1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's Use of 
1.3 	Force Investigations Unit to conduct investigations of incidents involving federal 
1.4 	agents;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.80, subdivisions 1, 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.80, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the 
1.8 	meanings provided.
1.9 	(b) "Federal agent" means a federal agent employed directly by the United States 
1.10 	Department of Homeland Security or employed by United States Immigration and Customs 
1.11 	Enforcement, United States Customs and Border Protection, or United States Citizenship 
1.12 	and Immigration Services.
1.13 	(b) (c) "Law enforcement agency" has the meaning given in section 626.84, subdivision 
1.14 	1, paragraph (f).
1.15 	(c) (d) "Officer-involved death" means the death of another that results from a federal 
1.16 	agent or a peace officer's use of force while the agent or officer is on duty or off duty but 
1.17 	performing activities that are within the scope of the agent or officer's law enforcement 
1.18 	duties.
1.19 	(d) (e) "Peace officer" has the meaning given in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph 
1.20 	(c).
1.21 	(e) (f) "Superintendent" means the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal 
1.22 	Apprehension.
2.1 	(f) (g) "Unit" means the independent Use of Force Investigations Unit.

2.2 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.80, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.3 		Subd. 3.Additional duty. (a) The unit shall investigate all criminal sexual conduct 
2.4 	cases:
2.5 	(1) involving peace officers or federal agents, including criminal sexual conduct cases 
2.6 	involving chief law enforcement officers; and
2.7 	(2) where a member of the Minnesota National Guard is the victim, the accused is a 
2.8 	member of the Minnesota National Guard, and the incident occurred in Minnesota.
2.9 	(b) The unit shall assist the agency investigating an alleged sexual assault of a member 
2.10 	of the Minnesota National Guard by another member of the Minnesota National Guard that 
2.11 	occurred in a jurisdiction outside of the state, if the investigating agency requests assistance 
2.12 	from the unit.
2.13 	(c) The unit may also investigate conflict of interest cases involving peace officers.