must
cooperate with the commissioner of public safety, court, probation officer, and corrections
official to provide the information required for the registry and must provide an updated
address when the person changes the person's primary residence and updated photographs
and other information as required by the commissioner.
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A person required to register under this section who was
given notice, knows, or reasonably should know of the duty to register and who (1) knowingly
commits an act or fails to fulfill a requirement in violation of a provision of this section, or
(2) intentionally provides false information, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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new text begin Registration fee. new text end
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(a) Upon a person's conviction for a registrable offense, in
addition to any other punishment, fee, or assessment required under law, the court must
impose a $150 registration fee on the person. $50 of this fee must be deposited in the general
fund and the remainder must be deposited into the Minnesota victims of crime account
under section 299A.708.
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(b) The court must waive payment of the fee required under this subdivision on a showing
of indigency and may waive or reduce payment of the assessment on a showing of undue
hardship upon the convicted person or the convicted person's immediate family.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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$....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
public safety to establish and maintain the registry under section 299A.965.
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