1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; modifying data policies; making domestic violence policy 
1.3 	and technical changes; modifying victim rights policy; including stalking as a 
1.4 	violent crime; modifying impaired driving policies; modifying identity theft and 
1.5 	fraud policy; providing corrections-related policies for facilities licensing, inmate 
1.6 	medication, MINNCOR, supervision abatement, and a community supervision 
1.7 	working group; making age deception a sentencing factor; recognizing certain 
1.8 	orders for protection from other jurisdictions; prohibiting prediction markets-related 
1.9 	activities; modifying criminal history policies; providing for grant extensions; 
1.10 	providing personal information protections for judicial officials; prohibiting sale 
1.11 	of law enforcement vehicles; modifying survivor benefits policies; establishing a 
1.12 	task force; modifying Department of Human Rights hearings; requiring rulemaking; 
1.13 	providing criminal penalties; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, 
1.14 	sections 8.16, subdivision 1; 13.69, subdivision 1; 13.6905, by adding subdivisions; 
1.15 	13.871, subdivision 5; 116L.362, subdivision 1; 119A.37, subdivision 4; 142G.12, 
1.16 	subdivision 2; 142G.53; 171.12, subdivision 7c, by adding a subdivision; 171.177, 
1.17 	subdivision 8; 203B.06, subdivision 3; 203B.11, subdivision 1; 241.021, 
1.18 	subdivisions 1f, 1i; 241.27, subdivisions 6, 7, by adding subdivisions; 244.10, 
1.19 	subdivision 5a; 256D.02, subdivision 12a; 256G.02, subdivision 6; 257.75, 
1.20 	subdivision 6; 260E.02, subdivision 1; 299A.41, subdivisions 3, 4, by adding 
1.21 	subdivisions; 299A.45, subdivision 2; 299A.85, subdivision 4; 299A.90, subdivision 
1.22 	3; 299L.03, subdivision 12; 363A.29, subdivision 1; 364.03, subdivision 3; 364.05; 
1.23 	518B.01, subdivision 6, as amended; 518B.02, subdivision 2; 609.133, subdivision 
1.24 	4; 609.19, subdivision 2; 609.3471; 609.527, subdivision 1; 609.605, subdivision 
1.25 	2; 609.748, by adding a subdivision; 609.7495, subdivision 1; 609.75, subdivision 
1.26 	3; 611A.03, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 611A.0311, subdivision 1; 
1.27 	611A.036, subdivision 7; 611A.038; 611A.039, subdivision 1; 611A.31, subdivision 
1.28 	5; 629.341, subdivisions 1, 4; 629.72, subdivisions 1a, 2, 2a; Minnesota Statutes 
1.29 	2025 Supplement, sections 120B.22, subdivision 1; 171.12, subdivision 7; 171.178, 
1.30 	subdivision 5; 171.306, subdivision 1; 201.061, subdivision 3; 241.021, subdivisions 
1.31 	1, 4f; 244.46, subdivision 1; 256G.03, subdivision 2; 299C.76, subdivision 1; 
1.32 	299C.80, subdivision 6; 388.23, subdivision 1; 480.40, subdivision 1; 480.50, 
1.33 	subdivision 1; 609.101, subdivision 2; 628.26; Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 2, 
1.34 	section 3, subdivision 8, as amended; Laws 2025, chapter 35, article 2, section 9; 
1.35 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 169; 241; 299A; 
1.36 	518B; 609; 626; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 169A.54, subdivision 
1.37 	6; 241.021, subdivisions 1g, 1h, 2a, 2b, 3, 6; 629.72, subdivision 3; Minnesota 
1.38 	Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 241.021, subdivision 2.
2.1 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.2 	ARTICLE 1
2.3 	PUBLIC SAFETY

2.4 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.69, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.5 		Subdivision 1.Classifications. (a) The following government data of the Department 
2.6 	of Public Safety are private data:
2.7 	(1) medical data on driving instructors, licensed drivers, and applicants for parking 
2.8 	certificates and special license plates issued to physically disabled persons;
2.9 	(2) other data on holders of a disability certificate under section 169.345, except that (i) 
2.10 	data that are not medical data may be released to law enforcement agencies, and (ii) data 
2.11 	necessary for enforcement of sections 169.345 and 169.346 may be released to parking 
2.12 	enforcement employees or parking enforcement agents of statutory or home rule charter 
2.13 	cities and towns;
2.14 	(3) Social Security numbers in driver's license and motor vehicle registration records, 
2.15 	except that Social Security numbers must be provided to the Department of Revenue for 
2.16 	purposes of tax administration, the Department of Labor and Industry for purposes of 
2.17 	workers' compensation administration and enforcement, the judicial branch for purposes of 
2.18 	debt collection, and the Department of Natural Resources for purposes of license application 
2.19 	administration, and except that the last four digits of the Social Security number must be 
2.20 	provided to the Department of Human Services for purposes of recovery of Minnesota health 
2.21 	care program benefits paid;
2.22 	(4) data on persons listed as standby or temporary custodians under section 171.07, 
2.23 	subdivision 11, except that the data must be released to:
2.24 	(i) law enforcement agencies for the purpose of verifying that an individual is a designated 
2.25 	caregiver; or
2.26 	(ii) law enforcement agencies who state that the license holder is unable to communicate 
2.27 	at that time and that the information is necessary for notifying the designated caregiver of 
2.28 	the need to care for a child of the license holder; and
2.29 	(5) race and ethnicity data on driver's license holders and identification card holders 
2.30 	under section 171.06, subdivision 3. The Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic 
2.31 	Safety is authorized to receive race and ethnicity data from Driver and Vehicle Services for 
2.32 	only the purposes of research, evaluation, and public reports.; and
3.1 	(6) the following data on individuals created, collected, received, stored, used, or 
3.2 	maintained by the Office of Justice Programs: the name, address, email address, telephone 
3.3 	number, date of birth, or employer of a research participant; a unique identification number 
3.4 	assigned to a research participant; and any other data that could reasonably identify a research 
3.5 	participant.
3.6 	The department may release the Social Security number only as provided in clause (3) and 
3.7 	must not sell or otherwise provide individual Social Security numbers or lists of Social 
3.8 	Security numbers for any other purpose.
3.9 	(b) The following government data of the Department of Public Safety are confidential 
3.10 	data: data concerning an individual's driving ability when that data is received from a member 
3.11 	of the individual's family.

3.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.6905, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
3.13 	read:
3.14 		Subd. 39.Office for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. Data related to 
3.15 	victim and family support are governed by section 299A.85, subdivision 4, paragraph (c).

3.16 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.6905, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
3.17 	read:
3.18 		Subd. 40.Office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls. Data related 
3.19 	to victim and family support are governed by section 299A.90, subdivision 3, paragraph 
3.20 	(c).

3.21 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.871, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
3.22 		Subd. 5.Crime victims. (a) Crime victim notice of release. Data on crime victims who 
3.23 	request notice of an offender's release are classified under section 611A.06.
3.24 	(b) Sex offender HIV tests. Results of HIV tests of sex offenders under section 611A.19, 
3.25 	subdivision 2, are classified under that section.
3.26 	(c) Battered women. Data on battered women maintained by grantees for emergency 
3.27 	shelter and support services for battered women are governed by section 611A.32, subdivision 
3.28 	5.
3.29 	(d) (c)Victims of domestic abuse. Data on battered women and victims of domestic 
3.30 	abuse maintained by grantees and recipients of per diem payments for emergency shelter 
4.1 	for battered women and support services for battered women and victims of domestic abuse
4.2 	are governed by sections 611A.32, subdivision 5, and 611A.371, subdivision 3.
4.3 	(e) (d)Personal history; internal auditing. Certain personal history and internal auditing 
4.4 	data is classified by section 611A.46.
4.5 	(f) (e)Crime victim claims for reimbursement. Claims and supporting documents 
4.6 	filed by crime victims seeking reimbursement are classified under section 611A.57, 
4.7 	subdivision 6.
4.8 	(g) (f)Crime Victim Oversight Act. Data maintained by the commissioner of public 
4.9 	safety under the Crime Victim Oversight Act are classified under section 611A.74, 
4.10 	subdivision 2.
4.11 	(h) (g)Victim identity data. Data relating to the identity of the victims of certain criminal 
4.12 	sexual conduct is governed by section 609.3471.
4.13 	(i) (h)Victim notification. Data on victims requesting a notice of release of an arrested 
4.14 	or detained person are classified under sections 629.72 and 629.73.
4.15 	(j) (i)Immigration status certification. Disclosure of the immigration status of a crime 
4.16 	victim and the classification of that data is governed by section 611A.95, subdivision 4.

4.17 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116L.362, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
4.18 		Subdivision 1.Generally. (a) The commissioner shall make grants to eligible 
4.19 	organizations for programs to provide education and training services to targeted youth. 
4.20 	The purpose of these programs is to provide specialized training and work experience for 
4.21 	targeted youth who have not been served effectively by the current educational system. The 
4.22 	programs are to include a work experience component with work projects that result in the 
4.23 	rehabilitation, improvement, or construction of (1) residential units for the homeless; (2) 
4.24 	improvements to the energy efficiency and environmental health of residential units and 
4.25 	other green jobs purposes; (3) facilities to support community garden projects; or (4) 
4.26 	education, social service, or health facilities which are owned by a public agency or a private 
4.27 	nonprofit organization.
4.28 	(b) Eligible facilities must principally provide services to homeless or low income 
4.29 	individuals and families, and include the following:
4.30 	(1) Head Start or day care centers, including playhouses or similar incidental structures;
4.31 	(2) homeless, battered women domestic abuse, or other shelters;
4.32 	(3) transitional housing and tiny houses;
5.1 	(4) youth or senior citizen centers;
5.2 	(5) community health centers; and
5.3 	(6) community garden facilities.
5.4 	Two or more eligible organizations may jointly apply for a grant. The commissioner 
5.5 	shall administer the grant program.

5.6 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 119A.37, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
5.7 		Subd. 4.Additional services. Each parenting time center may provide parenting and 
5.8 	child development classes, and offer support groups to participating custodial parents and 
5.9 	hold regular classes designed to assist children who have experienced domestic violence 
5.10 	and abuse. Each parenting time center must have available an individual knowledgeable 
5.11 	about or experienced in the provision of services to battered women and domestic abuse 
5.12 	victims on its staff, its board of directors, or otherwise available to it for consultation.

5.13 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 120B.22, subdivision 1, is amended 
5.14 	to read:
5.15 		Subdivision 1.Violence prevention curriculum. (a) The commissioner of education, 
5.16 	in consultation with the commissioners of health and human services, state minority councils, 
5.17 	battered women's and domestic abuse programs, battered women's and shelters, sexual 
5.18 	assault centers, and representatives of religious communities, and the assistant commissioner 
5.19 	of the Office of Drug Policy and Violence Prevention, shall assist districts on request in 
5.20 	developing or implementing a violence prevention program for students in kindergarten to 
5.21 	grade 12 that can be integrated into existing curriculum. The purpose of the program is to 
5.22 	help students learn how to resolve conflicts within their families and communities in 
5.23 	nonviolent, effective ways.
5.24 	(b) Each district is encouraged to integrate into its existing curriculum a program for 
5.25 	violence prevention that includes at least:
5.26 	(1) a comprehensive, accurate, and age appropriate curriculum on violence prevention, 
5.27 	nonviolent conflict resolution, sexual, racial, and cultural harassment, self-protection, and 
5.28 	student hazing that promotes equality, respect, understanding, effective communication, 
5.29 	individual responsibility, thoughtful decision making, positive conflict resolution, useful 
5.30 	coping skills, critical thinking, listening and watching skills, and personal safety;
6.1 	(2) planning materials, guidelines, and other accurate information on preventing physical 
6.2 	and emotional violence, identifying and reducing the incidence of sexual, racial, and cultural 
6.3 	harassment, and reducing child abuse, including physical abuse, and neglect;
6.4 	(3) a special parent education component of early childhood family education programs 
6.5 	to prevent child abuse and neglect and to promote positive parenting skills, giving priority 
6.6 	to services and outreach programs for at-risk families;
6.7 	(4) involvement of parents and other community members, including the clergy, business 
6.8 	representatives, civic leaders, local elected officials, law enforcement officials, and the 
6.9 	county attorney;
6.10 	(5) collaboration with local community services, agencies, and organizations that assist 
6.11 	in violence intervention or prevention, including family-based services, crisis services, life 
6.12 	management skills services, case coordination services, mental health services, and early 
6.13 	intervention services;
6.14 	(6) collaboration among districts and service cooperatives;
6.15 	(7) targeting early adolescents for prevention efforts, especially early adolescents whose 
6.16 	personal circumstances may lead to violent or harassing behavior;
6.17 	(8) opportunities for teachers to receive in-service training or attend other programs on 
6.18 	strategies or curriculum designed to assist students in intervening in or preventing violence 
6.19 	in school and at home; and
6.20 	(9) administrative policies that reflect, and a staff that models, nonviolent behaviors that 
6.21 	do not display or condone sexual, racial, or cultural harassment or student hazing.
6.22 	(c) The department may provide assistance at a neutral site to a nonpublic school 
6.23 	participating in a district's program.

6.24 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142G.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.25 		Subd. 2.30-day residency requirement. An assistance unit is considered to have 
6.26 	established residency in this state only when a child or caregiver has resided in this state 
6.27 	for at least 30 consecutive days with the intention of making the person's home here and 
6.28 	not for any temporary purpose. The birth of a child in Minnesota to a member of the 
6.29 	assistance unit does not automatically establish the residency in this state under this 
6.30 	subdivision of the other members of the assistance unit. Time spent in a shelter for battered 
6.31 	women domestic abuse victims shall count toward satisfying the 30-day residency 
6.32 	requirement.

7.1 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142G.53, is amended to read:
7.2 	142G.53 FAMILY VIOLENCE WAIVER CRITERIA.
7.3 	(a) In order to qualify for a family violence waiver, an individual must provide 
7.4 	documentation of past or current family violence which may prevent the individual from 
7.5 	participating in certain employment activities.
7.6 	(b) The following items may be considered acceptable documentation or verification of 
7.7 	family violence:
7.8 	(1) police, government agency, or court records;
7.9 	(2) a statement from a battered women's domestic abuse shelter staff with knowledge 
7.10 	of the circumstances;
7.11 	(3) a statement from a sexual assault or domestic violence advocate with knowledge of 
7.12 	the circumstances; or
7.13 	(4) a statement from professionals from whom the applicant or recipient has sought 
7.14 	assistance for the abuse.
7.15 	(c) A claim of family violence may also be documented by a sworn statement from the 
7.16 	applicant or participant and a sworn statement from any other person with knowledge of 
7.17 	the circumstances or credible evidence that supports the client's statement.

7.18 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 201.061, subdivision 3, is amended 
7.19 	to read:
7.20 		Subd. 3.Election day registration. (a) An individual who is eligible to vote may register 
7.21 	or update a registration on election day by appearing in person at the polling place for the 
7.22 	precinct in which the individual maintains residence, by completing a registration application, 
7.23 	making an oath in the form prescribed by the secretary of state and providing proof of 
7.24 	residence. An individual may prove residence for purposes of registering or updating a 
7.25 	registration by:
7.26 	(1) presenting a driver's license or Minnesota identification card issued pursuant to 
7.27 	section 171.07;
7.28 	(2) presenting any document approved by the secretary of state as proper identification;
7.29 	(3) presenting a current student fee statement that contains the student's valid address 
7.30 	in the precinct together with a picture identification card; or
8.1 	(4) having a voter who is registered to vote in the precinct, or an employee who provides 
8.2 	proof that they are employed by and working in a residential facility in the precinct and 
8.3 	vouching for a resident in the facility, sign an oath in the presence of the election judge 
8.4 	vouching that the voter or employee personally knows that the individual is a resident of 
8.5 	the precinct. A voter who has been vouched for on election day may not sign a proof of 
8.6 	residence oath vouching for any other individual on that election day. An election judge 
8.7 	may not sign a proof of residence oath vouching for any individual who appears in the 
8.8 	precinct where the election judge is working unless the election judge personally knows the 
8.9 	individual is a resident of the precinct. A voter who is registered to vote in the precinct may 
8.10 	sign up to eight proof-of-residence oaths on any election day. This limitation does not apply 
8.11 	to an employee of a residential facility described in this clause. The secretary of state shall 
8.12 	provide a form for election judges to use in recording the number of individuals for whom 
8.13 	a voter signs proof-of-residence oaths on election day. The form must include space for the 
8.14 	maximum number of individuals for whom a voter may sign proof-of-residence oaths. For 
8.15 	each proof-of-residence oath, the form must include a statement that the individual: (i) is 
8.16 	registered to vote in the precinct or is an employee of a residential facility in the precinct, 
8.17 	(ii) personally knows that the voter is a resident of the precinct, and (iii) is making the 
8.18 	statement on oath. The form must include a space for the voter's printed name, signature, 
8.19 	telephone number, and address.
8.20 	The oath required by this subdivision and Minnesota Rules, part 8200.9939, must be 
8.21 	attached to the voter registration application.
8.22 	(b) The secretary of state must publish guidance for residential facilities and residential 
8.23 	facility employees on the vouching process and the requirements of this subdivision.
8.24 	(c) "Residential facility" means transitional housing as defined in section 256K.48, 
8.25 	subdivision 1; a supervised living facility licensed by the commissioner of health under 
8.26 	section 144.50, subdivision 6; a nursing home as defined in section 144A.01, subdivision 
8.27 	5; an assisted living facility licensed by the commissioner of health under chapter 144G; a 
8.28 	veterans home operated by the board of directors of the Minnesota Veterans Homes under 
8.29 	chapter 198; a residence licensed by the commissioner of human services to provide a 
8.30 	residential program as defined in section 245A.02, subdivision 14; a residential facility for 
8.31 	persons with a developmental disability licensed by the commissioner of human services 
8.32 	under section 252.28; setting authorized to provide housing support as defined in section 
8.33 	256I.03, subdivision 10a; a shelter for battered women emergency shelter services for 
8.34 	domestic abuse victims as defined in section 611A.37, subdivision 4 611A.31, subdivision 
8.35 	3; a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter or dwelling designed to provide 
9.1 	temporary living accommodations for the homeless; a facility where a provider operates a 
9.2 	residential treatment program as defined in section 245.462, subdivision 23; or a facility 
9.3 	where a provider operates an adult foster care program as defined in section 245A.02, 
9.4 	subdivision 6c.
9.5 	(d) For tribal band members, an individual may prove residence for purposes of 
9.6 	registering or updating a registration by:
9.7 	(1) presenting an identification card issued by the tribal government of a tribe recognized 
9.8 	by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, that contains the 
9.9 	name, address, signature, and picture of the individual; or
9.10 	(2) presenting an identification card issued by the tribal government of a tribe recognized 
9.11 	by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, that contains the 
9.12 	name, signature, and picture of the individual and also presenting one of the documents 
9.13 	listed in Minnesota Rules, part 8200.5100, subpart 2, item B.
9.14 	(e) A county, school district, or municipality may require that an election judge 
9.15 	responsible for election day registration initial each completed registration application.

9.16 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 203B.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
9.17 		Subd. 3.Delivery of ballots. (a) The county auditor, municipal clerk, school district 
9.18 	clerk, or full-time clerk of any city or town administering an election pursuant to section 
9.19 	203B.05, shall mail absentee ballots to voters on the permanent absentee ballot list pursuant 
9.20 	to section 203B.04, subdivision 5, on the following timelines:
9.21 	(1) except as otherwise provided by this section, at least 46 days before each regularly 
9.22 	scheduled primary and general election and each special primary and special election;
9.23 	(2) as soon as practicable for a special election held pursuant to section 204D.19, 
9.24 	subdivisions 2 and 3; and
9.25 	(3) at least 30 days before a town general election held in March.
9.26 	(b) The commissioner of corrections must provide the secretary of state with a list of 
9.27 	the names and mailing addresses of state adult correctional facilities. An application for an 
9.28 	absentee ballot that provides an address included on the list provided by the commissioner 
9.29 	of corrections must not be accepted and an absentee ballot must not be provided to the 
9.30 	applicant. The county auditor or municipal clerk must promptly transmit a copy of the 
9.31 	application to the county attorney. The Department of Corrections must implement procedures 
10.1 	to ensure that absentee ballots issued under this chapter are not received or mailed by 
10.2 	offenders incarcerated at state adult correctional facilities.
10.3 	(c) If an application for absentee ballots is accepted at a time when absentee ballots are 
10.4 	not yet available for distribution, the county auditor, or municipal clerk accepting the 
10.5 	application shall file it and as soon as absentee ballots are available for distribution shall 
10.6 	mail them to the address specified in the application. If an application for absentee ballots 
10.7 	is accepted when absentee ballots are available for distribution, the county auditor or 
10.8 	municipal clerk accepting the application shall promptly:
10.9 	(1) mail the ballots to the voter whose signature appears on the application if the 
10.10 	application is submitted by mail and does not request commercial shipping under clause 
10.11 	(2);
10.12 	(2) ship the ballots to the voter using a commercial shipper requested by the voter at the 
10.13 	voter's expense;
10.14 	(3) deliver the absentee ballots directly to the voter if the application is submitted in 
10.15 	person; or
10.16 	(4) deliver the absentee ballots in a sealed transmittal envelope to an agent who has been 
10.17 	designated to bring the ballots, as provided in section 203B.11, subdivision 4, to a voter 
10.18 	who would have difficulty getting to the polls because of incapacitating health reasons, or 
10.19 	who is disabled, or who is a patient in a health care facility, a resident of an assisted living 
10.20 	facility licensed under chapter 144G, a participant in a residential program for adults licensed 
10.21 	under section 245A.02, subdivision 14, or a resident of a shelter for battered women domestic 
10.22 	abuse victims as defined in section 611A.37, subdivision 4 611A.31, subdivision 2.
10.23 	(d) If an application does not indicate the election for which absentee ballots are sought, 
10.24 	the county auditor or municipal clerk shall mail or deliver only the ballots for the next 
10.25 	election occurring after receipt of the application. Only one set of ballots may be mailed, 
10.26 	shipped, or delivered to an applicant for any election, except as provided in section 203B.121, 
10.27 	subdivision 2, or when a replacement ballot has been requested by the voter for a ballot that 
10.28 	has been spoiled or lost in transit.

10.29 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 203B.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
10.30 		Subdivision 1.Generally. (a) Each full-time municipal clerk or school district clerk 
10.31 	who has authority under section 203B.05 to administer absentee voting laws must designate 
10.32 	election judges to deliver absentee ballots in accordance with this section. The county auditor 
10.33 	must also designate election judges to perform the duties in this section. A ballot may be 
11.1 	delivered only to an eligible voter who is a temporary or permanent resident or patient in 
11.2 	one of the following facilities located in the municipality in which the voter maintains 
11.3 	residence: a health care facility, hospital, or veterans home operated by the board of directors 
11.4 	of the Minnesota veterans homes under chapter 198. The ballots must be delivered by two 
11.5 	election judges, each of whom is affiliated with a different major political party. When the 
11.6 	election judges deliver or return ballots as provided in this section, they must travel together 
11.7 	in the same vehicle. Both election judges must be present when an applicant completes the 
11.8 	certificate of eligibility and marks the absentee ballots, and may assist an applicant as 
11.9 	provided in section 204C.15. The election judges must deposit the return envelopes containing 
11.10 	the marked absentee ballots in a sealed container and return them to the clerk on the same 
11.11 	day that they are delivered and marked.
11.12 	(b) At the discretion of a full-time municipal clerk, school district clerk, or county auditor, 
11.13 	absentee ballots may be delivered in the same manner as prescribed in paragraph (a) to a 
11.14 	shelter for battered women domestic abuse victims as defined in section 611A.37, subdivision 
11.15 	4 611A.31, subdivision 2, or to an assisted living facility licensed under chapter 144G.

11.16 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256D.02, subdivision 12a, is amended to read:
11.17 		Subd. 12a.Resident. (a) For purposes of eligibility for general assistance, a person must 
11.18 	be a resident of this state.
11.19 	(b) A "resident" is a person living in the state for at least 30 days with the intention of 
11.20 	making the person's home here and not for any temporary purpose. Time spent in a shelter 
11.21 	for battered women domestic abuse victims shall count toward satisfying the 30-day residency 
11.22 	requirement. All applicants for these programs are required to demonstrate the requisite 
11.23 	intent and can do so in any of the following ways:
11.24 	(1) by showing that the applicant maintains a residence at a verified address, other than 
11.25 	a place of public accommodation. An applicant may verify a residence address by presenting 
11.26 	a valid state driver's license, a state identification card, a voter registration card, a rent 
11.27 	receipt, a statement by the landlord, apartment manager, or homeowner verifying that the 
11.28 	individual is residing at the address, or other form of verification approved by the 
11.29 	commissioner; or
11.30 	(2) by verifying residence according to Minnesota Rules, part 9500.1219, subpart 3, 
11.31 	item C.
11.32 	(c) For general assistance, a county shall waive the 30-day residency requirement where 
11.33 	unusual hardship would result from denial of general assistance. For purposes of this 
12.1 	subdivision, "unusual hardship" means the applicant is without shelter or is without available 
12.2 	resources for food.
12.3 	The county agency must report to the commissioner within 30 days on any waiver granted 
12.4 	under this section. The county shall not deny an application solely because the applicant 
12.5 	does not meet at least one of the criteria in this subdivision, but shall continue to process 
12.6 	the application and leave the application pending until the residency requirement is met or 
12.7 	until eligibility or ineligibility is established.
12.8 	(d) For purposes of paragraph (c), the following definitions apply (1) "metropolitan 
12.9 	statistical area" is as defined by the United States Census Bureau; and (2) "shelter" includes 
12.10 	any shelter that is located within the metropolitan statistical area containing the county and 
12.11 	for which the applicant is eligible, provided the applicant does not have to travel more than 
12.12 	20 miles to reach the shelter and has access to transportation to the shelter. Clause (2) does 
12.13 	not apply to counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan statistical area.
12.14 	(e) Migrant workers as defined in section 142G.02 are exempt from the residency 
12.15 	requirements of this section, provided the migrant worker provides verification that the 
12.16 	migrant family worked in this state within the last 12 months and earned at least $1,000 in 
12.17 	gross wages during the time the migrant worker worked in this state.
12.18 	(f) For purposes of eligibility for emergency general assistance, the 30-day residency 
12.19 	requirement under this section shall not be waived.
12.20 	(g) If any provision of this subdivision is enjoined from implementation or found 
12.21 	unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall 
12.22 	remain valid and shall be given full effect.

12.23 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256G.02, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
12.24 		Subd. 6.Excluded time. "Excluded time" means:
12.25 	(1) any period an applicant spends in a hospital, sanitarium, nursing home, shelter other 
12.26 	than an emergency shelter, halfway house, foster home, community residential setting 
12.27 	licensed under chapter 245D, semi-independent living domicile or services program, 
12.28 	residential facility offering care, board and lodging facility or other institution for the 
12.29 	hospitalization or care of human beings, as defined in section 144.50, 144A.01, or 245A.02, 
12.30 	subdivision 14; maternity home, battered women's shelter for domestic abuse victims, or 
12.31 	correctional facility; or any facility based on an emergency hold under section 253B.05, 
12.32 	subdivisions 1 and 2;
13.1 	(2) any period an applicant spends on a placement basis in a training and habilitation 
13.2 	program, including: a rehabilitation facility or work or employment program as defined in 
13.3 	section 268A.01; semi-independent living services provided under section 252.275, and 
13.4 	chapter 245D; or day training and habilitation programs;
13.5 	(3) any period an applicant is receiving assisted living services, integrated community 
13.6 	supports, or day support services; and
13.7 	(4) any placement for a person with an indeterminate commitment, including independent 
13.8 	living.

13.9 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 256G.03, subdivision 2, is amended 
13.10 	to read:
13.11 		Subd. 2.No durational test. Except as otherwise provided in sections 142G.12; 142G.78; 
13.12 	256B.056, subdivision 1; and 256D.02, subdivision 12a, for purposes of this chapter, no 
13.13 	waiting period is required before securing county or state residence. A person cannot, 
13.14 	however, gain residence while physically present in an excluded time facility unless otherwise 
13.15 	specified in this chapter or in a federal regulation controlling a federally funded human 
13.16 	service; children, youth, and families; or direct care and treatment program. Interstate 
13.17 	migrants who enter a shelter for battered women domestic abuse victims directly from 
13.18 	another state can gain residency while in the facility provided the person can provide 
13.19 	documentation that the person is a victim of domestic abuse and the county determines that 
13.20 	the placement is appropriate.

13.21 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 257.75, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
13.22 		Subd. 6.Paternity educational materials. The commissioner of children, youth, and 
13.23 	families shall prepare educational materials for new and prospective parents that describe 
13.24 	the benefits and effects of establishing paternity. The materials must include a description 
13.25 	and comparison of the procedures for establishment of paternity through a recognition of 
13.26 	parentage under this section and an adjudication of paternity under sections 257.51 to 257.74. 
13.27 	The commissioner shall consider the use of innovative audio or visual approaches to the 
13.28 	presentation of the materials to facilitate understanding and presentation. In preparing the 
13.29 	materials, the commissioner shall consult with child advocates and support workers, battered 
13.30 	women's advocates and advocates for domestic abuse victims, social service providers, 
13.31 	educators, attorneys, hospital representatives, and people who work with parents in making 
13.32 	decisions related to paternity. The commissioner shall consult with representatives of 
13.33 	communities of color. On and after January 1, 1994, the commissioner shall make the 
14.1 	materials available without cost to hospitals, requesting agencies, and other persons for 
14.2 	distribution to new parents.

14.3 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260E.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
14.4 		Subdivision 1.Establishment of team. A county shall establish a multidisciplinary 
14.5 	child protection team that may include but is not limited to the director of the local welfare 
14.6 	agency or designees, the county attorney or designees, the county sheriff or designees, 
14.7 	representatives of health and education, representatives of mental health, representatives of 
14.8 	agencies providing specialized services or responding to youth who experience or are at 
14.9 	risk of experiencing sex or labor trafficking or sexual exploitation, or other appropriate 
14.10 	human services, children's services, or community-based agencies, and parent groups. As 
14.11 	used in this section, a "community-based agency" may include, but is not limited to, schools, 
14.12 	social services agencies, family service and mental health collaboratives, children's advocacy 
14.13 	centers, early childhood and family education programs, Head Start, or other agencies 
14.14 	serving children and families. A member of the team must be designated as the lead person 
14.15 	of the team responsible for the planning process to develop standards for the team's activities 
14.16 	with battered women's and domestic abuse programs and services.

14.17 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.85, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
14.18 		Subd. 4.Duties. (a) The office has the following duties:
14.19 	(1) advocate in the legislature for legislation that will facilitate the accomplishment of 
14.20 	the mandates identified in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force report;
14.21 	(2) advocate for state agencies to take actions to facilitate the accomplishment of the 
14.22 	mandates identified in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force report;
14.23 	(3) develop recommendations for legislative and agency actions to address injustice in 
14.24 	the criminal justice system's response to the cases of missing and murdered Indigenous 
14.25 	relatives;
14.26 	(4) facilitate research to refine the mandates in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous 
14.27 	Women Task Force report and to assess the potential efficacy, feasibility, and impact of the 
14.28 	recommendations;
14.29 	(5) develop tools and processes to evaluate the implementation and impact of the efforts 
14.30 	of the office;
14.31 	(6) track and collect Minnesota data on missing and murdered indigenous women, 
14.32 	children, and relatives, and provide statistics upon public or legislative inquiry;
15.1 	(7) facilitate technical assistance for local and Tribal law enforcement agencies during 
15.2 	active missing and murdered Indigenous relatives cases;
15.3 	(8) conduct case reviews and report on the results of case reviews for the following types 
15.4 	of missing and murdered Indigenous relatives cases: cold cases for missing Indigenous 
15.5 	people and death investigation review for cases of Indigenous people ruled as suicide or 
15.6 	overdose under suspicious circumstances;
15.7 	(9) conduct case reviews of the prosecution and sentencing for cases where a perpetrator 
15.8 	committed a violent or exploitative crime against an Indigenous person. These case reviews 
15.9 	should identify those cases where the perpetrator is a repeat offender;
15.10 	(10) prepare draft legislation as necessary to allow the office access to the data required 
15.11 	for the office to conduct the reviews required in this section and advocate for passage of 
15.12 	that legislation;
15.13 	(11) review sentencing guidelines for missing and murdered Indigenous women-related 
15.14 	crimes, recommend changes if needed, and advocate for consistent implementation of the 
15.15 	guidelines across Minnesota courts;
15.16 	(12) develop and maintain communication with relevant divisions in the Department of 
15.17 	Public Safety regarding any cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous relatives and 
15.18 	on procedures for investigating cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous relatives; 
15.19 	and
15.20 	(13) coordinate, as relevant, with the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Cold Case Office through 
15.21 	Operation Lady Justice and other federal efforts, as well as efforts in neighboring states and 
15.22 	Canada. This recommendation pertains to state efforts. Tribes are sovereign nations that 
15.23 	have the right to determine if and how they will coordinate with these other efforts.; and
15.24 	(14) provide case support to victims and families of missing or murdered Indigenous 
15.25 	relatives or their designated family representative or the reporting person. Case support 
15.26 	includes but is not limited to providing support and guidance during the law enforcement 
15.27 	investigation; facilitating communication with criminal justice agencies and other government 
15.28 	entities; compiling relevant information about ongoing cases; and providing information, 
15.29 	referrals, and other types of support.
15.30 	(b) As used in this subdivision:
15.31 	(1) "reporting person" means the relative or nonrelative person who completed a case 
15.32 	intake form with the office; and
15.33 	(2) "victim" has the meaning given in section 611A.01.
16.1 	(c) Data created, collected, received, stored, used, or maintained by the office related to 
16.2 	paragraph (a), clause (14), are private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, 
16.3 	subdivision 12.

16.4 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.90, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
16.5 		Subd. 3.Duties. (a) The office has the following duties:
16.6 	(1) advocate in the legislature for legislation that will facilitate the accomplishment of 
16.7 	mandates identified in the report of the Task Force on Missing and Murdered African 
16.8 	American Women;
16.9 	(2) advocate for state agencies to take actions to facilitate the accomplishment of mandates 
16.10 	identified in the report of the Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American 
16.11 	Women;
16.12 	(3) develop recommendations for legislative and agency actions to address injustice in 
16.13 	the criminal justice system's response to cases of missing and murdered Black women and 
16.14 	girls;
16.15 	(4) facilitate research to refine the mandates in the report of the Task Force on Missing 
16.16 	and Murdered African American Women and to assess the potential efficacy, feasibility, 
16.17 	and impact of the recommendations;
16.18 	(5) collect data on missing person and homicide cases involving Black women and girls, 
16.19 	including the total number of cases, the rate at which the cases are solved, the length of time 
16.20 	the cases remain open, and a comparison to similar cases involving different demographic 
16.21 	groups;
16.22 	(6) collect data on Amber Alerts, including the total number of Amber Alerts issued, 
16.23 	the total number of Amber Alerts that involve Black girls, and the outcome of cases involving 
16.24 	Amber Alerts disaggregated by the child's race and sex;
16.25 	(7) collect data on reports of missing Black girls, including the number classified as 
16.26 	voluntary runaways, and a comparison to similar cases involving different demographic 
16.27 	groups;
16.28 	(8) analyze and assess the intersection between cases involving missing and murdered 
16.29 	Black women and girls and labor trafficking and sex trafficking;
16.30 	(9) develop recommendations for legislative, agency, and community actions to address 
16.31 	the intersection between cases involving missing and murdered Black women and girls and 
16.32 	labor trafficking and sex trafficking;
17.1 	(10) analyze and assess the intersection between cases involving murdered Black women 
17.2 	and girls and domestic violence, including prior instances of domestic violence within the 
17.3 	family or relationship, whether an offender had prior convictions for domestic assault or 
17.4 	related offenses, and whether the offender used a firearm in the murder or any prior instances 
17.5 	of domestic assault;
17.6 	(11) develop recommendations for legislative, agency, and community actions to address 
17.7 	the intersection between cases involving murdered Black women and girls and domestic 
17.8 	violence;
17.9 	(12) develop tools and processes to evaluate the implementation and impact of the efforts 
17.10 	of the office;
17.11 	(13) track and collect Minnesota data on missing and murdered Black women and girls, 
17.12 	and provide statistics upon public or legislative inquiry;
17.13 	(14) facilitate technical assistance for local and Tribal law enforcement agencies during 
17.14 	active cases involving missing and murdered Black women and girls;
17.15 	(15) conduct case reviews and report on the results of case reviews for the following 
17.16 	types of cases involving missing and murdered Black women and girls: cold cases for 
17.17 	missing Black women and girls and death investigation review for cases of Black women 
17.18 	and girls ruled as suicide or overdose under suspicious circumstances;
17.19 	(16) conduct case reviews of the prosecution and sentencing for cases where a perpetrator 
17.20 	committed a violent or exploitative crime against a Black woman or girl. These case reviews 
17.21 	must identify those cases where the perpetrator is a repeat offender;
17.22 	(17) prepare draft legislation as necessary to allow the office access to the data necessary 
17.23 	for the office to conduct the reviews required in this section and advocate for passage of 
17.24 	that legislation;
17.25 	(18) review sentencing guidelines for crimes related to missing and murdered Black 
17.26 	women and girls, recommend changes if needed, and advocate for consistent implementation 
17.27 	of the guidelines across Minnesota courts;
17.28 	(19) develop and maintain communication with relevant divisions in the Department of 
17.29 	Public Safety, including but not limited to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, regarding 
17.30 	any cases involving missing and murdered Black women and girls and on procedures for 
17.31 	investigating cases involving missing and murdered Black women and girls;
17.32 	(20) consult with the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage established in section 
17.33 	15.0145; and
18.1 	(21) coordinate, as relevant, with federal efforts, and efforts in neighboring states and 
18.2 	Canada.; and
18.3 	(22) provide case support to victims and families of missing or murdered Black women 
18.4 	and girls or their designated family representative or the reporting person. Case support 
18.5 	includes but is not limited to providing support and guidance during the law enforcement 
18.6 	investigation; facilitating communication with criminal justice agencies and other government 
18.7 	entities; compiling relevant information about ongoing cases; and providing information, 
18.8 	referrals, and other types of support.
18.9 	(b) As used in this subdivision:
18.10 	(1) "labor trafficking" has the meaning given in section 609.281, subdivision 5; and
18.11 	(2) "reporting person" means the relative or nonrelative person who completed a case 
18.12 	intake form with the office;
18.13 	(2) (3) "sex trafficking" has the meaning given in section 609.321, subdivision 7a.; and
18.14 	(4) "victim" has the meaning given in section 611A.01.
18.15 	(c) Data created, collected, received, stored, used, or maintained by the office related to 
18.16 	paragraph (a), clause (22), are private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, 
18.17 	subdivision 12.

18.18 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 518B.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
18.19 		Subd. 2.Standards for domestic abuse counseling programs and domestic abuse 
18.20 	educational programs. (a) Domestic abuse counseling or educational programs that provide 
18.21 	group or class sessions for court-ordered domestic abuse offenders must provide 
18.22 	documentation to the probation department or the court on program policies and how the 
18.23 	program meets the criteria contained in paragraphs (b) to (l).
18.24 	(b) Programs shall require offenders and abusing parties to attend a minimum of 24 
18.25 	sessions or 36 hours of programming, unless a probation agent has recommended fewer 
18.26 	sessions. The documentation provided to the probation department or the court must specify 
18.27 	the length of the program that offenders are required to complete.
18.28 	(c) Programs must have a written policy requiring that counselors and facilitators report 
18.29 	to the court and to the offender's probation or corrections officer any threats of violence 
18.30 	made by the offender or abusing party, acts of violence by the offender or abusing party, 
18.31 	violation of court orders by the offender or abusing party, and violation of program rules 
18.32 	that resulted in the offender's or abusing party's termination from the program. Programs 
19.1 	shall have written policies requiring that counselors and facilitators hold offenders and 
19.2 	abusing parties solely responsible for their behavior.
19.3 	Programs shall have written policies requiring that counselors and facilitators be violence 
19.4 	free in their own lives.
19.5 	(d) Each program shall conduct an intake process with each offender or abusing party. 
19.6 	This intake process shall look for chemical dependency problems and possible risks the 
19.7 	offender or abusing party might pose to self or others. The program must have policies 
19.8 	regarding referral of a chemically dependent offender or abusing party to a chemical 
19.9 	dependency treatment center. If the offender or abusing party poses a risk to self or others, 
19.10 	the program shall report this information to the court, the probation or corrections officer, 
19.11 	and the victim.
19.12 	(e) If the offender or abusing party is reported back to the court or is terminated from 
19.13 	the program, the program shall notify the victim of the circumstances unless the victim 
19.14 	requests otherwise.
19.15 	(f) Programs shall require court-ordered offenders and abusing parties to sign a release 
19.16 	of information authorizing communication regarding the offender's or abusing party's 
19.17 	progress in the program to the court, the offender's probation or corrections officer, other 
19.18 	providers, and the victim. The offender or abusing party may not enter the program if the 
19.19 	offender does not sign a release.
19.20 	(g) If a counselor or facilitator contacts the victim, the counselor or facilitator must not 
19.21 	elicit any information that the victim does not want to provide. A counselor or facilitator 
19.22 	who contacts a victim shall (1) notify the victim of the right not to provide any information, 
19.23 	(2) notify the victim of how any information provided will be used and with whom it will 
19.24 	be shared, and (3) obtain the victim's permission before eliciting information from the victim 
19.25 	or sharing information with anyone other than staff of the counseling program.
19.26 	Programs shall have written policies requiring that counselors and facilitators inform 
19.27 	victims of the confidentiality of information as provided by this subdivision. Programs must 
19.28 	maintain separate files for information pertaining to the offender or abusing party and to 
19.29 	the victim.
19.30 	If a counselor or facilitator contacts a victim, the counselor or facilitator shall provide 
19.31 	the victim with referral information for support services.
19.32 	(h) Programs shall have written policies forbidding program staff from disclosing any 
19.33 	confidential communication made by the offender or abusing party without the consent of 
20.1 	the offender or abusing party, except that programs must warn a potential victim of imminent 
20.2 	danger based upon information provided by an offender or abusing party.
20.3 	(i) The counseling program or educational program must provide services in a group 
20.4 	setting, unless the offender or abusing party would be inappropriate in a group setting.
20.5 	Programs must provide separate sessions for male and female offenders and abusing 
20.6 	parties.
20.7 	(j) Programs shall have written policies forbidding program staff from offering or 
20.8 	referring marriage or couples counseling until the offender or abusing party has completed 
20.9 	a domestic abuse counseling program or educational program for the minimum number of 
20.10 	court-ordered sessions and the counselor or facilitator reasonably believes that the violence, 
20.11 	intimidation, and coercion has ceased and the victim feels safe to participate.
20.12 	(k) Programs must have written policies requiring that the counselor or facilitator report 
20.13 	when the court-ordered offender or abusing party has completed the program to the court 
20.14 	and the offender's probation or corrections officer.
20.15 	(l) Programs must have written policies to coordinate with the court, probation and 
20.16 	corrections officers, battered women's and domestic abuse programs, child protection 
20.17 	services, and other providers on promotion of victim safety and offender accountability.

20.18 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 609.101, subdivision 2, is amended 
20.19 	to read:
20.20 		Subd. 2.Minimum fines. Notwithstanding any other law, when a court sentences a 
20.21 	person convicted of violating section 609.221, 609.222, 609.223, 609.2231, 609.224, 
20.22 	609.2242, 609.267, 609.2671, 609.2672, 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, or 609.345, it must 
20.23 	impose a fine of not less than 30 percent of the maximum fine authorized by law nor more 
20.24 	than the maximum fine authorized by law.
20.25 	The court shall collect the portion of the fine mandated by this subdivision and forward 
20.26 	70 percent of it to a local victim assistance program that provides services locally in the 
20.27 	county in which the crime was committed. The court shall forward the remaining 30 percent 
20.28 	to the commissioner of management and budget to be credited to the general fund. If more 
20.29 	than one victim assistance program serves the county in which the crime was committed, 
20.30 	the court may designate on a case-by-case basis which program will receive the fine proceeds, 
20.31 	giving consideration to the nature of the crime committed, the types of victims served by 
20.32 	the program, and the funding needs of the program. If no victim assistance program serves 
20.33 	that county, the court shall forward 100 percent of the fine proceeds to the commissioner 
21.1 	of management and budget to be credited to the general fund. Fine proceeds received by a 
21.2 	local victim assistance program must be used to provide direct services to crime victims.
21.3 	The minimum fine required by this subdivision is in addition to the surcharge or 
21.4 	assessment required by section 357.021, subdivision 6, and is in addition to any sentence 
21.5 	of imprisonment or restitution imposed or ordered by the court.
21.6 	As used in this subdivision, "victim assistance program" means victim witness programs 
21.7 	within county attorney offices or any of the following programs: crime victim crisis centers, 
21.8 	victim-witness programs, domestic abuse victim shelters and nonshelter programs, sexual 
21.9 	assault programs, and children's advocacy centers as defined in section 260E.02, subdivision 
21.10 	5.

21.11 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.133, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
21.12 		Subd. 4.Petition; contents; fee. (a) A prosecutor's petition for sentence adjustment 
21.13 	shall be filed in the district court where the individual was convicted and include the 
21.14 	following:
21.15 	(1) the full name of the individual on whose behalf the petition is being brought and, to 
21.16 	the extent possible, all other legal names or aliases by which the individual has been known 
21.17 	at any time;
21.18 	(2) the individual's date of birth;
21.19 	(3) the individual's address;
21.20 	(4) a brief statement of the reason the prosecutor is seeking a sentence adjustment for 
21.21 	the individual;
21.22 	(5) the details of the offense for which an adjustment is sought, including:
21.23 	(i) the date and jurisdiction of the occurrence;
21.24 	(ii) either the names of any victims or that there were nothe number of identifiable 
21.25 	victims;
21.26 	(iii) whether there is a current order for protection, restraining order, or other no contact 
21.27 	order prohibiting the individual from contacting the victims or whether there has ever been 
21.28 	a prior order for protection or restraining order prohibiting the individual from contacting 
21.29 	the victims;
21.30 	(iv) the court file number; and
21.31 	(v) the date of conviction;
22.1 	(6) what steps the individual has taken since the time of the offense toward personal 
22.2 	rehabilitation, including treatment, work, good conduct within correctional facilities, or 
22.3 	other personal history that demonstrates rehabilitation;
22.4 	(7) the individual's criminal conviction record indicating all convictions for 
22.5 	misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors, or felonies in this state, and for all comparable 
22.6 	convictions in any other state, federal court, or foreign country, whether the convictions 
22.7 	occurred before or after the conviction for which an adjustment is sought;
22.8 	(8) the individual's criminal charges record indicating all prior and pending criminal 
22.9 	charges against the individual in this state or another jurisdiction, including all criminal 
22.10 	charges that have been continued for dismissal, stayed for adjudication, or were the subject 
22.11 	of pretrial diversion; and
22.12 	(9) to the extent known, all prior requests by the individual, whether for the present 
22.13 	offense or for any other offenses in this state or any other state or federal court, for pardon, 
22.14 	return of arrest records, or expungement or sealing of a criminal record, whether granted 
22.15 	or not, and all stays of adjudication or imposition of sentence involving the petitioner.
22.16 	(b) The filing fee for a petition brought under this section shall be waived.
22.17 	(c) Notwithstanding chapter 13 or any other statute related to the classification of 
22.18 	government data, a supervising agent or the commissioner of corrections may provide private 
22.19 	or confidential data to a prosecutor for purposes of a petition for sentence adjustment.

22.20 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.3471, is amended to read:
22.21 	609.3471 RECORDS PERTAINING TO VICTIM IDENTITY CONFIDENTIAL.
22.22 	Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no data contained in records or 
22.23 	reports relating to petitions, complaints, or indictments issued pursuant to section 609.322, 
22.24 	609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, 609.3453, or609.3458, or 617.246, which specifically 
22.25 	identifies a victim who is a minor shall be accessible to the public, except by order of the 
22.26 	court. Nothing in this section authorizes denial of access to any other data contained in the 
22.27 	records or reports, including the identity of the defendant.

22.28 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.605, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
22.29 		Subd. 2.Gross misdemeanor. Whoever trespasses upon the grounds of a facility 
22.30 	providing emergency shelter services for battered women domestic abuse victims, as defined 
22.31 	under section 611A.31, subdivision 3, or providing comparable services for sex trafficking 
22.32 	victims, as defined under section 609.321, subdivision 7b, or of a facility providing 
23.1 	transitional housing for battered women domestic abuse victims and their children or sex 
23.2 	trafficking victims and their children, without claim of right or consent of one who has right 
23.3 	to give consent, and refuses to depart from the grounds of the facility on demand of one 
23.4 	who has right to give consent, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

23.5 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.7495, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
23.6 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
23.7 	the meanings given them.
23.8 	(a) "Facility" means any of the following:
23.9 	(1) a hospital or other health institution licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56;
23.10 	(2) a medical facility as defined in section 144.561;
23.11 	(3) an agency, clinic, or office operated under the direction of or under contract with the 
23.12 	commissioner of health or a community health board, as defined in section 145A.02;
23.13 	(4) a facility providing counseling regarding options for medical services or recovery 
23.14 	from an addiction;
23.15 	(5) a facility providing emergency shelter services for battered women domestic abuse 
23.16 	victims, as defined in section 611A.31, subdivision 3, or a facility providing transitional 
23.17 	housing for battered women domestic abuse victims and their children;
23.18 	(6) a facility as defined in section 260E.03, subdivision 6;
23.19 	(7) a facility as defined in section 626.5572, subdivision 6, where the services described 
23.20 	in that paragraph are provided;
23.21 	(8) a place to or from which ambulance service, as defined in section 144E.001, is 
23.22 	provided or sought to be provided; and
23.23 	(9) a hospice provider licensed under section 144A.753.
23.24 	(b) "Aggrieved party" means a person whose access to or egress from a facility is 
23.25 	obstructed in violation of subdivision 2, or the facility.

23.26 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611A.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
23.27 		Subdivision 1.Plea agreements; notification of victim. Prior to the entry of the factual 
23.28 	basis for a plea pursuant to a plea agreement recommendation, a prosecuting attorney shall 
23.29 	make a reasonable and good faith effort to inform the victim of:
24.1 	(1) the contents of the plea agreement recommendation, including the amount of time 
24.2 	recommended for the defendant to serve in jail or prison if the court accepts the agreement;
24.3 	(2) the right to be present at the sentencing hearing and, to be present at the hearing 
24.4 	during which the plea is presented to the court, and to express at the plea hearing orally or 
24.5 	in writing, at the victim's option, any objection to the agreement or to the proposed 
24.6 	disposition. If the victim is not present when the court considers the recommendation, but 
24.7 	has communicated objections to the prosecuting attorney, the prosecuting attorney shall 
24.8 	make these objections known to the court; and
24.9 	(3) the eligibility of the offense for automatic expungement pursuant to section 609A.015
24.10 	of any offense pleaded to or dismissed as part of the plea agreement.

24.11 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
24.12 	to read:
24.13 		Subd. 4.Plea hearing. At the hearing during which the plea is presented to the court, 
24.14 	the court shall ask the prosecutor if the victim has been notified of the plea agreement 
24.15 	recommendation pursuant to this section; has been notified of the plea hearing; and if the 
24.16 	victim wishes to express their objections to the plea agreement orally, in writing, or through 
24.17 	the prosecutor.

24.18 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611A.036, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
24.19 		Subd. 7.Definition. As used in this section, "violent crime" means a violation or attempt 
24.20 	to violate any of the following: section 609.185 (murder in the first degree); 609.19 (murder 
24.21 	in the second degree); 609.195 (murder in the third degree); 609.20 (manslaughter in the 
24.22 	first degree); 609.205 (manslaughter in the second degree); 609.2112, 609.2113, or 609.2114 
24.23 	(criminal vehicular homicide or injury); 609.221 (assault in the first degree); 609.222 (assault 
24.24 	in the second degree); 609.223 (assault in the third degree); 609.2231 (assault in the fourth 
24.25 	degree); 609.2241 (knowing transfer of communicable disease); 609.2242 (domestic assault); 
24.26 	609.2245 (female genital mutilation); 609.2247 (domestic assault by strangulation); 609.228 
24.27 	(great bodily harm caused by distribution of drugs); 609.23 (mistreatment of persons 
24.28 	confined); 609.231 (mistreatment of residents or patients); 609.2325 (criminal abuse); 
24.29 	609.233 (criminal neglect); 609.235 (use of drugs to injure or facilitate crime); 609.24 
24.30 	(simple robbery); 609.245 (aggravated robbery); 609.247 (carjacking); 609.25 (kidnapping); 
24.31 	609.255 (false imprisonment); 609.265 (abduction); 609.2661 (murder of an unborn child 
24.32 	in the first degree); 609.2662 (murder of an unborn child in the second degree); 609.2663 
24.33 	(murder of an unborn child in the third degree); 609.2664 (manslaughter of an unborn child 
25.1 	in the first degree); 609.2665 (manslaughter of an unborn child in the second degree); 
25.2 	609.267 (assault of an unborn child in the first degree); 609.2671 (assault of an unborn child 
25.3 	in the second degree); 609.2672 (assault of an unborn child in the third degree); 609.268 
25.4 	(injury or death of an unborn child in commission of a crime); 609.282 (labor trafficking); 
25.5 	609.322 (solicitation, inducement, and promotion of prostitution; sex trafficking); 609.342 
25.6 	(criminal sexual conduct in the first degree); 609.343 (criminal sexual conduct in the second 
25.7 	degree); 609.344 (criminal sexual conduct in the third degree); 609.345 (criminal sexual 
25.8 	conduct in the fourth degree); 609.3451 (criminal sexual conduct in the fifth degree); 
25.9 	609.3453 (criminal sexual predatory conduct); 609.3458 (sexual extortion); 609.352 
25.10 	(solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct); 609.377 (malicious punishment of a 
25.11 	child); 609.378 (neglect or endangerment of a child); 609.561, subdivision 1 (arson in the 
25.12 	first degree; dwelling); 609.582, subdivision 1, paragraph (a) or (c) (burglary in the first 
25.13 	degree; occupied dwelling or involving an assault); 609.66, subdivision 1e, paragraph (b) 
25.14 	(drive-by shooting; firing at or toward a person, or an occupied building or motor vehicle); 
25.15 	or609.749, subdivision 2 (harassment); or 609.749, subdivision 5 (stalking); or Minnesota 
25.16 	Statutes 2012, section 609.21.

25.17 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611A.038, is amended to read:
25.18 	611A.038 RIGHT TO SUBMIT STATEMENT AT SENTENCING.
25.19 	(a) A victim has the right to submit an impact statement to the court at the time of 
25.20 	sentencing or disposition hearing. The impact statement may be presented to the court orally 
25.21 	or in writing, at the victim's option. If the victim requests, the prosecutor or the prosecutor's 
25.22 	designee must orally present the statement to the court. Statements may include the following, 
25.23 	subject to reasonable limitations as to time and length:
25.24 	(1) a summary of the harm or trauma suffered by the victim as a result of the crime;
25.25 	(2) a summary of the economic loss or damage suffered by the victim as a result of the 
25.26 	crime; and
25.27 	(3) a victim's reaction to the proposed sentence or disposition.
25.28 	(b) At the sentencing or disposition hearing, the court shall ask the prosecutor if the 
25.29 	victim has been notified of the hearing, if the victim is in court, and if the victim wishes to 
25.30 	submit a victim impact statement orally, in writing, or through the prosecutor or the 
25.31 	prosecutor's designee.
25.32 	(b) (c) A representative of the community affected by the crime may submit an impact 
25.33 	statement in the same manner that a victim may as provided in paragraph (a). This impact 
26.1 	statement shall describe the adverse social or economic effects the offense has had on persons 
26.2 	residing and businesses operating in the community where the offense occurred.
26.3 	(c) (d) If the court permits the defendant or anyone speaking on the defendant's behalf 
26.4 	to present a statement to the court, the court shall limit the response to factual issues which 
26.5 	are relevant to sentencing.
26.6 	(d) (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to extend the defendant's right to address 
26.7 	the court under section 631.20.

26.8 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611A.039, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.9 		Subdivision 1.Notice required. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 2, 
26.10 	within 15 working days after a conviction, acquittal, or dismissal in a criminal case in which 
26.11 	there is an identifiable crime victim, the prosecutor shall make reasonable good faith efforts 
26.12 	to provide to each affected crime victim oral or written notice of the final disposition of the 
26.13 	case and, of the victim rights under section 611A.06, and of the eligibility of the offense 
26.14 	for automatic expungement under section 609A.015 of any offense that was dismissed or 
26.15 	for which the defendant was convicted or acquitted. When the court is considering modifying 
26.16 	the sentence for a felony or a crime of violence or an attempted crime of violence, the 
26.17 	prosecutor shall make a reasonable and good faith effort to notify the victim of the crime. 
26.18 	The notice must include:
26.19 	(1) the date and approximate time of the review;
26.20 	(2) the location where the review will occur;
26.21 	(3) the name and telephone number of a person to contact for additional information; 
26.22 	and
26.23 	(4) a statement that the victim may provide input to the court concerning the sentence 
26.24 	modification.
26.25 	(b) The Office of Justice Programs in the Department of Public Safety shall develop and 
26.26 	update a model notice of postconviction rights under this subdivision and section 611A.06.
26.27 	(c) As used in this section:
26.28 	(1) "crime of violence" has the meaning given in section 624.712, subdivision 5, and 
26.29 	also includes violations of section 609.3458, gross misdemeanor violations of section 
26.30 	609.224, and nonfelony violations of sections 518B.01, 609.2231, 609.3451, 609.748, and 
26.31 	609.749; and
26.32 	(2) "victim" has the meaning given in section 611A.01, paragraph (b).

27.1 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611A.31, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
27.2 		Subd. 5.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department 
27.3 	of Corrections Public Safety or a designee.

27.4 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.72, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
27.5 		Subd. 2a.Electronic monitoring; condition of pretrial release. (a) Until the 
27.6 	commissioner of corrections has adopted standards governing electronic monitoring devices 
27.7 	used to protect victims of domestic abuse, the court, as a condition of release, may not order 
27.8 	a person arrested for a crime described in section 609.135, subdivision 5a, paragraph (b), 
27.9 	to use an electronic monitoring device to protect a victim's safety.
27.10 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the chief judge of a judicial district may appoint and 
27.11 	convene an advisory group comprised of representatives from law enforcement, prosecutors, 
27.12 	defense attorneys, corrections, court administrators, judges, and battered women's domestic 
27.13 	abuse organizations to develop standards for the use of electronic monitoring and global 
27.14 	positioning system devices to protect victims of domestic abuse and for evaluating the 
27.15 	effectiveness of electronic monitoring. After the advisory group does this, the chief judge, 
27.16 	in consultation with the advisory group, may conduct a pilot project for implementation of 
27.17 	the electronic monitoring standards. A judicial district that conducts a pilot project shall 
27.18 	report on the standards and the pilot project to the chairs and ranking minority members of 
27.19 	the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over criminal justice 
27.20 	policy and the state court administrator's office.

27.21 	Sec. 33.  REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 27.22 	The revisor of statutes must change the term "battered women" to "domestic abuse 
27.23 	victims" or a similar term wherever the term or similar terms appear in Minnesota Statutes. 
27.24 	The revisor must make any necessary grammatical changes or changes to sentence structure 
27.25 	necessary to preserve the meaning of the text as a result of the changes.

28.1 	ARTICLE 2
28.2 	IMPAIRED DRIVING; DRIVER'S LICENSES

28.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.6905, is amended by adding a subdivision 
28.4 	to read:
28.5 		Subd. 41.Credential identifier and designation data. Data related to identifiers and 
28.6 	designations on driver's licenses and Minnesota identification cards are governed by section 
28.7 	171.12, subdivision 7d.

28.8 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 171.12, subdivision 7, is amended 
28.9 	to read:
28.10 		Subd. 7.Privacy of data. (a) Data on individuals provided to obtain a driver's license 
28.11 	or Minnesota identification card shall must be treated as provided by United States Code, 
28.12 	title 18, section 2721, as in effect on May 23, 2005, and shall must be disclosed as required 
28.13 	or by that section, and may be disclosed as permitted by that section. The commissioner 
28.14 	shall may disclose the data in bulk form upon request to an authorized recipient under United 
28.15 	States Code, title 18, section 2721. For any disclosure of data on individuals related to a 
28.16 	noncompliant driver's license or identification card, the commissioner must require a 
28.17 	certification pursuant to subdivision 7b, paragraph (e).
28.18 	(b) An applicant for a driver's license or a Minnesota identification card may consent, 
28.19 	in writing, to the commissioner to disclose the applicant's personal information exempted 
28.20 	by United States Code, title 18, section 2721, to any person who makes a request for the 
28.21 	personal information. If the applicant so authorizes disclosures, the commissioner shall
28.22 	must implement the request and the information may be used.
28.23 	(c) If authorized by an applicant for a driver's license or a Minnesota identification card, 
28.24 	as indicated in paragraph (b), the applicant's personal information may be used, rented, or 
28.25 	sold solely for bulk distribution by organizations for business purposes, including surveys, 
28.26 	marketing, or solicitation.
28.27 	(d) An applicant for a driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota identification 
28.28 	card may request that the applicant's residence address be classified as "private data on 
28.29 	individuals," as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12. The commissioner shall must grant 
28.30 	the classification on receipt of a signed statement by the individual that the classification 
28.31 	is required for the safety of the applicant or the applicant's family, if the statement also 
28.32 	provides a valid, existing address where the applicant consents to receive service of process. 
28.33 	The commissioner shall must use the service for process mailing address in place of the 
29.1 	residence address in all documents and notices pertaining to the driver's license, instruction 
29.2 	permit, or Minnesota identification card. The residence address and any information provided 
29.3 	in the classification request, other than the mailing address, are private data on individuals 
29.4 	and may be provided to requesting law enforcement agencies, probation and parole agencies, 
29.5 	and public authorities, as defined in section 518A.26, subdivision 18.

29.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.12, subdivision 7c, is amended to read:
29.7 		Subd. 7c.Other data provisions. (a) The commissioner must not share any data the 
29.8 	department maintains under section 171.07, subdivision subdivisions 6a, 6b, or 13, with 
29.9 	any federal agency, federal department, or federal entity for a use that would otherwise be 
29.10 	permissible under United States Code, title 18, section 2721, or other law.
29.11 	(b) Data collected by government entities under sections 624.712 to 624.719 are classified 
29.12 	under section 13.87, subdivision 2.

29.13 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.12, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
29.14 	read:
29.15 		Subd. 7d.Certain data on indicators and designations. Data maintained by the 
29.16 	commissioner under section 171.07, subdivisions 5 to 7, 11 to 13, 15, and 17 to 20 are 
29.17 	private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12.

29.18 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.177, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
29.19 		Subd. 8.Test refusal; driving privilege lost. (a) On behalf of the commissioner, a peace 
29.20 	officer requiring a test or directing the administration of a chemical test pursuant to a search 
29.21 	warrant shall serve immediate notice of intention to revoke and of revocation on a person 
29.22 	who refuses to permit a test or on a person who submits to a test, the results of which indicate 
29.23 	an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more.
29.24 	(b) On behalf of the commissioner, a peace officer requiring a test or directing the 
29.25 	administration of a chemical test of a person driving, operating, or in physical control of a 
29.26 	commercial motor vehicle pursuant to a search warrant shall serve immediate notice of 
29.27 	intention to disqualify and of disqualification on a person who refuses to permit a test or 
29.28 	on a person who submits to a test, the results of which indicate an alcohol concentration of 
29.29 	0.04 or more.
29.30 	(c) The officer shall:
30.1 	(1) invalidate the person's driver's license or permit card by clipping the upper corner 
30.2 	of the card in such a way that no identifying information including the photo is destroyed, 
30.3 	and immediately return the card to the person;
30.4 	(2) issue the person a temporary license effective for only seven 14 days; and
30.5 	(3) send the notification of this action to the commissioner along with the certificate 
30.6 	required by subdivision 4 or 5.

30.7 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 171.178, subdivision 5, is amended 
30.8 	to read:
30.9 		Subd. 5.Driving while impaired conviction or adjudication; period of license 
30.10 	revocation. (a) Notwithstanding the periods specified in subdivisions 3 and 4 and except 
30.11 	as provided in section 169A.54, subdivision 7, a revocation by the commissioner as required 
30.12 	under section 169A.54, subdivision 1, or 171.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (3) 
30.13 	or (10), for conviction of an offense in another state that would be grounds for revocation 
30.14 	in this state under section 169A.54, subdivision 1, must be for the following periods:
30.15 	(1) if the person has no qualified prior impaired driving incidents within the past 20 
30.16 	years:
30.17 	(i) not less than 30 days if the person is convicted of an offense under section 169A.20, 
30.18 	subdivision 1 (driving while impaired);
30.19 	(ii) not less than 90 days if the person is convicted of an offense under section 169A.20, 
30.20 	subdivision 2 (refusal to submit to chemical test);
30.21 	(iii) not less than 180 days if the person is under 21 years of age and the test results 
30.22 	indicate an alcohol concentration of less than twice the legal limit; or
30.23 	(iv) not less than one year if the test results indicate an alcohol concentration of twice 
30.24 	the legal limit or more; or
30.25 	(2) if the person has one qualified prior impaired driving incident within the past 20 
30.26 	years, or two or more qualified prior impaired driving incidents, until the commissioner 
30.27 	determines that the person used an ignition interlock device in compliance with section 
30.28 	171.306 for the period of time described in subdivision 8.
30.29 	(b) Whenever department records show that the violation involved personal injury or 
30.30 	death to any person, at least 90 additional days must be added to the base periods provided 
30.31 	in paragraph (a), clause (1), items (i) to (iv).
31.1 	(c) A person whose license has been revoked as described in subdivision 3, clause (1), 
31.2 	or subdivision 4, clause (1), as the result of the same incident for which the person was 
31.3 	convicted is subject to the revocation periods specified in this subdivision, unless the violation 
31.4 	under section 169A.20 (driving while impaired) was with an aggravating factor described 
31.5 	in section 169A.03, subdivision 3, clause (3).

31.6 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 171.306, subdivision 1, is amended 
31.7 	to read:
31.8 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms in this subdivision 
31.9 	have the meanings given.
31.10 	(b) "Ignition interlock device" or "device" means equipment that is designed to measure 
31.11 	breath alcohol concentration and to prevent a motor vehicle's ignition from being started 
31.12 	by a person whose breath alcohol concentration measures 0.02 or higher on the equipment.
31.13 	(c) "Location tracking capabilities" means the ability of an electronic or wireless device 
31.14 	to identify and transmit its geographic location through the operation of the device.
31.15 	(d) "Program participant" means a person who has qualified to take part in the ignition 
31.16 	interlock program under this section, and whose driver's license has been:
31.17 	(1) revoked, canceled, or denied under section 169A.52; 169A.54; 171.04, subdivision 
31.18 	1, clause (10); 171.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (10), for conviction of an offense 
31.19 	in another state that would be grounds for revocation in this state under section 169A.54, 
31.20 	subdivision 1; or171.177; or for a violation of the law of another state in conformity with 
31.21 	any of these sections; or
31.22 	(2) revoked under section 171.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), or suspended 
31.23 	under section 171.187, for a violation of section 609.2112, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), 
31.24 	clause (2), item (i) or (iv), (3), or (4), (5), or (6); 609.2113, subdivision 1, clause (2), item 
31.25 	(i) or (iv), (3), or (4), (5), or (6); subdivision 2, clause (2), item (i) or (iv), (3), or (4), (5), 
31.26 	or (6); or subdivision 3, clause (2), item (i) or (iv), (3), or (4), (5), or (6); or 609.2114, 
31.27 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), item (i) or (iv), (3), or (4), (5), or (6); or subdivision 
31.28 	2, clause (2), item (i) or (iv), (3), or (4), resulting in bodily harm, substantial bodily harm, 
31.29 	great bodily harm, or death (5), or (6).
31.30 	(e) "Qualified prior impaired driving incident" has the meaning given in section 169A.03, 
31.31 	subdivision 22.

32.1 	Sec. 8. REPEALER.
 32.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169A.54, subdivision 6, is repealed.

32.3 	ARTICLE 3
32.4 	IDENTITY THEFT; FINANCIAL CRIMES

32.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 8.16, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
32.6 		Subdivision 1.Authority. (a) The attorney general, or any deputy, assistant, or special 
32.7 	assistant attorney general whom the attorney general authorizes in writing, has the authority 
32.8 	in any county of the state to subpoena and require the production of:
32.9 	(1) any records of:
32.10 	(i) telephone companies, cellular phone companies, paging companies, subscribers of 
32.11 	private computer networks including Internet service providers or computer bulletin board 
32.12 	systems,;
32.13 	(ii) electric companies, gas companies, and water utilities,;
32.14 	(iii) chemical suppliers,;
32.15 	(iv) hotels and motels,;
32.16 	(v) pawn shops,;
32.17 	(vi) airlines, buses, taxis, and other entities engaged in the business of transporting 
32.18 	people,; and
32.19 	(vii) freight companies, self-service storage facilities, warehousing companies, package 
32.20 	delivery companies, and other entities engaged in the businesses of transport, storage, or 
32.21 	delivery,;
32.22 	(2) books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, agreements, and other documents or 
32.23 	records related to a law enforcement investigation where there is probable cause to believe 
32.24 	a crime has been committed involving a financial crime or fraud, including but not limited 
32.25 	to fraud involving state funded or administered programs or services as defined in section 
32.26 	299C.061, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and insurance fraud in violation of section 609.611; 
32.27 	and
32.28 	(3) records of the existence of safe deposit box account numbers and customer savings 
32.29 	and checking account numbers maintained by financial institutions and safe deposit 
32.30 	companies.
33.1 	(b) Subpoenas may only be issued for records that are relevant to an ongoing legitimate 
33.2 	law enforcement investigation.

33.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 388.23, subdivision 1, is amended 
33.4 	to read:
33.5 		Subdivision 1.Authority. (a) The county attorney, or any deputy or assistant county 
33.6 	attorney whom the county attorney authorizes in writing, has the authority to subpoena and 
33.7 	require the production of:
33.8 	(1) any records of:
33.9 	(i) telephone companies, cellular phone companies, paging companies, and subscribers 
33.10 	of private computer networks including Internet service providers or computer bulletin 
33.11 	board systems;
33.12 	(ii) electric companies, gas companies, and water utilities;
33.13 	(iii) chemical suppliers;
33.14 	(iv) hotels and motels;
33.15 	(v) pawn shops;
33.16 	(vi) airlines, buses, taxis, and other entities engaged in the business of transporting 
33.17 	people; and
33.18 	(vii) freight companies, warehousing companies, self-service storage facilities, package 
33.19 	delivery companies, and other entities engaged in the businesses of transport, storage, or 
33.20 	delivery;
33.21 	(2) books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, agreements, and other documents or 
33.22 	records related to a law enforcement investigation of financial crimes and fraud, including 
33.23 	but not limited to fraud involving state funded or administered programs or services as 
33.24 	defined in section 299C.061, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and insurance fraud in violation 
33.25 	of section 609.611;
33.26 	(2) (3) records of the existence of safe deposit box account numbers and customer savings 
33.27 	and checking account numbers maintained by financial institutions and safe deposit 
33.28 	companies;
33.29 	(3) (4) insurance records relating to the monetary payment or settlement of claims;
33.30 	(4) (5) the banking, credit card, and financial records of a subject of an identity theft 
33.31 	investigation or a vulnerable adult, whether held in the name of the vulnerable adult or a 
34.1 	third party, including but not limited to safe deposit, loan and account applications and 
34.2 	agreements, signature cards, statements, checks, transfers, account authorizations, safe 
34.3 	deposit access records and documentation of fraud;
34.4 	(5) (6) wage and employment records of an applicant or recipient of public assistance 
34.5 	who is the subject of a welfare fraud investigation relating to eligibility information for 
34.6 	public assistance programs; and
34.7 	(6) (7) any of the following records of an employer or business entity who is the subject 
34.8 	of or has information related to a wage theft investigation:
34.9 	(i) accounting and financial records such as books, registers, payrolls, banking records, 
34.10 	credit card records, securities records, and records of money transfers;
34.11 	(ii) records required to be kept pursuant to section 177.30, paragraph (a); and
34.12 	(iii) other records that in any way relate to wages or other income paid, hours worked, 
34.13 	and other conditions of employment of any employee or of work performed by persons 
34.14 	identified as independent contractors, and records of any payments to contractors, and 
34.15 	records of workers' compensation insurance.
34.16 	(b) Subpoenas may only be issued for records that are relevant to an ongoing legitimate 
34.17 	law enforcement investigation. Administrative subpoenas may only be issued in wage theft, 
34.18 	welfare fraud, and identity theft cases, and cases related to a law enforcement investigation 
34.19 	of financial crimes and fraud if there is probable cause to believe a crime has been committed.
34.20 	(c) This subdivision applies only to the records of business entities and does not extend 
34.21 	to private individuals or their dwellings.
34.22 	(d) As used in this subdivision, "business entity" has the meaning given in section 
34.23 	308B.005.

34.24 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.527, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
34.25 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the 
34.26 	meanings given them in this subdivision.
34.27 	(b) "Direct victim" means any person or entity described in section 611A.01, paragraph 
34.28 	(b), whose identity has been transferred, used, or possessed in violation of this section.
34.29 	(c) "False pretense" means any false, fictitious, misleading, or fraudulent information 
34.30 	or pretense or pretext depicting or including or deceptively similar to the name, logo, website 
34.31 	address, email address, postal address, telephone number, or any other identifying information 
35.1 	of a for-profit or not-for-profit business or organization or of a government agency, to which 
35.2 	the user has no legitimate claim of right.
35.3 	(d) "Financial institution" has the meaning given in section 13A.01, subdivision 2.
35.4 	(e) "Forged digital likeness" means any video recording, motion-picture film, sound 
35.5 	recording, electronic image, or photograph, or any technological representation of speech 
35.6 	or conduct substantially derivative thereof that:
35.7 	(1) was created, adapted, altered, or modified in a manner that was substantially dependent 
35.8 	upon technical means;
35.9 	(2) misrepresents the appearance, speech, or conduct of the individual; and
35.10 	(3) is so realistic that a reasonable person would believe it depicts the image or speech 
35.11 	of an actual individual.
35.12 	(e) (f) "Identity" means any name, voice or likeness, number, or data transmission that 
35.13 	may be used, alone or in conjunction with any other information, to identify a specific 
35.14 	individual or entity, including any of the following:
35.15 	(1) a name, Social Security number, date of birth, official government-issued driver's 
35.16 	license or identification number, government passport number, or employer or taxpayer 
35.17 	identification number;
35.18 	(2) a forged digital likeness;
35.19 	(2) (3) a unique electronic identification number, address, account number, or routing 
35.20 	code; or
35.21 	(3) (4) a telecommunication identification information or access device.
35.22 	(f) (g) "Indirect victim" means any person or entity described in section 611A.01, 
35.23 	paragraph (b), other than a direct victim.
35.24 	(g) (h) "Loss" means value obtained, as defined in section 609.52, subdivision 1, clause 
35.25 	(3), and expenses incurred by a direct or indirect victim as a result of a violation of this 
35.26 	section.
35.27 	(h) (i) "Unlawful activity" means:
35.28 	(1) any felony violation of the laws of this state or any felony violation of a similar law 
35.29 	of another state or the United States; and
36.1 	(2) any nonfelony violation of the laws of this state involving theft, theft by swindle, 
36.2 	forgery, fraud, or giving false information to a public official, or any nonfelony violation 
36.3 	of a similar law of another state or the United States.
36.4 	(i) (j) "Scanning device" means a scanner, reader, or any other electronic device that is 
36.5 	used to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, 
36.6 	information encoded on a computer chip or magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card, 
36.7 	driver's license, or state-issued identification card.
36.8 	(j) (k) "Reencoder" means an electronic device that places encoded information from 
36.9 	the computer chip or magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card, driver's license, or 
36.10 	state-issued identification card, onto the computer chip or magnetic strip or stripe of a 
36.11 	different payment card, driver's license, or state-issued identification card, or any electronic 
36.12 	medium that allows an authorized transaction to occur.
36.13 	(k) (l) "Payment card" means a credit card, charge card, debit card, or any other card 
36.14 	that:
36.15 	(1) is issued to an authorized card user; and
36.16 	(2) allows the user to obtain, purchase, or receive credit, money, a good, a service, or 
36.17 	anything of value.

36.18 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 628.26, is amended to read:
36.19 	628.26 LIMITATIONS.
36.20 	(a) Indictments or complaints for any crime resulting in the death of the victim may be 
36.21 	found or made at any time after the death of the person killed.
36.22 	(b) Indictments or complaints for a violation of section 609.25 may be found or made 
36.23 	at any time after the commission of the offense.
36.24 	(c) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 609.282 may be found or made at 
36.25 	any time after the commission of the offense if the victim was under the age of 18 at the 
36.26 	time of the offense.
36.27 	(d) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 609.282 where the victim was 18 
36.28 	years of age or older at the time of the offense, or 609.42, subdivision 1, clause (1) or (2), 
36.29 	shall be found or made and filed in the proper court within six years after the commission 
36.30 	of the offense.
36.31 	(e) Indictments or complaints for violation of sections 609.322, 609.342 to 609.345, and 
36.32 	609.3458 may be found or made at any time after the commission of the offense.
37.1 	(f) Indictments or complaints for a violation of section 609.561 shall be found or made 
37.2 	and filed in the proper court within ten years after the commission of the offense.
37.3 	(g) Indictments or complaints for violation of chapter 80A, or a rule adopted or order 
37.4 	issued under that chapter, made as provided in section 80A.75 or for violation of section 
37.5 	508.80; 609.465; 609.52, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (4); 609.53; or 609.645 shall 
37.6 	be found or made and filed in the proper court within seven years after the commission of 
37.7 	the offense.
37.8 	(g) (h) Indictments or complaints for violation of sections 609.466 and 609.52, subdivision 
37.9 	2, paragraph (a), clause (3), item (iii), shall be found or made and filed in the proper court 
37.10 	within six years after the commission of the offense.
37.11 	(h) (i) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 609.2335, 609.52, subdivision 
37.12 	2, paragraph (a), clause (3), items (i) and (ii), (4), (15), or (16), 609.631, or 609.821, where 
37.13 	the value of the property or services stolen is more than $35,000, or for violation of section 
37.14 	609.527 where the offense involves eight or more direct victims or the total combined loss 
37.15 	to the direct and indirect victims is more than $35,000, shall be found or made and filed in 
37.16 	the proper court within five years after the commission of the offense.
37.17 	(i) (j) Except for violations relating to false material statements, representations or 
37.18 	omissions, indictments or complaints for violations of section 609.671 shall be found or 
37.19 	made and filed in the proper court within five years after the commission of the offense.
37.20 	(j) (k) Indictments or complaints for violation of sections 609.562 and 609.563, shall be 
37.21 	found or made and filed in the proper court within five years after the commission of the 
37.22 	offense.
37.23 	(k) (l) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 609.746 shall be found or made 
37.24 	and filed in the proper court within the later of three years after the commission of the 
37.25 	offense or three years after the offense was reported to law enforcement authorities.
37.26 	(l) (m) In all other cases, indictments or complaints shall be found or made and filed in 
37.27 	the proper court within three years after the commission of the offense.
37.28 	(m) (n) The limitations periods contained in this section shall exclude any period of time 
37.29 	during which the defendant was not an inhabitant of or usually resident within this state.
37.30 	(n) (o) The limitations periods contained in this section for an offense shall not include 
37.31 	any period during which the alleged offender participated under a written agreement in a 
37.32 	pretrial diversion program relating to that offense.
38.1 	(o) (p) The limitations periods contained in this section shall not include any period of 
38.2 	time during which physical evidence relating to the offense was undergoing DNA analysis, 
38.3 	as defined in section 299C.155, unless the defendant demonstrates that the prosecuting or 
38.4 	law enforcement agency purposefully delayed the DNA analysis process in order to gain 
38.5 	an unfair advantage.

38.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to crimes 
38.7 	committed on or after that date and to crimes committed before that date if the limitations 
38.8 	period for the crime did not expire before August 1, 2026.

38.9 	ARTICLE 4
38.10 	CORRECTIONS

38.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 241.021, subdivision 4f, is 
38.12 	amended to read:
38.13 		Subd. 4f.Provision of medications in correctional facilities. (a) Correctional facilities 
38.14 	licensed by the commissioner shall administer to confined and incarcerated persons the 
38.15 	same medications prescribed to those individuals prior to their confinement or incarceration
38.16 	upon such prescriptions being verified as current and valid by the correctional facility based 
38.17 	on information reasonably available to the facility's staff at the time of intake and documented 
38.18 	in the person's medical records. A facility must make a reasonable attempt to verify a 
38.19 	prescription as current and valid and staff must document their efforts to verify the 
38.20 	prescription. A reasonable attempt will be considered to have been made if a licensed health 
38.21 	care professional or facility staff seeks to confirm the prescription through one or more 
38.22 	reliable sources, including but not limited to the confined or incarcerated person, prescription 
38.23 	records, pharmacies, health care providers, or prescription monitoring programs.
38.24 	(b) Unless a confined or incarcerated person is subject to a Jarvis order, which is an 
38.25 	order issued under section 253B.092, subdivision 8, that dictates otherwise, paragraph (a) 
38.26 	does not apply when:
38.27 	(1) a licensed health care professional determines, after consulting making reasonable 
38.28 	efforts to consult with the licensed health care professional who prescribed the medication, 
38.29 	that the prescribed medication is not medically appropriate for the person based on the 
38.30 	person's current medical condition or status;
38.31 	(2) a licensed health care professional determines athat the medication should be changed 
38.32 	to a different medication available to treat the condition that is at least as effective as the 
38.33 	current medication the person is prescribed is available to treat the condition and the licensed 
39.1 	health care professional who prescribed the current medication approves the change in 
39.2 	medications and reasonable attempts were made to consult the health care professional who 
39.3 	prescribed the medication; or
39.4 	(3) the physical or mental condition of the person creates a medical or mental health 
39.5 	emergency that requires an immediate medication change based on circumstances that either 
39.6 	exist or would be caused by the continuation of current medications when those circumstances 
39.7 	are identified and documented by a licensed health care professional; or
39.8 	(4) the person provides written notice to informs the licensed health care professional 
39.9 	who is responsible for inmate health care at the correctional facility or the licensed health 
39.10 	care professional's designee that the person no longer desires to take the medication and the 
39.11 	decision is documented in the person's medical records.
39.12 	(c) As used in this subdivision, "licensed health care professional" means a physician 
39.13 	licensed under chapter 147, physician assistant licensed under chapter 147A, or advanced 
39.14 	practice registered nurse as defined in section 148.171, subdivision 3.

39.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.27, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
39.16 	read:
39.17 		Subd. 1b.Definition. "Private business" means an entity organized under the laws of 
39.18 	this state or a foreign jurisdiction, but does not include a governmental unit.

39.19 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.27, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
39.20 		Subd. 6.Reports and financial statements. (a) MINNCOR shall include its full costs 
39.21 	for inmate wages and the money it receives from the department for inmate confinement 
39.22 	costs in its annual financial statements and reports. In addition, MINNCOR shall disclose 
39.23 	in its annual report:
39.24 	(1) how the money it receives from the department for inmate confinement costs affects 
39.25 	its profitability; and
39.26 	(2) a calculation of the profitability of each contract MINNCOR has with private 
39.27 	businesses consistent with the requirements set forth in subdivision 7, paragraph (a).
39.28 	(b) MINNCOR must post on the agency's public-facing website the Prison Industry 
39.29 	Enhancement Certification Program wage for each region of the state where MINNCOR is 
39.30 	contracting with a private business.

40.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.27, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
40.2 		Subd. 7.Interactions with private businesses. (a) MINNCOR must participate in the 
40.3 	United States Bureau of Justice Assistance's Prison Industry Enhancement Certification 
40.4 	Program (PIECP). When implementing the PIECP, MINNCOR must:
40.5 	(1) calculate the PIECP wage, which is the prevailing wage rate for each region of the 
40.6 	state where MINNCOR is contracting with a private business based on the Department of 
40.7 	Employment and Economic Development's wage survey, and set the rate at the 50th percentile 
40.8 	for each region;
40.9 	(2) separately track wages paid to inmates at either the PIECP wage or the non-PIECP 
40.10 	wage, which is a wage rate that is exempt from the PIECP's prevailing wage requirement;
40.11 	(3) not use a blended wage rate that combines PIECP wages and non-PIECP wages when 
40.12 	assessing and evaluating contract costs, profitability, and potential partnerships with private 
40.13 	businesses; and
40.14 	(4) classify and document each inmate's MINNCOR position as either a PIECP wage 
40.15 	position or a non-PIECP wage position.
40.16 	(b) MINNCOR must not subsidize private businesses, including but not limited to using 
40.17 	the costs of confinement to offset contract costs, to manipulate a contract's profitability 
40.18 	calculation, or to otherwise reduce a private business' operating expenses.
40.19 	(c) MINNCOR must account for all labor, manufacturing, general, and administrative 
40.20 	costs when establishing standard contract rates.
40.21 	(d) MINNCOR must recapture the fair market value for use of Department of Corrections 
40.22 	floor space and storage that is dedicated to a private business.
40.23 	(e) When entering into a contract and calculating labor costs, MINNCOR must use the 
40.24 	prevailing wage rate for the industry in which the inmates are working as determined by 
40.25 	the Department of Employment and Economic Development.
40.26 	(f) Before entering a contract with MINNCOR, a private business must disclose to 
40.27 	MINNCOR the total number of full-time equivalent positions the private business employs 
40.28 	and must update that number at least quarterly during the contract term. The number of 
40.29 	positions filled by incarcerated persons under a contract with the private business may not 
40.30 	exceed four incarcerated persons for every one full-time equivalent employee of the private 
40.31 	business.
41.1 	(a)(g) MINNCOR shall use revenue contracts or purchase orders on forms approved 
41.2 	by the Department of Administration whenever it allows private businesses to use inmate 
41.3 	labor. MINNCOR shall determine whether to use a revenue contract or a purchase order 
41.4 	according to criteria that the Department of Corrections has approved having taken into 
41.5 	account the recommendations of the legislative auditor contained in its 2009 report on 
41.6 	MINNCOR.
41.7 	(b) (h) MINNCOR shall develop a uniform method to report sales and expenditure data 
41.8 	related to individual labor arrangements with private businesses. MINNCOR shall review 
41.9 	the data annually to assess how the arrangements, both individually and collectively, affect 
41.10 	MINNCOR achieving its goals of high inmate participation in industry and profitability.

41.11 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.27, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
41.12 	read:
41.13 		Subd. 9.Displacement of private sector workers; verification. The commissioner of 
41.14 	employment and economic development must verify that each PIECP contract MINNCOR 
41.15 	enters will not result in the displacement of employed private sector workers in the geographic 
41.16 	region where MINNCOR facilities are located and the geographic region where the private 
41.17 	business is located.

41.18 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 244.46, subdivision 1, is amended 
41.19 	to read:
41.20 		Subdivision 1.Adopting policy for earned compliance credit; supervision abatement 
41.21 	status. (a) The commissioner must adopt a policy providing for earned compliance credit 
41.22 	and supervision abatement status, including the circumstances under which an individual 
41.23 	may receive earned compliance credits and transition to supervision abatement status. The 
41.24 	policy must include consideration of an individual's effort to pay restitution, to the extent 
41.25 	known to the supervising agency, and must provide that an individual who has the ability 
41.26 	to pay restitution but engages in willful nonpayment is not eligible to transition to supervision 
41.27 	abatement status.
41.28 	(b) Except as otherwise provided in the act, once the time served on active supervision 
41.29 	plus earned compliance credits equals the total length of the supervised release term or, if 
41.30 	applicable, the aggregate length of the supervised release term and conditional release term, 
41.31 	the individual is eligible for supervision abatement status. However, the commissioner must 
41.32 	not place the individual on supervision abatement status for the remainder of the supervised 
41.33 	or conditional release term if the commissioner determines that doing so would present a 
42.1 	risk to public safety, after weighing factors including the individual's stability, behavior, or 
42.2 	overall adjustment while on supervision. For individuals with lifetime terms of conditional 
42.3 	release, the commissioner shall not place the individual on supervision abatement status 
42.4 	unless the time served on active supervision plus earned compliance credits equals at least 
42.5 	ten years.

42.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective September 1, 2026.

42.7 	Sec. 7. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION WORKING GROUP.
 42.8 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. A working group is established to study and make 
42.9 	recommendations on statutory changes needed to provide clarity regarding the roles, 
42.10 	responsibilities, and obligations of supervision delivery systems when a county transitions 
42.11 	between state-operated and county-operated community supervision systems.
42.12 		Subd. 2.Membership. (a) The working group shall consist of the following members:
42.13 	(1) four representatives appointed by the Association of Minnesota Counties, at least 
42.14 	two of whom must be county administrators from counties that have experienced a transition 
42.15 	between supervision delivery systems; and
42.16 	(2) four representatives appointed by the commissioner of corrections, with expertise 
42.17 	in human resources, finance, compensation plans, and agency administration.
42.18 	(b) Members of the working group serve without compensation.
42.19 		Subd. 3.Meetings. (a) The commissioner of corrections shall convene the first meeting 
42.20 	of the working group no later than August 1, 2026, and shall provide meeting space and 
42.21 	administrative assistance as necessary for the working group to conduct its work. The 
42.22 	working group shall meet sufficiently enough to accomplish the tasks identified in this 
42.23 	section.
42.24 	(b) Meetings of the working group are subject to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D.
42.25 		Subd. 4.Duties. The working group shall study and develop recommendations on the 
42.26 	following:
42.27 	(1) the respective roles, responsibilities, and obligations of the sending and receiving 
42.28 	entities when a transition occurs;
42.29 	(2) the treatment of employee compensation, including but not limited to salary placement, 
42.30 	benefits, and accrued leave;
43.1 	(3) the allocation of financial responsibility between entities, including timing and 
43.2 	method of payment for employee-related costs;
43.3 	(4) differences between state and county employment systems, including compensation 
43.4 	structures, leave systems, and benefit administration, and how those differences affect 
43.5 	transitions;
43.6 	(5) operations and administrative considerations, including timelines, fiscal year start 
43.7 	dates, staffing transitions, data transfers, training needs, policy development, and continuity 
43.8 	of supervision services;
43.9 	(6) budgetary and fiscal impacts associated with transitions, including impacts on 
43.10 	resources and positions shared between counties;
43.11 	(7) any statutory ambiguities or gaps that create uncertainty or disputes during transitions; 
43.12 	and
43.13 	(8) any other issues identified by the working group that are necessary to ensure clear, 
43.14 	consistent, and fair transition processes.
43.15 		Subd. 5.Consultation. In carrying out its duties, the working group must consult with:
43.16 	(1) the Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties;
43.17 	(2) the Minnesota Association of Community Probation Officers;
43.18 	(3) the Department of Corrections Field Services director and the director's leadership 
43.19 	team; and
43.20 	(4) labor organizations representing affected employees.
43.21 		Subd. 6.Report. By December 15, 2026, the working group shall submit a report to the 
43.22 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
43.23 	public safety and judiciary policy and finance. The report must include recommended 
43.24 	statutory changes to address the issues identified in subdivision 4. The report must also 
43.25 	include recommendations to address any delivery system transitions that occurred after July 
43.26 	1, 2023, to ensure that they align with the proposed statutory changes, including whether 
43.27 	the county or the Department of Corrections should be reimbursed for transition expenses 
43.28 	by legislative appropriation.
43.29 		Subd. 7.Expiration. The working group expires upon submission of the report required 
43.30 	under subdivision 6.

44.1 	Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 44.2 	Sections 2 to 5 are effective July 1, 2026. The requirements of sections 2 to 5 apply to 
44.3 	contracts entered into or renewed on or after that date. Contracts entered into before July 
44.4 	1, 2026, are not subject to sections 2 to 5 and may continue under existing terms until 
44.5 	expiration.

44.6 	ARTICLE 5
44.7 	DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS LICENSING

44.8 	Section 1. [241.011] LICENSING AND INSPECTING JUVENILE AND ADULT 
44.9 	COMMUNITY-BASED RESIDENTIAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
44.10 		Subdivision 1.Scope. Except as provided under section 241.021, sections 241.011 to 
44.11 	241.013 apply to juvenile and adult community-based residential correctional facilities 
44.12 	licensed by the commissioner of corrections. For the purposes of sections 241.011 to 241.013, 
44.13 	juvenile and adult community-based residential correctional facilities are defined as local 
44.14 	correctional facilities.
44.15 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) For purposes of sections 241.011 to 241.021, the following 
44.16 	terms have the meanings given.
44.17 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of corrections.
44.18 	(c) "Critical incident" has the meaning given in Minnesota Rules, part 2960.0020, subpart 
44.19 	24.
44.20 	(d) "Department" means the Department of Corrections.
44.21 	(e) "Emergency or unusual occurrence" means an incident that must be reported to the 
44.22 	commissioner through the department's detention information system.
44.23 	(f) "Facility administrator" means the officer in charge of a local correctional facility.
44.24 	(g) "Local correctional facility" includes:
44.25 	(1) a facility licensed to house or serve primarily adults under section 241.31; and
44.26 	(2) a facility licensed to detain or serve juveniles, including a group home having a 
44.27 	residential component or foster care facility placements under chapter 260C, for the primary 
44.28 	purpose of:
44.29 	(i) residential care and treatment;
44.30 	(ii) detention; or
45.1 	(iii) foster care services for children in need of out-of-home placement.
45.2 	(h) "State correctional facility" means a correctional facility under the commissioner's 
45.3 	control.
45.4 		Subd. 3.Local correctional facilities; inspection and licensing. The commissioner 
45.5 	must inspect and license all local correctional facilities throughout the state established and 
45.6 	operated:
45.7 	(1) for serving or housing individuals in the facilities; or
45.8 	(2) consistent with section 241.013, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), for detaining or serving 
45.9 	juveniles placed in the facilities by a correctional or noncorrectional agency.
45.10 		Subd. 4.Inspecting facilities for compliance; publishing inspection reports. (a) 
45.11 	Unless the commissioner determines otherwise, the commissioner must inspect all local 
45.12 	correctional facilities at least once every two years to determine compliance with the 
45.13 	minimum standards established according to sections 241.011 to 241.013 or any other law 
45.14 	related to minimum standards and conditions of confinement, not including section 241.021, 
45.15 	subdivisions 1 to 1e.
45.16 	(b) The commissioner must have access to a facility's buildings, grounds, books, records, 
45.17 	and staff and to individuals detained or housed in or served by the facility. The commissioner 
45.18 	may require facility administrators to furnish all information and statistics that the 
45.19 	commissioner deems necessary at a time and place designated by the commissioner.
45.20 	(c) The commissioner must post each facility inspection report publicly on the 
45.21 	department's website within 30 days after completing an inspection.
45.22 		Subd. 5.Granting license; expiration. (a) The commissioner must grant a license for 
45.23 	up to two years to:
45.24 	(1) any facility found to conform to minimum standards; or
45.25 	(2) any facility that the commissioner determines is making satisfactory progress toward 
45.26 	substantial conformity and any minimum standards not being met do not impact the interests 
45.27 	and well-being of the individuals detained or housed in or served by the facility.
45.28 	(b) A limited license may be issued to effectuate a facility closure.
45.29 	(c) Unless otherwise provided by law, all licenses issued under sections 241.011 to 
45.30 	241.013 expire 12:01 a.m. on the day after the expiration date stated on the license.
46.1 		Subd. 6.Providing and accessing facility data. (a) The commissioner may require that 
46.2 	any information under sections 241.011 to 241.013 be provided through the department's 
46.3 	detention information system.
46.4 	(b) Notwithstanding chapter 13 or any other state law classifying or restricting access 
46.5 	to data, a facility administrator must furnish to the commissioner all data available to a 
46.6 	facility that the commissioner deems necessary for reviewing any critical incident or 
46.7 	emergency or unusual occurrence at the facility.
46.8 	(c) The commissioner may take action against a facility's license according to section 
46.9 	241.012 if a facility administrator fails to provide or grant access to relevant information 
46.10 	or statistics requested by the commissioner that are necessary to conduct or complete:
46.11 	(1) inspections;
46.12 	(2) reviews of emergency or unusual occurrences; or
46.13 	(3) reviews of critical incidents.
46.14 		Subd. 7.Reporting; deaths, emergencies or unusual occurrences, and critical 
46.15 	incidents. (a) A facility administrator must report a death to the commissioner when:
46.16 	(1) an individual detained or housed in the facility dies at the facility; or
46.17 	(2) an individual dies while receiving medical care stemming from an incident or need 
46.18 	for medical care at the facility that occurred while the individual was detained or housed in 
46.19 	the facility.
46.20 	(b) Paragraph (a), clause (2), applies regardless of whether the individual was subject 
46.21 	to the facility's authority while requiring or receiving the medical care.
46.22 	(c) A facility administrator must:
46.23 	(1) report a death under this subdivision as soon as practicable, but no later than 24 hours 
46.24 	of receiving knowledge of the death; and
46.25 	(2) include any demographic information required by the commissioner.
46.26 	(d) Except for deaths under paragraphs (a) to (c), all facility administrators must report 
46.27 	all critical incidents or emergency or unusual occurrences to the commissioner within ten 
46.28 	days of the incident or occurrence, including any demographic information required by the 
46.29 	commissioner.
46.30 		Subd. 8.Death review teams. (a) If a local correctional facility under subdivision 2, 
46.31 	paragraph (g), clause (2), receives notice of the death of an individual who died under 
47.1 	circumstances described in subdivision 7, paragraph (a), within 90 days of the death, the 
47.2 	following individuals must review the circumstances of the death and assess for preventable 
47.3 	mortality and morbidity, including but not limited to recommending policy or procedure 
47.4 	change:
47.5 	(1) the facility administrator;
47.6 	(2) a medical expert of the facility's choosing who did not provide medical services to 
47.7 	the individual and who is licensed as a physician or physician assistant by the Board of 
47.8 	Medical Practice under chapter 147 or 147A; and
47.9 	(3) if appropriate, a mental health expert.
47.10 	(b) The investigating law enforcement agency may provide documentation for, participate 
47.11 	in, or provide documentation for and participate in the review if criminal charges are not 
47.12 	brought. A preliminary autopsy report must be provided as part of the review and any 
47.13 	subsequent autopsy findings as available.
47.14 	(c) The facility administrator must notify the commissioner via the department's detention 
47.15 	information system that the facility has conducted a review and identify any recommendations 
47.16 	for changes in policy, procedure, or training that will be implemented.
47.17 	(d) Any report or other documentation created for purposes of a facility death review is 
47.18 	confidential data on individuals under section 13.02, subdivision 3. Nothing in this section 
47.19 	relieves the facility administrator from complying with the notice of death to the 
47.20 	commissioner required under subdivision 7.
47.21 		Subd. 9.Rulemaking. (a) The commissioner must adopt rules establishing minimum 
47.22 	standards for local correctional facilities for the management, operation, and physical 
47.23 	condition of the facilities and the security, safety, health, treatment, and discipline of 
47.24 	individuals detained or housed in or served by the facilities.
47.25 	(b) The time limit to adopt rules under section 14.125 does not apply to amendments to 
47.26 	rule chapters in effect on the effective date of this section.

47.27 	Sec. 2. [241.012] LICENSING ACTIONS AGAINST JUVENILE AND ADULT 
47.28 	COMMUNITY-BASED RESIDENTIAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
47.29 		Subdivision 1.Correction order; conditional license. (a) For any local correctional 
47.30 	facility under section 241.011, subdivision 2, paragraph (g), the commissioner must:
47.31 	(1) promptly notify the facility administrator and the facility's governing board of a 
47.32 	deficiency if the commissioner finds that:
48.1 	(i) the facility does not substantially conform to the minimum standards established by 
48.2 	the commissioner and is not making satisfactory progress toward substantial conformance; 
48.3 	and
48.4 	(ii) the nonconformance does not present an imminent risk of life-threatening harm or 
48.5 	serious physical injury to the individuals detained or housed in or served by the facility; 
48.6 	and
48.7 	(2) issue a correction order or a conditional license order requiring that the deficiency 
48.8 	be remedied within a reasonable and specified period.
48.9 	(b) A conditional license order may restrict the use of any facility that does not 
48.10 	substantially conform to minimum standards, including by:
48.11 	(1) imposing conditions limiting operation of the facility or parts of the facility;
48.12 	(2) reducing facility capacity;
48.13 	(3) limiting intake;
48.14 	(4) limiting length of detention or placement for individuals; or
48.15 	(5) imposing detention or placement limitations based on the needs of the detained or 
48.16 	housed individuals or individuals served by the facility.
48.17 	(c) A correction order or conditional license order must clearly state:
48.18 	(1) the specific minimum standards violated, noting the implicated rule or statute;
48.19 	(2) the findings that constitute a violation of minimum standards;
48.20 	(3) the corrective action needed;
48.21 	(4) the time allowed to correct each violation; and
48.22 	(5) if a license is made conditional:
48.23 	(i) the length and terms of the conditional license;
48.24 	(ii) any conditions limiting operation of the facility or parts of the facility; and
48.25 	(iii) the reasons for making the license conditional.
48.26 	(d) Nothing in this section prohibits the commissioner from ordering a revocation under 
48.27 	subdivision 3 before issuing a correction order or conditional license order.
48.28 		Subd. 2.Requesting review of conditional license order. (a) A facility administrator 
48.29 	may request that the commissioner review the findings in a conditional license order under 
48.30 	subdivision 1 on the grounds that satisfactory progress toward substantial compliance with 
49.1 	minimum standards has been made, supported by evidence of correction. If appropriate, the 
49.2 	request may include a written schedule for compliance.
49.3 	(b) Within ten business days of receiving a request, the commissioner must review the 
49.4 	evidence of correction and the progress made toward substantial compliance with minimum 
49.5 	standards.
49.6 	(c) When the commissioner has assurance that satisfactory progress toward substantial 
49.7 	compliance with minimum standards is being made, the commissioner must:
49.8 	(1) modify or lift any conditions limiting operation of the facility or parts of the facility; 
49.9 	or
49.10 	(2) remove the conditional license order.
49.11 		Subd. 3.License revocation order. (a) After due notice to a facility administrator of 
49.12 	the commissioner's intent to issue a revocation order, the commissioner may issue an order 
49.13 	revoking a facility's license if the commissioner finds that:
49.14 	(1) the facility does not conform to minimum standards or is not making satisfactory 
49.15 	progress toward substantial compliance with minimum standards; and
49.16 	(2) the nonconformance does not present an imminent risk of life-threatening harm or 
49.17 	serious physical injury to the individuals detained or housed in or served by the facility.
49.18 	(b) The notice of intent to issue a revocation order must include:
49.19 	(1) the citation to minimum standards that have been violated;
49.20 	(2) the nature and severity of each violation;
49.21 	(3) whether the violation is recurring or nonrecurring;
49.22 	(4) the effect of the violation on individuals detained or housed in or served by the 
49.23 	facility;
49.24 	(5) an evaluation of the risk of harm to individuals detained or housed in or served by 
49.25 	the facility; and
49.26 	(6) relevant facts, conditions, and circumstances related to the facility's operation, 
49.27 	including, at a minimum:
49.28 	(i) specific facility deficiencies that endanger the health or safety of individuals detained 
49.29 	or housed in or served by the facility;
49.30 	(ii) substantiated complaints relating to the facility; or
50.1 	(iii) any other evidence that the facility is not in compliance with minimum standards.
50.2 	(c) Within 30 days of receiving a notice under paragraph (b), the facility administrator 
50.3 	must submit a written response with:
50.4 	(1) any information related to errors in the notice and the facility's ability to conform to 
50.5 	minimum standards within a set period, including but not limited to a written schedule for 
50.6 	compliance and any other information that the facility administrator deems relevant for the 
50.7 	commissioner's consideration; and
50.8 	(2) a written plan:
50.9 	(i) indicating how the facility will ensure the transfer of individuals detained or housed 
50.10 	in or served by the facility and records if the facility closes; and
50.11 	(ii) specifying arrangements that the facility will make to transfer individuals detained 
50.12 	or housed in or served by the facility to another licensed local correctional facility for 
50.13 	continuation of detention.
50.14 	(d) When revoking a license, the commissioner must consider:
50.15 	(1) the nature, chronicity, or severity of the statute or rule violation; and
50.16 	(2) the effect of the violation on the health, safety, or rights of individuals detained or 
50.17 	housed in or served by the facility.
50.18 	(e) The commissioner must issue a revocation order if the facility administrator does 
50.19 	not respond within 30 days to the notice or if the commissioner does not have assurance 
50.20 	that satisfactory progress toward substantial compliance with minimum standards will be 
50.21 	made. The revocation order must be sent to the facility administrator and the facility's 
50.22 	governing board, clearly stating:
50.23 	(1) the specific minimum standards violated, noting the implicated rule or statute;
50.24 	(2) the findings that constitute a violation of minimum standards and the nature, 
50.25 	chronicity, or severity of the violations;
50.26 	(3) the corrective action needed;
50.27 	(4) any prior correction order or conditional license order issued to correct a violation; 
50.28 	and
50.29 	(5) the date on which the license revocation will occur.
50.30 	(f) A revocation order may authorize facility use until a certain date, not to exceed the 
50.31 	duration of the active license:
51.1 	(1) unless a limited license is issued by the commissioner to effectuate a facility closure; 
51.2 	and
51.3 	(2) if continued operation does not present an imminent risk of life-threatening harm or 
51.4 	is not likely to result in serious physical injury to the individuals detained or housed in or 
51.5 	served by the facility.
51.6 	(g) After a facility's license is revoked, the facility must not be used until the license is 
51.7 	reinstated. When the commissioner is assured that satisfactory progress toward substantial 
51.8 	compliance with minimum standards is being made, the commissioner may, at the request 
51.9 	of the facility administrator supported by a written schedule for compliance, reinstate the 
51.10 	license.
51.11 		Subd. 4.Reconsideration orders. (a) If a facility administrator believes that a correction 
51.12 	order, conditional license order, or revocation order is in error, the facility administrator 
51.13 	may ask the commissioner to reconsider the parts of the order or action that are alleged to 
51.14 	be in error. The request for reconsideration must:
51.15 	(1) be made in writing;
51.16 	(2) be postmarked and sent to the commissioner within 30 calendar days after receiving 
51.17 	the order;
51.18 	(3) specify the parts of the order or the action that is alleged to be in error;
51.19 	(4) explain why the order or action is in error; and
51.20 	(5) include documentation to support the allegation of error.
51.21 	(b) The commissioner must issue a disposition within 60 days of receiving the facility 
51.22 	administrator's response under paragraph (a). A request for reconsideration does not stay 
51.23 	any provisions or requirements of the order.
51.24 		Subd. 5.Temporary immediate license suspension. (a) The commissioner must act 
51.25 	immediately to temporarily suspend a license issued under sections 241.011 to 241.013 if:
51.26 	(1) the facility's failure to comply with applicable minimum standards or the conditions 
51.27 	in the facility pose an imminent risk of life-threatening harm or serious physical injury to 
51.28 	individuals detained or housed in or served by the facility, staff, law enforcement, visitors, 
51.29 	or the public and:
51.30 	(i) if the imminent risk of life-threatening harm or serious physical injury cannot be 
51.31 	promptly corrected through a different type of order under this section; and
52.1 	(ii) the facility cannot or has not corrected the violation giving rise to the imminent risk 
52.2 	of life-threatening harm or serious physical injury; or
52.3 	(2) while the facility continues to operate pending due notice and opportunity for written 
52.4 	response to the commissioner's notice of intent to issue a revocation order under subdivision 
52.5 	3, the commissioner identifies one or more subsequent violations of minimum standards 
52.6 	that may adversely affect the health or safety of individuals detained or housed in or served 
52.7 	by the facility, staff, law enforcement, visitors, or the public.
52.8 	(b) A notice stating the reasons for the temporary immediate suspension must be delivered 
52.9 	by personal service to the facility administrator and the facility's governing board.
52.10 	(c) A facility administrator and the facility's governing board must discontinue operating 
52.11 	the facility upon receiving the commissioner's order to immediately suspend the license.
52.12 		Subd. 6.Requesting reconsideration of temporary immediate suspension. (a) A 
52.13 	facility administrator may request reconsideration of an order immediately suspending a 
52.14 	license. The request for reconsideration must be made in writing and sent by certified mail 
52.15 	or personal service as follows:
52.16 	(1) if mailed, the request for reconsideration must be postmarked and sent to the 
52.17 	commissioner within five business days after the facility administrator receives notice that 
52.18 	the license has been immediately suspended; and
52.19 	(2) if a request is made by personal service, the request must be received by the 
52.20 	commissioner within five business days after the facility administrator received the order.
52.21 	(b) The request for reconsideration must:
52.22 	(1) specify the parts of the order that are alleged to be in error;
52.23 	(2) explain why they are in error; and
52.24 	(3) include documentation to support the allegation of error.
52.25 	(c) Within five business days of receiving the facility administrator's timely request for 
52.26 	reconsideration, the commissioner must review the request. For a review under subdivision 
52.27 	5, paragraph (a), clause (2), the review must be limited solely to whether the temporary 
52.28 	immediate suspension order should remain in effect pending the written response to the 
52.29 	commissioner's notice of intent to issue a revocation order.
52.30 		Subd. 7.Appealing commissioner's reconsideration request. (a) The commissioner's 
52.31 	disposition of a request for reconsideration of a correction, conditional license, temporary 
52.32 	immediate suspension, or revocation order is final and subject to appeal. Before a facility 
53.1 	administrator may request an appeal under paragraph (b), the facility administrator must 
53.2 	request reconsideration according to this section of any correction, conditional license, 
53.3 	temporary immediate suspension, or revocation order.
53.4 	(b) Within 60 days after the postmark date of the mailed notice of the commissioner's 
53.5 	decision on a request for reconsideration, the facility administrator may appeal the decision 
53.6 	by filing for a writ of certiorari with the court of appeals under section 606.01 and Minnesota 
53.7 	Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure, Rule 115.
53.8 		Subd. 8.Public notice of restriction, revocation, or suspension. If a facility's license 
53.9 	is revoked or suspended under this section, a facility's use is restricted for any reason under 
53.10 	a conditional license order, or a correction order is issued to a facility, the commissioner 
53.11 	must publicly post the following information on the department's website:
53.12 	(1) the facility name;
53.13 	(2) the status of the facility's license;
53.14 	(3) the reason for the correction order, restriction, revocation, or suspension; and
53.15 	(4) any subsequent findings by the commissioner identifying satisfactory progress toward 
53.16 	substantial compliance with minimum standards.

53.17 	Sec. 3. [241.013] LICENSING AND INSPECTING LOCAL JUVENILE 
53.18 	CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
53.19 		Subdivision 1.Scope. This section applies to local juvenile correctional facilities under 
53.20 	section 241.011, subdivision 2, paragraph (g), licensed by the commissioner of corrections 
53.21 	to detain or serve juveniles, including those providing residential or foster care facility 
53.22 	placements under chapter 260C.
53.23 		Subd. 2.Facilities for children and youth; inspection and licensing. (a) 
53.24 	Notwithstanding any provisions in sections 245A.03; 245A.04; and 256.01, subdivision 2, 
53.25 	paragraph (a), clause (2); and chapter 245C to the contrary, the commissioner must inspect 
53.26 	all local juvenile correctional facilities under section 241.011, subdivision 3, except as 
53.27 	provided under paragraph (c).
53.28 	(b) The commissioner must grant a license for up to two years to a county, municipality, 
53.29 	or facility:
53.30 	(1) according to section 241.011, subdivision 5; and
53.31 	(2) if the commissioner is satisfied that the interests and well-being of children and youth 
53.32 	are protected.
54.1 	(c) For local juvenile correctional facilities licensed by the commissioner of human 
54.2 	services, the commissioner of corrections may inspect and certify programs based on 
54.3 	certification standards under Minnesota Rules. For purposes of this paragraph, "certification" 
54.4 	has the meaning given in section 245A.02.
54.5 		Subd. 3.Commissioner consultation. Local juvenile correctional facilities must consult 
54.6 	with the commissioner as needed to strengthen services to children and youth.
54.7 		Subd. 4.Affected municipality; notice. (a) The commissioner must not grant a license 
54.8 	to a local juvenile correctional facility without giving 30 calendar days' written notice to 
54.9 	any affected municipality or other political subdivision unless the facility:
54.10 	(1) has a licensed capacity of six or fewer individuals; and
54.11 	(2) is occupied by either the licensee or a group foster home parent.
54.12 	(b) The notification must be given before the license is first granted and annually 
54.13 	thereafter if annual notification is requested in writing by the affected municipality or other 
54.14 	political subdivision.
54.15 	(c) State funds must not be made available to or be spent by an agency or department 
54.16 	of state, county, or municipal government for payment to a foster care facility licensed under 
54.17 	this section until the requirements under this subdivision have been met.
54.18 		Subd. 5.Licensing with juveniles from outside state. The commissioner must not issue 
54.19 	or renew a license to a facility under this section to operate a local juvenile correctional 
54.20 	facility if:
54.21 	(1) the facility accepts juveniles who reside outside Minnesota; and
54.22 	(2) there is no agreement with the entity placing the juvenile at the facility that obligates 
54.23 	the entity to pay the juvenile's educational expenses.
54.24 		Subd. 6.Licensing actions. The licensing actions under section 241.012 apply to a 
54.25 	facility licensed under this section.
54.26 		Subd. 7.Education for juveniles. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the education program 
54.27 	offered in a state or local correctional facility for the placement, confinement, or incarceration 
54.28 	of juveniles must be approved by the commissioner of education before the commissioner 
54.29 	of corrections may grant a license to the facility.
54.30 		Subd. 8.Rulemaking. (a) The commissioner must adopt rules for local juvenile 
54.31 	correctional facilities according to Laws 1995, chapter 226, article 3, sections 50, 51, and 
54.32 	60, as amended.
55.1 	(b) The time limit to adopt rules under section 14.125 does not apply to amendments to 
55.2 	Minnesota Rules, chapter 2960, in effect on the effective date of this section.

55.3 	Sec. 4. [241.014] SECURITY AUDITS FOR STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
55.4 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. This section applies to state correctional facilities.
55.5 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
55.6 	meanings given.
55.7 	(b) "Audit group" means the state correctional facilities security audit group under 
55.8 	subdivision 5.
55.9 	(c) "Corrections and detention confidential data" has the meaning given in section 13.85, 
55.10 	subdivision 3.
55.11 	(d) "Security information" has the meaning given in section 13.37, subdivision 1.
55.12 		Subd. 3.Biennial report and audit of security practices. The department's inspection 
55.13 	unit must conduct biennial security audits of each state correctional facility using the 
55.14 	standards established by the audit group. The inspection unit must:
55.15 	(1) prepare a report for each audit; and
55.16 	(2) submit the report to the audit group within 30 days of completing the audit.
55.17 		Subd. 4.Data. (a) Corrections and detention confidential data and security information 
55.18 	contained in reports and records of the audit group:
55.19 	(1) must maintain that classification, regardless of the data's classification in the hands 
55.20 	of the person who provided the data; and
55.21 	(2) are not subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in a civil or criminal action 
55.22 	against the state arising out of any matter that the audit group is reviewing.
55.23 	(b) Information, documents, and records otherwise available from other sources are not 
55.24 	immune from discovery or use in a civil or criminal action solely because the information, 
55.25 	documents, and records were acquired during an audit.
55.26 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision limits a person who presented information to the audit 
55.27 	group or who is an audit group member from testifying about matters within the person's 
55.28 	knowledge. In a civil or criminal proceeding, a person must not be questioned about the 
55.29 	person's good faith presentation of information to the audit group or opinions formed by 
55.30 	the person as a result of an audit.
56.1 		Subd. 5.State correctional facilities security audit group. (a) The commissioner must 
56.2 	form a state correctional facilities security audit group. The audit group must consist of the 
56.3 	following members:
56.4 	(1) a department employee who is not assigned to the correctional institutions division, 
56.5 	appointed by the commissioner;
56.6 	(2) the ombudsperson for corrections or a designee;
56.7 	(3) an elected sheriff or designee nominated by the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association, 
56.8 	appointed by the commissioner;
56.9 	(4) an individual with expertise in security related to infrastructure and operational 
56.10 	logistics of correctional facilities who is not required to reside in Minnesota, appointed by 
56.11 	the governor;
56.12 	(5) the commissioner of health or a designee;
56.13 	(6) the commissioner of administration or a designee;
56.14 	(7) two senators, one appointed by the senate majority leader and one appointed by the 
56.15 	senate minority leader; and
56.16 	(8) two representatives, one appointed by the speaker of the house and one appointed 
56.17 	by the minority leader of the house of representatives.
56.18 	(b) The ombudsperson chairs the audit group. The audit group must establish security 
56.19 	audit standards for state correctional facilities. In developing the standards, the audit group, 
56.20 	or individual members of the audit group, may gather information from state correctional 
56.21 	facilities and state correctional staff and inmates. The audit group must:
56.22 	(1) periodically review and modify the standards as needed; and
56.23 	(2) report the standards to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of 
56.24 	representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over public safety policy and finance 
56.25 	when the standards are modified.
56.26 	(c) The audit group must meet twice annually to review facility audit reports submitted 
56.27 	to the audit group by the department's inspection unit. Notwithstanding any law to the 
56.28 	contrary, the audit group may review the full audit reports, including but not limited to 
56.29 	corrections and detention confidential data and security information.
56.30 	(d) Within 60 days of meeting to review an audit report from the department's inspection 
56.31 	unit, the audit group must make recommendations to the commissioner. Within 45 days of 
57.1 	receiving the audit group's recommendations, the commissioner must respond in writing to 
57.2 	the audit group's findings and recommendations. The commissioner's response must explain:
57.3 	(1) whether the commissioner will implement the audit group's recommendations;
57.4 	(2) the timeline for implementing the recommendations; and
57.5 	(3) if the commissioner will not implement the recommendations, why the commissioner 
57.6 	will not or cannot implement the recommendations.
57.7 	(e) The commissioner must include a written aggregate of the audit group's 
57.8 	recommendations based on each security audit and assessment of a state correctional facility 
57.9 	and the commissioner's responses to the recommendations in the biennial report under 
57.10 	section 241.016, subdivision 1. The commissioner must not include corrections and detention 
57.11 	confidential data and security information in the commissioner's report.
57.12 	(f) The commissioner must provide staffing and administrative support to the audit 
57.13 	group.
57.14 		Subd. 6.Compensation. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the terms, 
57.15 	compensation, and removal of audit group members are governed by section 15.059. Audit 
57.16 	group members serve without compensation but may receive expense reimbursement.
57.17 		Subd. 7.Expiration. Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 6, the audit group 
57.18 	does not expire.
57.19 		Subd. 8.Open meeting law. The audit group is not subject to chapter 13D.

57.20 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 241.021, subdivision 1, is amended 
57.21 	to read:
57.22 		Subdivision 1.Correctional facilities; inspection; licensing. (a) Except as provided 
57.23 	in paragraph (b), The commissioner of corrections shall inspect and license all correctional 
57.24 	facilities, as defined in subdivision 1i, throughout the state, whether public or private, 
57.25 	established and operated for the detention and confinement of persons confined or 
57.26 	incarcerated therein according to law except to the extent that they are inspected or licensed 
57.27 	by other state regulating agencies. The commissioner shall promulgate pursuant to chapter 
57.28 	14, rules establishing minimum standards for these facilities with respect to their 
57.29 	management, operation, physical condition, and the security, safety, health, treatment, and 
57.30 	discipline of persons confined or incarcerated therein. These minimum standards shall 
57.31 	include but are not limited to specific guidance pertaining to:
58.1 	(1) screening, appraisal, assessment, and treatment for persons confined or incarcerated 
58.2 	in correctional facilities with mental illness or substance use disorders;
58.3 	(2) a policy on the involuntary administration of medications, including a process for 
58.4 	determining on intake whether a Jarvis Order is in place and ensuring it will be followed 
58.5 	during the confinement or incarceration;
58.6 	(3) suicide prevention plans and training;
58.7 	(4) verification of medications in a timely manner;
58.8 	(5) well-being checks;
58.9 	(6) discharge planning, including providing prescribed medications to persons confined 
58.10 	or incarcerated in correctional facilities upon release;
58.11 	(7) a policy on referrals or transfers to medical or mental health care in a noncorrectional 
58.12 	institution;
58.13 	(8) use of segregation and mental health checks;
58.14 	(9) critical incident debriefings;
58.15 	(10) clinical management of substance use disorders and opioid overdose emergency 
58.16 	procedures;
58.17 	(11) a policy regarding identification of persons with special needs confined or 
58.18 	incarcerated in correctional facilities;
58.19 	(12) a policy regarding the use of telehealth;
58.20 	(13) self-auditing of compliance with minimum standards;
58.21 	(14) information sharing with medical personnel and when medical assessment must be 
58.22 	facilitated;
58.23 	(15) a code of conduct policy for facility staff and annual training;
58.24 	(16) a policy on death review of all circumstances surrounding the death of an individual 
58.25 	committed to the custody of the facility; and
58.26 	(17) dissemination of a rights statement made available to persons confined or 
58.27 	incarcerated in licensed correctional facilities.
58.28 	No individual, corporation, partnership, voluntary association, or other private 
58.29 	organization legally responsible for the operation of a correctional facility may operate the 
58.30 	facility unless it possesses a current license from the commissioner of corrections. Private 
59.1 	adult correctional facilities shall have the authority of section 624.714, subdivision 13, if 
59.2 	the Department of Corrections licenses the facility with the authority and the facility meets 
59.3 	requirements of section 243.52.
59.4 	The commissioner shall review the correctional facilities described in this subdivision 
59.5 	at least once every two years, except as otherwise provided, to determine compliance with 
59.6 	the minimum standards established according to this subdivision or other Minnesota statute 
59.7 	related to minimum standards and conditions of confinement.
59.8 	The commissioner shall grant a license to any facility found to conform to minimum 
59.9 	standards or to any facility which, in the commissioner's judgment, is making satisfactory 
59.10 	progress toward substantial conformity and the standards not being met do not impact the 
59.11 	interests and well-being of the persons confined or incarcerated in the facility. A limited 
59.12 	license under subdivision 1a may be issued for purposes of effectuating a facility closure. 
59.13 	The commissioner may grant licensure up to two years. Unless otherwise specified by 
59.14 	statute, all licenses issued under this chapter expire at 12:01 a.m. on the day after the 
59.15 	expiration date stated on the license.
59.16 	The commissioner shall have access to the buildings, grounds, books, records, staff, and 
59.17 	to persons confined or incarcerated in these facilities. The commissioner may require the 
59.18 	officers in charge of these facilities to furnish all information and statistics the commissioner 
59.19 	deems necessary, at a time and place designated by the commissioner. Notwithstanding 
59.20 	chapter 13 or any other state law classifying or restricting access to data, the officers in 
59.21 	charge of these facilities must furnish all data available to the facility that the commissioner 
59.22 	deems necessary to conduct a review of any emergency or unusual occurrence at the facility. 
59.23 	Failure to provide or grant access to relevant information or statistics necessary to fulfill 
59.24 	inspection or emergency or unusual occurrence reviews, as requested by the commissioner, 
59.25 	may be grounds for the commissioner to take action against a correctional facility's license 
59.26 	under subdivision 1a, 1b, or 1c.
59.27 	All facility administrators of correctional facilities are required to report all deaths of 
59.28 	individuals who died while committed to the custody of the facility, regardless of whether 
59.29 	the death occurred at the facility or after removal from the facility for medical care stemming 
59.30 	from an incident or need for medical care at the correctional facility, as soon as practicable, 
59.31 	but no later than 24 hours of receiving knowledge of the death, including any demographic 
59.32 	information as required by the commissioner.
59.33 	All facility administrators of correctional facilities are required to report all other 
59.34 	emergency or unusual occurrences as defined by rule, including uses of force by facility 
60.1 	staff that result in substantial bodily harm or suicide attempts, to the commissioner of 
60.2 	corrections within ten days from the occurrence, including any demographic information 
60.3 	as required by the commissioner. The commissioner of corrections shall consult with the 
60.4 	Minnesota Sheriffs' Association and a representative from the Minnesota Association of 
60.5 	Community Corrections Act Counties who is responsible for the operations of an adult 
60.6 	correctional facility to define "use of force" that results in substantial bodily harm for 
60.7 	reporting purposes.
60.8 	The commissioner may require that any or all such information be provided through the 
60.9 	Department of Corrections detention information system. The commissioner shall post each 
60.10 	inspection report publicly and on the department's website within 30 days of completing 
60.11 	the inspection. The education program offered in a correctional facility for the confinement 
60.12 	or incarceration of juvenile offenders must be approved by the commissioner of education 
60.13 	before the commissioner of corrections may grant a license to the facility.
60.14 	(b) For juvenile facilities licensed by the commissioner of human services, the 
60.15 	commissioner may inspect and certify programs based on certification standards set forth 
60.16 	in Minnesota Rules. For the purpose of this paragraph, "certification" has the meaning given 
60.17 	it in section 245A.02.
60.18 	(c) (b) Any state agency which regulates, inspects, or licenses certain aspects of 
60.19 	correctional facilities shall, insofar as is possible, ensure that the minimum standards it 
60.20 	requires are substantially the same as those required by other state agencies which regulate, 
60.21 	inspect, or license the same aspects of similar types of correctional facilities, although at 
60.22 	different correctional facilities.
60.23 	(d) (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the commissioner of corrections' 
60.24 	authority to promulgate rules establishing standards of eligibility for counties to receive 
60.25 	funds under chapter 401, or to require counties to comply with operating standards the 
60.26 	commissioner establishes as a condition precedent for counties to receive that funding.
60.27 	(e) (d) The department's inspection unit must report directly to a division head outside 
60.28 	of the correctional institutions division.

60.29 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.021, subdivision 1f, is amended to read:
60.30 		Subd. 1f.Report. By February 15, 2022, and by February 15 each year thereafter, the 
60.31 	commissioner of corrections shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
60.32 	house of representatives and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over public 
60.33 	safety and judiciary on the status of the implementation of the provisions in this section
61.1 	sections 241.011 to 241.021 over the prior year, particularly the health and safety of 
61.2 	individuals confined or incarcerated in a local adult correctional facilities under this section, 
61.3 	local correctional facilities under section 241.011, and state correctional facility and a facility 
61.4 	licensed by the commissioner facilities. This report shall include but not be limited to data 
61.5 	regarding:
61.6 	(1) the number of confined or incarcerated persons who died while committed to the 
61.7 	custody of the facility, regardless of whether the death occurred at the facility or after 
61.8 	removal from the facility for medical care stemming from an incident or need for medical 
61.9 	care at the correctional facility, including aggregated demographic information and the 
61.10 	correctional facilities' most recent inspection reports and any corrective orders or conditional 
61.11 	licenses issued, revocations, or temporary immediate suspensions;
61.12 	(2) the aggregated results of the death reviews by facility as required by subdivision 8
61.13 	or section 241.011, subdivision 8, including any implemented policy changes;
61.14 	(3) the number of uses of force by facility staff on persons confined or incarcerated in 
61.15 	the correctional facility, including but not limited to whether those uses of force were 
61.16 	determined to be justified by the facility, for which the commissioner of corrections shall 
61.17 	consult with the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association and a representative from the Minnesota 
61.18 	Association of Community Corrections Act Counties who is responsible for the operations 
61.19 	of an adult correctional facility to develop criteria for reporting and define reportable uses 
61.20 	of force;
61.21 	(4) the number of suicide attempts, number of people transported to a medical facility, 
61.22 	and number of people placed in segregation;
61.23 	(5) the number of persons committed to the commissioner of corrections' custody that 
61.24 	the commissioner is housing in facilities licensed under subdivision 1 and section 241.011, 
61.25 	including but not limited to:
61.26 	(i) aggregated demographic data of those individuals;
61.27 	(ii) length of time spent housed in a licensed correctional facility; and
61.28 	(iii) any contracts the Department of Corrections has with correctional facilities to provide 
61.29 	housing; and
61.30 	(6) summary data from state correctional facilities regarding complaints involving alleged 
61.31 	on-duty staff misconduct, including but not limited to the:
61.32 	(i) total number of misconduct complaints and investigations;
62.1 	(ii) total number of complaints by each category of misconduct, as defined by the 
62.2 	commissioner of corrections;
62.3 	(iii) number of allegations dismissed as unfounded;
62.4 	(iv) number of allegations dismissed on grounds that the allegation was unsubstantiated; 
62.5 	and
62.6 	(v) number of allegations substantiated, any resulting disciplinary action, and the nature 
62.7 	of the discipline.

62.8 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.021, subdivision 1i, is amended to read:
62.9 		Subd. 1i.Definition. As used in this section, "correctional facility" means any facility, 
62.10 	including a group home, having a residential component, the primary purpose of which is 
62.11 	to serve persons placed in facilities by a court, court services department, parole authority, 
62.12 	or other correctional agency having dispositional power over persons charged with, convicted, 
62.13 	or adjudicated guilty or delinquent jail, lockup, workhouse, or work farm under chapter 
62.14 	641, 642, or 643.

62.15 	Sec. 8. RULEMAKING; DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; LICENSED 
62.16 	JUVENILE FACILITIES.
 62.17 		Subdivision 1.Administrative and medical separation. (a) The notification 
62.18 	requirements in this subdivision apply to juvenile facilities licensed by the commissioner 
62.19 	of corrections under Minnesota Statutes, sections 241.011 to 241.013.
62.20 	(b) A facility's chief administrator must notify the commissioner according to Minnesota 
62.21 	Rules, part 2960.0270, subpart 12, if a resident is expected to be, or has been, in 
62.22 	administrative or medical separation for more than seven days.
62.23 	(c) The notification under paragraph (b) must be within ten days of the resident's 
62.24 	placement, or expected placement, in administrative separation or medical separation for 
62.25 	more than seven days.
62.26 	(d) This subdivision expires when the rules adopted under subdivision 2 are effective.
62.27 		Subd. 2.Rulemaking. (a) The commissioner of corrections must amend Minnesota 
62.28 	Rules, parts 2960.0740, subpart 3, and 2960.0750, subpart 3, to require notification according 
62.29 	to subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and (c).
62.30 	(b) The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, 
62.31 	section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this subdivision.
63.1 	(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Laws 1995, chapter 226, article 3, sections 50, 51, and 
63.2 	60, or any other law to the contrary, the joint rulemaking authority with the commissioners 
63.3 	of the Department of Human Services and other state agencies does not apply to rules 
63.4 	adopted under this subdivision.

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

63.6 	Sec. 9. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 63.7 	(a) The revisor of statutes must renumber each section of Minnesota Statutes listed in 
63.8 	column A with the number listed in column B.

63.9		Column A
	Column B
	
63.10		241.021, subdivision 4
	241.74, subdivision 1
	
63.11		241.021, subdivision 4a
	241.39
	
63.12		241.021, subdivision 4b
	241.74, subdivision 2, paragraph (a)
	
63.13		241.021, subdivision 4c
	241.74, subdivision 2, paragraph (b)
	
63.14		241.021, subdivision 4d
	241.74, subdivision 3
	
63.15		241.021, subdivision 4e
	241.254
	
63.16 	(b) As a result of amendments to Minnesota Statutes, sections 241.011 to 241.021, the 
63.17 	revisor of statutes must work with the Department of Corrections to correct cross-references 
63.18 	in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules and make other necessary grammatical and 
63.19 	technical changes.

63.20 	Sec. 10. REPEALER.
 63.21 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.021, subdivisions 1g, 1h, 2a, 2b, 3, and 6, are 
63.22 	repealed.
63.23 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 241.021, subdivision 2, is repealed.

63.24 	ARTICLE 6
63.25 	CRIMINAL LAW

63.26 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.10, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
63.27 		Subd. 5a.Aggravating factors. (a) As used in this section, "aggravating factors" include, 
63.28 	but are not limited to, situations where:
63.29 	(1) the victim was particularly vulnerable due to age, infirmity, or reduced physical or 
63.30 	mental capacity, which was known or should have been known to the offender;
64.1 	(2) the victim was treated with particular cruelty for which the offender should be held 
64.2 	responsible;
64.3 	(3) the current conviction is for a criminal sexual conduct offense or an offense in which 
64.4 	the victim was otherwise injured and there is a prior felony conviction for a criminal sexual 
64.5 	conduct offense or an offense in which the victim was otherwise injured;
64.6 	(4) the offense was a major economic offense, identified as an illegal act or series of 
64.7 	illegal acts committed by other than physical means and by concealment or guile to obtain 
64.8 	money or property, to avoid payment or loss of money or property, or to obtain business or 
64.9 	professional advantage. The presence of two or more of the circumstances listed below are 
64.10 	aggravating factors with respect to the offense:
64.11 	(i) the offense involved multiple victims or multiple incidents per victim;
64.12 	(ii) the offense involved an attempted or actual monetary loss substantially greater than 
64.13 	the usual offense or substantially greater than the minimum loss specified in the statutes;
64.14 	(iii) the offense involved a high degree of sophistication or planning or occurred over a 
64.15 	lengthy period of time;
64.16 	(iv) the offender used the offender's position or status to facilitate the commission of 
64.17 	the offense, including positions of trust, confidence, or fiduciary relationships; or
64.18 	(v) the offender had been involved in other conduct similar to the current offense as 
64.19 	evidenced by the findings of civil or administrative law proceedings or the imposition of 
64.20 	professional sanctions;
64.21 	(5) the offense was a major controlled substance offense, identified as an offense or 
64.22 	series of offenses related to trafficking in controlled substances under circumstances more 
64.23 	onerous than the usual offense. The presence of two or more of the circumstances listed 
64.24 	below are aggravating factors with respect to the offense:
64.25 	(i) the offense involved at least three separate transactions in which controlled substances 
64.26 	were sold, transferred, or possessed with intent to do so;
64.27 	(ii) the offense involved an attempted or actual sale or transfer of controlled substances 
64.28 	in quantities substantially larger than for personal use;
64.29 	(iii) the offense involved the manufacture of controlled substances for use by other 
64.30 	parties;
64.31 	(iv) the offender knowingly possessed a firearm during the commission of the offense;
65.1 	(v) the circumstances of the offense reveal the offender to have occupied a high position 
65.2 	in the drug distribution hierarchy;
65.3 	(vi) the offense involved a high degree of sophistication or planning or occurred over a 
65.4 	lengthy period of time or involved a broad geographic area of disbursement; or
65.5 	(vii) the offender used the offender's position or status to facilitate the commission of 
65.6 	the offense, including positions of trust, confidence, or fiduciary relationships;
65.7 	(6) the offender committed, for hire, a crime against the person;
65.8 	(7) the offender is sentenced according to section 609.3455, subdivision 3a;
65.9 	(8) the offender is a dangerous offender who committed a third violent crime, as described 
65.10 	in section 609.1095, subdivision 2;
65.11 	(9) the offender is a career offender as described in section 609.1095, subdivision 4;
65.12 	(10) the offender committed the crime as part of a group of three or more persons who 
65.13 	all actively participated in the crime;
65.14 	(11) the offender intentionally selected the victim or the property against which the 
65.15 	offense was committed, in whole or in part, because of the victim's, the property owner's, 
65.16 	or another's actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, 
65.17 	or national origin;
65.18 	(12) the offender used another's identity without authorization to commit a crime. This 
65.19 	aggravating factor may not be used when the use of another's identity is an element of the 
65.20 	offense;
65.21 	(13) the offense was committed in the presence of a child; and
65.22 	(14) an adult offender intentionally deceived a minor victim into believing the offender 
65.23 	was also a minor in order to facilitate the commission of the offense; and
65.24 	(14) (15) the offense was committed in a location in which the victim had an expectation 
65.25 	of privacy.
65.26 	(b) Notwithstanding section 609.04 or 609.035, or other law to the contrary, when a 
65.27 	court sentences an offender for a felony conviction, the court may order an aggravated 
65.28 	sentence beyond the range specified in the sentencing guidelines grid based on any 
65.29 	aggravating factor arising from the same course of conduct.
65.30 	(c) Nothing in this section limits a court from ordering an aggravated sentence based on 
65.31 	an aggravating factor not described in paragraph (a).

66.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to crimes 
66.2 	committed on or after that date.

66.3 	Sec. 2. [609.099] DECEPTION REGARDING AGE AS SENTENCING FACTOR.
66.4 	When determining an appropriate sentence for a crime, a judge may consider as a relevant 
66.5 	factor whether an adult offender intentionally deceived a minor victim into believing the 
66.6 	offender was also a minor in order to facilitate the commission of the crime.

66.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to crimes 
66.8 	committed on or after that date.

66.9 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.19, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
66.10 		Subd. 2.Unintentional murders. Whoever does either of the following is guilty of 
66.11 	unintentional murder in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not 
66.12 	more than 40 years:
66.13 	(1) causes the death of a human being, without intent to effect the death of any person, 
66.14 	while committing or attempting to commit a felony offense other than criminal sexual 
66.15 	conduct in the first or second degree with force or violence or a drive-by shooting; or
66.16 	(2) causes the death of a human being without intent to effect the death of any person, 
66.17 	while intentionally inflicting or attempting to inflict bodily harm upon the victim, when the 
66.18 	perpetrator is restrained under an order for protection and the victim is a person designated 
66.19 	to receive protection under the order. As used in this clause, "order for protection" includes 
66.20 	an order for protection issued under chapter 518B; a harassment restraining order issued 
66.21 	under section 609.748; a court order setting conditions of pretrial release or conditions of 
66.22 	a criminal sentence or juvenile court disposition; a restraining order issued in a marriage 
66.23 	dissolution action; and any order issued by a court of another state or of, the United States, 
66.24 	the District of Columbia, Tribal lands, United States territories, Canada, or a Canadian 
66.25 	province that is similar to any of these orders.

66.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to crimes 
66.27 	committed on or after that date.

66.28 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.748, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
66.29 	read:
66.30 		Subd. 5d.Notice to petitioner. Upon a petitioner's request, a sheriff, law enforcement 
66.31 	officer, or designee must make reasonable efforts to notify the petitioner before or 
67.1 	immediately after service that the respondent will be or has been served with the order. For 
67.2 	purposes of this subdivision, "reasonable efforts" include but are not limited to texting, 
67.3 	calling, or emailing the petitioner if the petitioner's contact information is available to the 
67.4 	sheriff, law enforcement officer, or designee.

67.5 	ARTICLE 7
67.6 	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

67.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 299C.80, subdivision 6, is amended 
67.8 	to read:
67.9 		Subd. 6.Reporting. (a) As provided for in chapter 13, the superintendent must make 
67.10 	all inactive investigative data for officer-involved death investigations that are public under 
67.11 	section 13.82, subdivision 7, or other applicable law available on the bureau's website within 
67.12 	30 days of the case becoming inactive as defined in section 13.82, subdivision 7, except 
67.13 	any video that does not record, describe, or otherwise document actions and circumstances 
67.14 	surrounding the officer-involved death.
67.15 	(b) By February 1 of each year, the superintendent shall report to the commissioner, the 
67.16 	governor, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with 
67.17 	jurisdiction over public safety finance and policy the following information about the unit: 
67.18 	the number of investigations initiated; the number of incidents that began with a law 
67.19 	enforcement response to a situation involving suspected or alleged domestic abuse, as 
67.20 	defined in section 626.5537, subdivision 1; the number of incidents investigated; the 
67.21 	outcomes or current status of each investigation; the charging decisions made by the 
67.22 	prosecuting authority of incidents investigated by the unit; the number of plea agreements 
67.23 	reached in incidents investigated by the unit; and any other information relevant to the unit's 
67.24 	mission.
67.25 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision modifies the requirements of chapter 13 or the 
67.26 	classification of data.

67.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 518B.01, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
67.28 	2026, chapter 75, section 4, is amended to read:
67.29 		Subd. 6.Relief by court. (a) Upon notice and hearing, the court may provide relief as 
67.30 	follows:
67.31 	(1) restrain the abusing party from committing acts of domestic abuse;
68.1 	(2) exclude the abusing party from the dwelling which the parties share or from the 
68.2 	residence of the petitioner;
68.3 	(3) exclude the abusing party from a reasonable area surrounding the dwelling or 
68.4 	residence, which area shall be described specifically in the order;
68.5 	(4) award temporary custody or establish temporary parenting time with regard to minor 
68.6 	children of the parties on a basis which gives primary consideration to the safety of the 
68.7 	victim and the children. In addition to the primary safety considerations, the court may 
68.8 	consider particular best interest factors that are found to be relevant to the temporary custody 
68.9 	and parenting time award. Findings under section 257.025, 518.17, or 518.175 are not 
68.10 	required with respect to the particular best interest factors not considered by the court. If 
68.11 	the court finds that the safety of the victim or the children will be jeopardized by unsupervised 
68.12 	or unrestricted parenting time, the court shall condition or restrict parenting time as to time, 
68.13 	place, duration, or supervision, or deny parenting time entirely, as needed to guard the safety 
68.14 	of the victim and the children. The court's decision on custody and parenting time shall in 
68.15 	no way delay the issuance of an order for protection granting other relief provided for in 
68.16 	this section. The court must not enter a parenting plan under section 518.1705 as part of an 
68.17 	action for an order for protection;
68.18 	(5) on the same basis as is provided in chapter 518 or 518A, establish temporary support 
68.19 	for minor children or a spouse, and order the withholding of support from the income of 
68.20 	the person obligated to pay the support according to chapter 518A;
68.21 	(6) provide upon request of the petitioner counseling or other social services for the 
68.22 	parties, if married, or if there are minor children;
68.23 	(7) order the abusing party to participate in treatment or counseling services, including 
68.24 	requiring the abusing party to successfully complete a domestic abuse counseling program 
68.25 	or educational program under section 518B.02;
68.26 	(8) award temporary use and possession of property and restrain one or both parties from 
68.27 	transferring, encumbering, concealing, or disposing of property except in the usual course 
68.28 	of business or for the necessities of life, and to account to the court for all such transfers, 
68.29 	encumbrances, dispositions, and expenditures made after the order is served or communicated 
68.30 	to the party restrained in open court;
68.31 	(9) exclude the abusing party from the place of employment of the petitioner, or otherwise 
68.32 	limit access to the petitioner by the abusing party at the petitioner's place of employment;
69.1 	(10) order the abusing party to have no contact with the petitioner whether in person, 
69.2 	by telephone, mail, or electronic mail or messaging, through a third party, or by any other 
69.3 	means;
69.4 	(11) order the abusing party to pay restitution to the petitioner;
69.5 	(12) order the continuance of all currently available insurance coverage without change 
69.6 	in coverage or beneficiary designation;
69.7 	(13) order, in its discretion, other relief as it deems necessary for the protection of a 
69.8 	family or household member, including orders or directives to the sheriff or other law 
69.9 	enforcement or corrections officer as provided by this section;
69.10 	(14) direct the care, possession, or control of a pet or companion animal owned, 
69.11 	possessed, or kept by the petitioner or respondent or a child of the petitioner or respondent; 
69.12 	and
69.13 	(15) direct the respondent to refrain from physically abusing or injuring any pet or 
69.14 	companion animal, without legal justification, known to be owned, possessed, kept, or held 
69.15 	by either party or a minor child residing in the residence or household of either party as an 
69.16 	indirect means of intentionally threatening the safety of such person; and
69.17 	(16) if requested by the petitioner, issue a separate order under section 518B.04.
69.18 	(b) Any relief granted by the order for protection shall be for a period not to exceed two 
69.19 	years, except when the court determines a longer period is appropriate. When a referee 
69.20 	presides at the hearing on the petition, the order granting relief becomes effective upon the 
69.21 	referee's signature.
69.22 	(c) An order granting the relief authorized in paragraph (a), clause (1), may not be vacated 
69.23 	or modified in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation, except that the 
69.24 	court may hear a motion for modification of an order for protection concurrently with a 
69.25 	proceeding for dissolution of marriage upon notice of motion and motion. The notice required 
69.26 	by court rule shall not be waived. If the proceedings are consolidated and the motion to 
69.27 	modify is granted, a separate order for modification of an order for protection shall be issued.
69.28 	(d) An order granting the relief authorized in paragraph (a), clause (2) or (3), is not 
69.29 	voided by the admittance of the abusing party into the dwelling from which the abusing 
69.30 	party is excluded.
69.31 	(e) If a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation is pending between 
69.32 	the parties, the court shall provide a copy of the order for protection to the court with 
69.33 	jurisdiction over the dissolution or separation proceeding for inclusion in its file.
70.1 	(f) An order for restitution issued under this subdivision is enforceable as civil judgment.
70.2 	(g) An order granting relief shall prohibit the abusing party from possessing firearms 
70.3 	for the length the order is in effect if the order (1) restrains the abusing party from harassing, 
70.4 	stalking, or threatening the petitioner or restrains the abusing party from engaging in other 
70.5 	conduct that would place the petitioner in reasonable fear of bodily injury, and (2) includes 
70.6 	a finding that the abusing party represents a credible threat to the physical safety of the 
70.7 	petitioner or prohibits the abusing party from using, attempting to use, or threatening to use 
70.8 	physical force against the petitioner. The order shall inform the abusing party of that party's 
70.9 	prohibited status. Except as provided in paragraph (h), the court shall order the abusing 
70.10 	party to transfer any firearms that the person possesses as provided for in section 518B.03
70.11 	and direct the person to surrender all permits to carry and purchase firearms to the court. If 
70.12 	the court does not take immediate possession of an abusing party's permit to carry or permit 
70.13 	to purchase, the abusing party must surrender the permits to the chief law enforcement 
70.14 	officer who issued the permit as required under sections 624.714, subdivision 8, and 
70.15 	624.7131, subdivision 7. If the abusing party surrenders their permits to the chief law 
70.16 	enforcement officer, the person must declare that in the proof of transfer or declaration of 
70.17 	nonpossession required under section 518B.03, subdivision 3.
70.18 	(h) When a court issues an order containing a firearms restriction provided for in 
70.19 	paragraph (g), the court shall determine by a preponderance of evidence if an abusing party 
70.20 	poses an imminent risk of causing another person substantial bodily harm. Upon a finding 
70.21 	of imminent risk, the court shall order that the local law enforcement agency take immediate 
70.22 	possession of all firearms in the abusing party's possession.

70.23 	Sec. 3. [518B.04] TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS 
70.24 	FROM SHARED WIRELESS PLANS.
70.25 		Subdivision 1.Application. The remedy in this section applies if the respondent and 
70.26 	petitioner or a protected party subject to an order for protection under section 518B.01 share 
70.27 	a wireless plan and the respondent is the account holder.
70.28 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section the following terms have the 
70.29 	meanings given.
70.30 	(b) "Wireless telecommunications service" has the same meaning as "commercial mobile 
70.31 	radio service" as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, section 20.3.
70.32 	(c) "Wireless telecommunications service provider" means a provider of wireless 
70.33 	telecommunications service.
71.1 		Subd. 3.Court order; account transfer or release. (a) If the petitioner is the protected 
71.2 	party named in an order for protection granted under this chapter, a court may issue an order 
71.3 	requiring a wireless telecommunications service provider, without charge, penalty, or fee, 
71.4 	to:
71.5 	(1) transfer the billing authority and all rights to the wireless telephone number or 
71.6 	numbers of a shared wireless plan to the petitioner; or
71.7 	(2) remove or release the petitioner from a shared wireless plan and assign a substitute 
71.8 	telephone number or numbers.
71.9 	(b) If the petitioner is not the protected party named in an order for protection granted 
71.10 	under this chapter, a court may issue an order requiring a wireless telecommunications 
71.11 	service provider, without charge, penalty, or fee, to:
71.12 	(1) transfer the billing authority and rights to the wireless telephone number or numbers 
71.13 	of a shared wireless plan:
71.14 	(i) if the protected party is a minor, to a parent or legal guardian of the minor other than 
71.15 	the respondent; or
71.16 	(ii) if the protected party is not a minor, to another person who shall serve as the account 
71.17 	holder with the protected party's approval; or
71.18 	(2) remove or release the protected party from a shared wireless plan and assign a 
71.19 	substitute telephone number or numbers and:
71.20 	(i) if the protected party is a minor, order the parent or legal guardian of the minor, other 
71.21 	than the respondent, to be the account holder for the substitute telephone number or numbers; 
71.22 	or
71.23 	(ii) if the protected party is not a minor, order another person, with the protected party's 
71.24 	approval, to be the account holder for the substitute telephone number or numbers.
71.25 	(c) At a protected party's request, the court may order a wireless telecommunications 
71.26 	service provider to transfer without charge, penalty, or fee any and all devices associated 
71.27 	with the petitioner or protected party's phone number to a substitute telephone number or 
71.28 	numbers.
71.29 		Subd. 4.Separate order; content. (a) The order issued pursuant to subdivision 3 must 
71.30 	be a separate order from one issued under section 518B.01 that is directed to the wireless 
71.31 	telecommunications service provider, but may be addressed in the same proceeding for an 
72.1 	order under section 518B.01 or in a separate proceeding after an order under section 518B.01 
72.2 	is issued.
72.3 	(b) The order shall list the name and billing telephone number of the account holder, 
72.4 	the name of the person to whom the telephone number or numbers are to be transferred, 
72.5 	and each telephone number to be transferred.
72.6 		Subd. 5.Filing fee. The filing fees for an order under this section are waived.
72.7 		Subd. 6.Hearing. A hearing for an order under this section is not required unless the 
72.8 	court declines to issue the requested relief or the petitioner requests a hearing. A hearing 
72.9 	may be held concurrently with a hearing under section 518B.01 upon the petitioner's request 
72.10 	and if the court deems it appropriate.
72.11 		Subd. 7.Deadline to transfer. Upon receipt of an order issued under this section, a 
72.12 	wireless telecommunications service provider must abide by the terms of the order by the 
72.13 	end of the following billing cycle.
72.14 		Subd. 8.Confidentiality. A wireless telecommunications service provider must treat 
72.15 	an order and any supporting information received under this section as confidential and 
72.16 	must not disclose the order or the information, except to the extent necessary to comply 
72.17 	with the order.
72.18 		Subd. 9.Unpaid balance. (a) A person who is the account holder before an order is 
72.19 	issued under this section remains liable for an unpaid balance incurred before an account 
72.20 	is transferred pursuant to an order issued under this section.
72.21 	(b) A wireless telecommunications service provider must provide the petitioner or 
72.22 	protected party with a partitioned telephone line and additional time to pay off the outstanding 
72.23 	balance.
72.24 		Subd. 10.Immunity. A cause of action shall not lie against a wireless telecommunications 
72.25 	service provider or its officers, employees, or agents for the actions taken that are related 
72.26 	to the transfer of the billing authority and rights to the wireless telephone number or numbers 
72.27 	in accordance with the terms of a court order issued pursuant to this section.
72.28 		Subd. 11.Other remedies. Nothing in this section supersedes or limits other remedies 
72.29 	available to a petitioner, including any provision of Public Law 117-223, the Safe 
72.30 	Connections Act of 2022, and the Federal Communications Commission's Safe Connections 
72.31 	Act Order, FCC 23-96.

73.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 611A.0311, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
73.2 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) "Domestic abuse" has the meaning given in section 
73.3 	518B.01, subdivision 2.
73.4 	(b) "Domestic abuse case" means a prosecution for:
73.5 	(1) a crime that involves domestic abuse;
73.6 	(2) violation of a condition of release following an arrest for a crime that involves 
73.7 	domestic abuse; or
73.8 	(3) violation of a domestic abuse order for protection issued pursuant to section 518B.01;
73.9 	(4) violation of a harassment restraining order issued pursuant to section 609.748 
73.10 	committed against a family or household member by a family or household member;
73.11 	(5) harassment or stalking within the meaning of section 609.749 committed against a 
73.12 	family or household member by a family or household member; or
73.13 	(6) violation of a domestic abuse no contact order issued pursuant to section 629.75.

73.14 	Sec. 5. [626.5537] DOMESTIC ABUSE; REPORTING.
73.15 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
73.16 	the meanings given.
73.17 	(b) "Domestic abuse" has the meaning given in section 518B.01, subdivision 2, paragraph 
73.18 	(a), and also includes the following, if committed against a family or household member 
73.19 	by a family or household member:
73.20 	(1) violation of an order for protection within the meaning of section 518B.01, subdivision 
73.21 	14;
73.22 	(2) violation of a harassment restraining order within the meaning of section 609.748, 
73.23 	subdivision 6;
73.24 	(3) harassment or stalking within the meaning of section 609.749; and
73.25 	(4) violation of a domestic abuse no contact order within the meaning of section 629.75, 
73.26 	subdivision 2.
73.27 	(c) "Family or household member" has the meaning given in section 518B.01, subdivision 
73.28 	2, paragraph (b).
73.29 		Subd. 2.Collection of information; reporting. The head of a local law enforcement 
73.30 	agency or state law enforcement department that employs peace officers, as defined in 
74.1 	section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), must report every incident a peace officer 
74.2 	reasonably believes, or a victim alleges, constitutes an act of domestic abuse to the 
74.3 	commissioner of public safety by January 15 each year. The superintendent of the Bureau 
74.4 	of Criminal Apprehension must adopt a reporting form to be used by law enforcement 
74.5 	agencies in making the reports required under this section. The reports must include all of 
74.6 	the following for each incident:
74.7 	(1) the date of the incident;
74.8 	(2) the location of the incident;
74.9 	(3) the crime suspected to have been committed;
74.10 	(4) whether the response began as a call for service alleging an act of domestic abuse;
74.11 	(5) the perceived gender of the alleged victim and suspect;
74.12 	(6) the perceived race of the alleged victim and suspect;
74.13 	(7) whether a suspect was arrested at the time of the incident;
74.14 	(8) whether a suspect was arrested at a later date and, if so, the time between the incident 
74.15 	and the arrest;
74.16 	(9) whether the alleged victim was arrested at the time of the incident and, if so, any 
74.17 	alleged crime that formed the basis for the arrest;
74.18 	(10) whether the alleged offender possessed, or was reported to possess, a firearm at the 
74.19 	time of the incident;
74.20 	(11) whether the case was referred for prosecution;
74.21 	(12) whether the determination that the incident constituted an act of domestic abuse 
74.22 	was based on an officer's reasonable belief, the victim's allegation, or both; and
74.23 	(13) any additional information the superintendent deems necessary for the acquisition 
74.24 	of accurate and relevant data.
74.25 		Subd. 3.Annual report. The commissioner of public safety must summarize and analyze 
74.26 	the information received under subdivision 2 and provide an annual report to the chairs and 
74.27 	ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over public safety. 
74.28 	The annual report may be included in the department's annual uniform crime report.

74.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2028.

75.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.341, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
75.2 		Subdivision 1.Arrest; referral for prosecution. (a) Notwithstanding section 629.34
75.3 	or any other law or rule, a peace officer may arrest a person anywhere without a warrant, 
75.4 	including at the person's residence, if the peace officer has probable cause to believe that 
75.5 	within the preceding 72 hours 14 days, exclusive of the day probable cause was established, 
75.6 	the person has committed nonfelony domestic abuse, as defined in section 518B.01, 
75.7 	subdivision 2. The arrest may be made even though the assault did not take place in the 
75.8 	presence of the peace officer.
75.9 	(b) If a peace officer has probable cause to believe that a person has committed any act 
75.10 	that constitutes harassing or stalking any person in violation of section 609.749; domestic 
75.11 	abuse as defined in section 518B.01, subdivision 2; violation of an order for protection as 
75.12 	described in section 518B.01, subdivision 14; or violation of a domestic abuse no contact 
75.13 	order as described in section 629.75 and the person was not arrested, the peace officer should 
75.14 	seek a warrant from a judge for the person's arrest without undue delay. A warrant issued 
75.15 	under this paragraph is not subject to the limitations described in section 629.31.

75.16 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.341, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
75.17 		Subd. 4.Report required. (a) Whenever a peace officer investigates an allegation that 
75.18 	an incident described in subdivision 1 has occurred, whether or not an arrest is made, a 
75.19 	person has committed a qualified domestic violence-related offense and the victim is a 
75.20 	family or household member, the officer shall make a written police report of the alleged 
75.21 	incident regardless of whether an arrest is made. The report must contain at least the following 
75.22 	information: the name, address and telephone number of the victim, if provided by the 
75.23 	victim, a statement as to whether an arrest occurred, the name of the arrested person, and a 
75.24 	brief summary of the incident. Data that identify a victim who has made a request under 
75.25 	section 13.82, subdivision 17, paragraph (d), and that are private data under that subdivision, 
75.26 	shall be private in the report required by this section. A copy of this report must be provided 
75.27 	upon request, at no cost, to the victim of domestic abuse, the victim's attorney, or 
75.28 	organizations designated by the Office of Justice Programs in the Department of Public 
75.29 	Safety that are providing services to victims of domestic abuse. The officer shall submit the 
75.30 	report to the officer's supervisor or other person to whom the employer's rules or policies 
75.31 	require reports of similar allegations of criminal activity to be made.
75.32 	(b) As used in this subdivision:
75.33 	(1) "qualified domestic violence-related offense" has the meaning given in section 609.02, 
75.34 	subdivision 16; and
76.1 	(2) "family or household member" has the meaning given in section 518B.01, subdivision 
76.2 	2, paragraph (b).

76.3 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.72, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
76.4 		Subd. 1a.Detention in lieu of citation; release. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or 
76.5 	rule, an arresting officer may not issue a citation in lieu of arrest and detention to an 
76.6 	individual charged with harassing or stalking, domestic abuse, violation of an order for 
76.7 	protection, or violation of a domestic abuse no contact order.
76.8 	(b) Notwithstanding any other law or rule, an individual who is arrested on a charge of 
76.9 	harassing or stalking any person, domestic abuse, violation of an order for protection, or 
76.10 	violation of a domestic abuse no contact order, must be brought to the police station or 
76.11 	county jail. An individual who is arrested on a charge of violation of an order for protection 
76.12 	or violation of a domestic abuse no contact order is subject to the provisions of sections 
76.13 	518B.01, subdivision 14, paragraph (e), and 629.75, subdivision 3. The officer in charge 
76.14 	of the police station or the county sheriff in charge of the jail shall issue a citation in lieu 
76.15 	of continued detention for a charge of harassing or stalking any person or for domestic abuse 
76.16 	unless it reasonably appears to the officer or sheriff that release of the person (1) poses a 
76.17 	threat to the alleged victim or another family or household member, (2) poses a threat to 
76.18 	public safety, or (3) involves a substantial likelihood the arrested person will fail to appear 
76.19 	at subsequent proceedings. In determining if the person poses a threat to the alleged victim 
76.20 	or another family or household member, the officer in charge of the police station or the 
76.21 	county sheriff in charge of the jail must consider the person's history of domestic violence, 
76.22 	including but not limited to:
76.23 	(i) any previous arrest or conviction for harassing or stalking any person, domestic abuse, 
76.24 	violation of an order for protection, or violation of a domestic abuse no contact order;
76.25 	(ii) any order for protection, harassment restraining order, or domestic abuse no contact 
76.26 	order in which the person was identified as the subject of the order; and
76.27 	(iii) any pending petitions for an order for protection or a harassment restraining order 
76.28 	in which the person is a respondent.
76.29 	(c) If the arrested person is not issued a citation by the officer in charge of the police 
76.30 	station or the county sheriff, the arrested person must be brought before the nearest available 
76.31 	judge of the district court in the county in which the alleged harassing or stalking, domestic 
76.32 	abuse, violation of an order for protection, or violation of a domestic abuse no contact order 
76.33 	took place without unnecessary delay as provided by court rule.

77.1 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.72, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
77.2 		Subd. 2.Judicial review; release; bail. (a) The judge before whom the arrested person 
77.3 	is brought shall review the facts surrounding the arrest and detention of a person arrested 
77.4 	for domestic abuse, harassing or stalking, violation of an order for protection, or violation 
77.5 	of a domestic abuse no contact order. The prosecutor or prosecutor's designee shall present 
77.6 	relevant information involving the victim's or the victim's family's account of the alleged 
77.7 	crime to the judge to be considered in determining the arrested person's release. If the person 
77.8 	was arrested for violation of an order for protection or violation of a domestic abuse no 
77.9 	contact order, the prosecutor or prosecutor's designee must describe the allegations in the 
77.10 	underlying petition or criminal case. The prosecutor or prosecutor's designee may present 
77.11 	information and bail recommendations in person or by filing it with the court through the 
77.12 	appropriate electronic filing system. In making a decision concerning pretrial release 
77.13 	conditions of a person arrested for domestic abuse, harassing or stalking, violation of an 
77.14 	order for protection, or violation of a domestic abuse no contact order, the judge shall review 
77.15 	the facts of the arrest and detention of the person and the relevant information presented or 
77.16 	filed by the prosecutor or prosecutor's designee and determine whether: (1) release of the 
77.17 	person poses a threat to the alleged victim, another family or household member, or public 
77.18 	safety; or (2) there is a substantial likelihood the person will fail to appear at subsequent 
77.19 	proceedings. Before releasing a person arrested for or charged with a crime of domestic 
77.20 	abuse, harassing or stalking, violation of an order for protection, or violation of a domestic 
77.21 	abuse no contact order, the judge shall make findings on the record, to the extent possible, 
77.22 	concerning the determination made in accordance with the factors specified in clauses (1) 
77.23 	and (2). The findings should describe whether the person:
77.24 	(i) was previously arrested for, or convicted of, harassing or stalking any person, domestic 
77.25 	abuse, violation of an order for protection, or violation of a domestic abuse no contact order;
77.26 	(ii) has ever been the subject of an order for protection, harassment restraining order, or 
77.27 	domestic abuse no contact order and, if so, the nature of the allegations or charges that gave 
77.28 	rise to the order; and
77.29 	(iii) is the respondent in any pending petition for an order for protection or harassment 
77.30 	restraining order and, if so, the nature of the allegations in any petition.
77.31 	(b) The judge may impose conditions of release or bail, or both, on the person to protect 
77.32 	the alleged victim or other family or household members and to ensure the appearance of 
77.33 	the person at subsequent proceedings. These conditions may include an order:
78.1 	(1) enjoining the person from threatening to commit or committing acts of domestic 
78.2 	abuse or harassing or stalking against the alleged victim or other family or household 
78.3 	members or from violating an order for protection or a domestic abuse no contact order;
78.4 	(2) prohibiting the person from harassing, annoying, telephoning, contacting, or otherwise 
78.5 	communicating with the alleged victim, either directly or indirectly;
78.6 	(3) directing the person to vacate or stay away from the home of the alleged victim and 
78.7 	to stay away from any other location where the alleged victim is likely to be;
78.8 	(4) prohibiting the person from possessing a firearm or other weapon specified by the 
78.9 	court;
78.10 	(5) prohibiting the person from possessing or consuming alcohol or controlled substances; 
78.11 	and
78.12 	(6) specifying any other matter required to protect the safety of the alleged victim and 
78.13 	to ensure the appearance of the person at subsequent proceedings.
78.14 	(c) If conditions of release are imposed, the judge shall issue a written order for 
78.15 	conditional release. The court administrator shall immediately distribute a copy of the order 
78.16 	for conditional release to the agency having custody of the arrested person and shall provide 
78.17 	the agency having custody of the arrested person with any available information on the 
78.18 	location of the victim in a manner that protects the victim's safety. Either the court or its 
78.19 	designee or the agency having custody of the arrested person shall serve upon the defendant 
78.20 	a copy of the order. Failure to serve the arrested person with a copy of the order for 
78.21 	conditional release does not invalidate the conditions of release.
78.22 	(d) If the judge imposes as a condition of release a requirement that the person have no 
78.23 	contact with the alleged victim, the judge may also, on its own motion or that of the 
78.24 	prosecutor or on request of the victim, issue an ex parte temporary restraining order under 
78.25 	section 609.748, subdivision 4, or an ex parte temporary order for protection under section 
78.26 	518B.01, subdivision 7. Notwithstanding section 518B.01, subdivision 7, paragraph (b), or 
78.27 	609.748, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), the temporary order is effective until the defendant 
78.28 	is convicted or acquitted, or the charge is dismissed, provided that upon request the defendant 
78.29 	is entitled to a full hearing on the restraining order under section 609.748, subdivision 5, or 
78.30 	on the order for protection under section 518B.01. The hearing must be held within seven 
78.31 	days of the defendant's request.

78.32 	Sec. 10. REPEALER.
 78.33 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.72, subdivision 3, is repealed.

79.1 	ARTICLE 8
79.2 	PREDICTION MARKETS

79.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299L.03, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
79.4 		Subd. 12.Cease and desist orders. (a) When it appears to the director that any person 
79.5 	has engaged in or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of this 
79.6 	chapter, or any rule or order issued under this chapter, or section 609.7615, the director may 
79.7 	issue and cause to be served on the person an order requiring the person to cease and desist 
79.8 	from the violations of this chapter, or any rule or order issued under this chapter. The order 
79.9 	must give reasonable notice of the rights of the person to request a hearing and must state 
79.10 	the reason for the entry of the order. Unless otherwise agreed between the parties, a hearing 
79.11 	must be held not later than seven days after receiving the request for a hearing. Within 20 
79.12 	days of receiving the administrative law judge's report and subsequent exceptions and 
79.13 	argument, the director shall issue an order vacating the cease and desist order, modifying 
79.14 	the order, or making it permanent, as the facts require. If no hearing is requested within 30 
79.15 	days of service of the order, the order becomes final and remains in effect until modified 
79.16 	or vacated by the commissioner. All hearings under this subdivision must be conducted in 
79.17 	accordance with sections 14.57 to 14.69 of the Administrative Procedure Act. If the person 
79.18 	to whom a cease and desist order has been issued under this subdivision fails to appear at 
79.19 	a hearing after being notified of the hearing, the person is deemed in default and the 
79.20 	proceeding may be determined against the person on consideration of the cease and desist 
79.21 	order, the allegations of which are deemed to be true.
79.22 	(b) When it appears to the director that any person has engaged in or is about to engage 
79.23 	in any act or practice constituting a violation of this chapter, or any rule adopted or subpoena 
79.24 	or order issued under this chapter, or section 609.7615, the director may bring an action in 
79.25 	the district court in the appropriate county to enjoin the acts or practices and to enforce 
79.26 	compliance with this chapter or any rule, subpoena, or order issued or adopted under this 
79.27 	chapter, and may refer the matter to the attorney general. On a proper showing, the court 
79.28 	shall grant a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or writ of mandamus. 
79.29 	The court may not require the director to post a bond.

79.30 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.75, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
79.31 		Subd. 3.What are not bets. The following are not bets:
79.32 	(1) a contract to insure, indemnify, guarantee or otherwise compensate another for a 
79.33 	harm or loss sustained, even though the loss depends upon chance;
80.1 	(2) a contract for the purchase or sale at a future date of securities or other commodities, 
80.2 	except as provided in section 609.7615;
80.3 	(3) offers of purses, prizes or premiums to the actual contestants in any bona fide contest 
80.4 	for the determination of skill, speed, strength, endurance, or quality or to the bona fide 
80.5 	owners of animals or other property entered in such a contest;
80.6 	(4) the game of bingo when conducted in compliance with sections 349.11 to 349.23;
80.7 	(5) a private social bet not part of or incidental to organized, commercialized, or 
80.8 	systematic gambling;
80.9 	(6) the operation of equipment or the conduct of a raffle under sections 349.11 to 349.22, 
80.10 	by an organization licensed by the Gambling Control Board or an organization exempt from 
80.11 	licensing under section 349.166;
80.12 	(7) pari-mutuel betting on horse racing when the betting is conducted under chapter 240; 
80.13 	and
80.14 	(8) the purchase and sale of State Lottery tickets under chapter 349A.

80.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2026.

80.16 	Sec. 3. [609.7615] PREDICTION MARKETS.
80.17 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the 
80.18 	meanings given.
80.19 	(b) "Athletic event" means a sports game, match, or activity, or series of games, matches, 
80.20 	activities, or tournaments involving the physical proficiency of one or more players or 
80.21 	participants. Athletic event includes horse racing as defined in section 240.01, subdivision 
80.22 	8.
80.23 	(c) "Esports event" means a competition between individuals or teams using video games 
80.24 	in a game, match, contest, or series of games, matches, or contests or a tournament, or by 
80.25 	a person or team against a specified measure of performance which is hosted at a physical 
80.26 	location or online.
80.27 	(d) "Game of skill" means a game, match, or tournament, or a series of games, matches, 
80.28 	and tournaments involving the dexterity or mental skill of one or more players or participants. 
80.29 	Game of skill includes an esports event.
81.1 	(e) "Prediction market" means a system that allows consumers to place a wager on the 
81.2 	future outcome of a specified event that is not determined or affected by the performance 
81.3 	of the parties to the contract, including but not limited to:
81.4 	(1) an athletic event or game of skill, or portions thereof or individual performance 
81.5 	statistics therein;
81.6 	(2) any game played with cards, dice, equipment, or any mechanical or electronic device 
81.7 	or machine;
81.8 	(3) war, state or national emergencies, natural or human-made disasters, mass shootings, 
81.9 	acts of terrorism, or public health crises, or the ancillary effects thereof;
81.10 	(4) any event or events happening to a natural person or group of people;
81.11 	(5) a federal, state, or local election, or the actions or conduct of the federal, state, or 
81.12 	local government and the government's agencies, employees, and officers;
81.13 	(6) legal actions, including but not limited to a civil or criminal suit, grand jury action, 
81.14 	jury trial, settlement, plea, or conviction;
81.15 	(7) the death, assassination, or attempted killing of a person or group of persons, or mass 
81.16 	casualty events;
81.17 	(8) short-term weather events or conditions;
81.18 	(9) events in popular culture, including but not limited to awards and the date a piece 
81.19 	of entertainment will be released; and
81.20 	(10) whether a person will make a particular statement.
81.21 	(f) "Wager" means a contract, including a prediction market contract, whereby the parties 
81.22 	to the contract agree to a gain or loss by one to the other of money, property, or benefit.
81.23 		Subd. 2.Prediction markets; hosting prohibited. A person is guilty of a felony if the 
81.24 	person, for consideration and as part of a business:
81.25 	(1) creates a prediction market;
81.26 	(2) operates, manages, or controls a platform or system intending that consumers will 
81.27 	use the platform or system to make wagers in a prediction market;
81.28 	(3) intentionally facilitates the operation of a prediction market by:
81.29 	(i) identifying or listing events knowing the events will be used by consumers to make 
81.30 	wagers;
82.1 	(ii) accepting, holding, or directing the disposition of money or other things of value for 
82.2 	the purpose of allowing consumers to make wagers or to settle wagers made by consumers;
82.3 	(iii) determining, administering, or enforcing the terms, pricing, or settlement of wagers 
82.4 	made by consumers;
82.5 	(iv) regularly or continuously acting as a counterparty to wagers made by consumers by 
82.6 	entering into a wager, offering to enter into a wager, or taking a temporary position in a 
82.7 	wager that may be replaced by a different consumer; or
82.8 	(v) setting or adjusting the prices, odds, or terms that apply to wagers entered into by 
82.9 	consumers;
82.10 	(4) provides data, information, or verification services, including the provision of event 
82.11 	outcomes, directly to a prediction market knowing that the data, information, or verification 
82.12 	services will be used to allow consumers to make wagers or to settle wagers made by 
82.13 	consumers in violation of this section; or
82.14 	(5) provides supportive services to a prediction market or consumer knowing that the 
82.15 	services will be used to identify a consumer's location, transfer money, or make or process 
82.16 	payments for the purpose of allowing consumers to make wagers or to settle wagers made 
82.17 	by consumers in violation of this section.
82.18 		Subd. 3.Prediction markets; advertising prohibited. Whoever advertises or markets 
82.19 	financial or technological products that promote transactions prohibited under this section 
82.20 	is guilty of a felony.
82.21 		Subd. 4.Exceptions. Subdivision 2 does not apply to:
82.22 	(1) activities that are not bets under section 609.75, subdivision 3; and
82.23 	(2) contracts authorized and regulated under chapters 59A to 79A.

82.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to crimes 
82.25 	committed on or after that date.

82.26 	ARTICLE 9
82.27 	CRIMINAL HISTORY

82.28 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 299C.76, subdivision 1, is amended 
82.29 	to read:
82.30 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions 
82.31 	apply.
83.1 	(b) "Federal tax information" means federal tax returns and return information or 
83.2 	information derived or created from federal tax returns, in possession of or control by the 
83.3 	requesting agency, that is covered by the safeguarding provisions of section 6103(p)(4) of 
83.4 	the Internal Revenue Code.
83.5 	(c) "IRS Publication 1075" means Internal Revenue Service Publication 1075 that 
83.6 	provides guidance and requirements for the protection and confidentiality of federal tax 
83.7 	information as required in section 6103(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.
83.8 	(d) "National criminal history record information" means the Federal Bureau of 
83.9 	Investigation identification records as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 28, 
83.10 	section 20.3(d).
83.11 	(e) "Requesting agency" means the Department of Revenue; Department of Employment 
83.12 	and Economic Development; Department of Human Services; Department of Children, 
83.13 	Youth, and Families; board of directors of MNsure; Department of Information Technology 
83.14 	Services; attorney general; Office of the Legislative Auditor; and counties.

83.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 364.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
83.16 		Subd. 3.Evidence of rehabilitation. (a) A person who has been convicted of a crime 
83.17 	or crimes which directly relate to the public employment sought or to the occupation for 
83.18 	which a license is sought shall not may be disqualified from the employment or occupation 
83.19 	if unless the person can show both:
83.20 	(1) competent evidence of sufficient rehabilitation; and
83.21 	(2) present fitness to perform the duties of the public employment sought or the 
83.22 	occupation for which the license is sought.
83.23 	(b) In determining whether the person has demonstrated both competent evidence of 
83.24 	sufficient rehabilitation and present fitness to perform the relevant duties, the hiring or 
83.25 	licensing authority may be established by the production of consider:
83.26 	(1) the person's most recent certified copy of a United States Department of Defense 
83.27 	form DD-214 showing the person's honorable discharge, or separation under honorable 
83.28 	conditions, from the United States armed forces for military service rendered following 
83.29 	conviction for any crime that would otherwise disqualify the person from the public 
83.30 	employment sought or the occupation for which the license is sought, or:;
83.31 	(1) (2) a copy of the local, state, or federal release order;, and
84.1 	(2) evidence showing that at least one year has elapsed since release from any local, 
84.2 	state, or federal correctional institution without subsequent conviction of a crime;, and 
84.3 	evidence showing compliance with all terms and conditions of probation or parole; or
84.4 	(3) a copy of the relevant Department of Corrections discharge order or other documents 
84.5 	showing completion of probation or parole supervision.;
84.6 	(b) In addition to the documentary evidence presented, the licensing or hiring authority 
84.7 	shall consider any evidence presented by the applicant regarding:
84.8 	(1) (4) evidence regarding the nature and seriousness of the crime or crimes for which
84.9 	the person was convicted;
84.10 	(2) (5) all circumstances relative to the crime or crimes, including mitigating 
84.11 	circumstances or social conditions surrounding the commission of the crime or crimes;
84.12 	(3) (6) the age of the person at the time the crime or crimes were committed;
84.13 	(4) (7) the length of time elapsed since the crime or crimes were committed; and
84.14 	(5) (8) all other competent evidence of rehabilitation and present fitness presented, 
84.15 	including, but not limited to, proof that the person has completed a treatment program and 
84.16 	letters of reference by persons who have been in contact with the applicant since the 
84.17 	applicant's release from any local, state, or federal correctional institution.
84.18 	(c) The certified copy of a person's United States Department of Defense form DD-214 
84.19 	showing the person's honorable discharge or separation under honorable conditions from 
84.20 	the United States armed forces ceases to qualify as competent evidence of sufficient 
84.21 	rehabilitation for purposes of this section upon the person's conviction for any gross 
84.22 	misdemeanor or felony committed by the person subsequent to the effective date of that 
84.23 	honorable discharge or separation from military service.

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

84.25 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 364.05, is amended to read:
84.26 	364.05 NOTIFICATION UPON DENIAL OF EMPLOYMENT OR 
84.27 	DISQUALIFICATION FROM OCCUPATION.
84.28 	If a hiring or licensing authority denies an individual a position of public employment 
84.29 	or disqualifies the individual from pursuing, practicing, or engaging in any occupation for 
84.30 	which a license is required, solely or in part because of the individual's prior conviction of 
84.31 	a crime, the hiring or licensing authority shall notify the individual in writing of the following:
85.1 	(1) the grounds and reasons for the denial or disqualification;
85.2 	(2) the applicable complaint and grievance procedure as set forth in section 364.06;
85.3 	(3) the earliest date on which the person may reapply for a position of public employment 
85.4 	or a license with a hiring or licensing authority; and
85.5 	(4) that the hiring or licensing authority will consider all competent evidence of 
85.6 	rehabilitation presented will be considered upon reapplication.

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

85.8 	ARTICLE 10
85.9 	PROTECTIONS FOR JUDICIAL OFFICIALS

85.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 480.40, subdivision 1, is amended 
85.11 	to read:
85.12 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section and section 480.45, the 
85.13 	following terms have the meanings given.
85.14 	(b) "Judicial official" means:
85.15 	(1) every Minnesota district court judge, senior judge, retired judge, and every judge of 
85.16 	the Minnesota Court of Appeals and every active, senior, recalled, or retired federal judge 
85.17 	who resides in Minnesota;
85.18 	(2) a current or retired justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court;
85.19 	(3) employees of the Minnesota judicial branch;
85.20 	(4) judicial referees and magistrate judges; and
85.21 	(5) current and retired judges and current employees of the Office of Administrative 
85.22 	Hearings, Department of Employment and Economic Development Unemployment Insurance 
85.23 	and Paid Leave Appeals Divisions, Department of Human Services Appeals Division, 
85.24 	Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, and Tax Court.
85.25 	(c) "Personal information" does not include publicly available information. Personal 
85.26 	information means:
85.27 	(1) a residential address of a judicial official;
85.28 	(2) a residential address of the spouse, domestic partner, or children of a judicial official;
85.29 	(3) a nonjudicial branch issued telephone number or email address of a judicial official;
86.1 	(4) the name of any child of a judicial official; and
86.2 	(5) the name of any child care facility or school that is attended by a child of a judicial 
86.3 	official if combined with an assertion that the named facility or school is attended by the 
86.4 	child of a judicial official.
86.5 	(d) "Publicly available information" means information that is lawfully made available 
86.6 	through federal, state, or local government records or information that a business has a 
86.7 	reasonable basis to believe is lawfully made available to the general public through widely 
86.8 	distributed media, by a judicial official, or by a person to whom the judicial official has 
86.9 	disclosed the information, unless the judicial official has restricted the information to a 
86.10 	specific audience.
86.11 	(e) "Law enforcement support organizations" do not include charitable organizations.
86.12 	(f) "Real property records" has the meaning given in section 480.50, subdivision 1, 
86.13 	paragraph (f).

86.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 480.50, subdivision 1, is amended 
86.15 	to read:
86.16 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
86.17 	the meanings given.
86.18 	(b) "County recorder" has the meaning given in section 13.045, subdivision 1, clause 
86.19 	(4).
86.20 	(c) "Government entity" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 7a.
86.21 	(d) "Judicial official" has the meaning given in section 480.40, subdivision 1, paragraph 
86.22 	(b), except that it does not include: (1) employees of the Minnesota judicial branch, the 
86.23 	Office of Administrative Hearings, the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, or the 
86.24 	Tax Court; or (2) judges or employees in the Department of Human Services Appeals 
86.25 	Division; or (3) judges or employees in the Unemployment Insurance and Paid Leave 
86.26 	Appeals Divisions.
86.27 	(e) "Personal information" has the meaning given in section 480.40, subdivision 1, 
86.28 	paragraph (c).
86.29 	(f) "Real property records" means any of the following:
86.30 	(1) real property records as defined in section 13.045, subdivision 1, clause (5);
87.1 	(2) Uniform Commercial Code filings and tax liens maintained by the Secretary of State; 
87.2 	and
87.3 	(3) any other records maintained by a county recorder or other government entity 
87.4 	evidencing title to, or any lien, judgment, or other encumbrance on, real or personal property.
87.5 	(g) "Responsible authority" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 16.

87.6 	ARTICLE 11
87.7 	GRANT EXTENSIONS

87.8 	Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 2, section 3, subdivision 8, as amended by Laws 
87.9 	2023, chapter 69, section 12, Laws 2024, chapter 123, article 1, section 11, Laws 2024, 
87.10 	chapter 123, article 9, section 3, and Laws 2025, chapter 35, article 2, section 24, is amended 
87.11 	to read:

87.12	Subd. 8.Office of Justice Programs
 		94,758,000
		80,434,000

87.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
87.14	General
	94,662,000
	80,338,000
	
87.15
87.16	State Government 
Special Revenue
	96,000
	96,000
	
87.17 	(a) Domestic and Sexual Violence Housing
87.18 	$1,500,000 each year is to establish a 
87.19 	Domestic Violence Housing First grant 
87.20 	program to provide resources for survivors of 
87.21 	violence to access safe and stable housing and 
87.22 	for staff to provide mobile advocacy and 
87.23 	expertise in housing resources in their 
87.24 	community and a Minnesota Domestic and 
87.25 	Sexual Violence Transitional Housing 
87.26 	program to develop and support medium to 
87.27 	long term transitional housing for survivors 
87.28 	of domestic and sexual violence with 
87.29 	supportive services. The base for this 
87.30 	appropriation is $1,000,000 beginning in fiscal 
87.31 	year 2026.
87.32 	(b) Federal Victims of Crime Funding Gap
88.1 	$11,000,000 each year is to fund services for 
88.2 	victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, 
88.3 	child abuse, and other crimes. This is a 
88.4 	onetime appropriation.
88.5 	(c) Office for Missing and Murdered Black 
88.6 	Women and Girls
88.7 	$1,248,000 each year is to establish and 
88.8 	maintain the Minnesota Office for Missing 
88.9 	and Murdered Black Women and Girls.
88.10 	(d) Increased Staffing
88.11 	$667,000 the first year and $1,334,000 the 
88.12 	second year are to increase staffing in the 
88.13 	Office of Justice Programs for grant 
88.14 	monitoring and compliance; provide training 
88.15 	and technical assistance to grantees and 
88.16 	potential grantees; conduct community 
88.17 	outreach and engagement to improve the 
88.18 	experiences and outcomes of applicants, grant 
88.19 	recipients, and crime victims throughout 
88.20 	Minnesota; expand the Minnesota Statistical 
88.21 	Analysis Center; and increase staffing for the 
88.22 	crime victim reimbursement program and the 
88.23 	Crime Victim Justice Unit.
88.24 	(e) Office of Restorative Practices
88.25 	$500,000 each year is to establish and 
88.26 	maintain the Office of Restorative Practices.
88.27 	(f) Crossover and Dual-Status Youth Model 
88.28 	Grants
88.29 	$1,000,000 each year is to provide grants to 
88.30 	local units of government to initiate or expand 
88.31 	crossover youth practices model and 
88.32 	dual-status youth programs that provide 
88.33 	services for youth who are involved with or 
89.1 	at risk of becoming involved with both the 
89.2 	child welfare and juvenile justice systems, in 
89.3 	accordance with the Robert F. Kennedy 
89.4 	National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice 
89.5 	model. This is a onetime appropriation. This 
89.6 	appropriation is available until December 15, 
89.7 	2026.
89.8 	(g) Restorative Practices Initiatives Grants
89.9 	$4,000,000 each year is for grants to establish 
89.10 	and support restorative practices initiatives 
89.11 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
89.12 	299A.95, subdivision 6, and for a restitution 
89.13 	grant program under Minnesota Statutes, 
89.14 	section 299A.955. This appropriation is 
89.15 	available until June 30, 2026. The base for this 
89.16 	appropriation is $2,500,000 beginning in fiscal 
89.17 	year 2026.
89.18 	(h) Ramsey County Youth Treatment 
89.19 	Homes Acquisition and Betterment
89.20 	$5,000,000 the first year is for a grant to 
89.21 	Ramsey County to establish, with input from 
89.22 	community stakeholders, including impacted 
89.23 	youth and families, up to seven intensive 
89.24 	trauma-informed therapeutic treatment homes 
89.25 	in Ramsey County that are licensed by the 
89.26 	Department of Human Services, that are 
89.27 	culturally specific, that are community-based, 
89.28 	and that can be secured. These residential 
89.29 	spaces must provide intensive treatment and 
89.30 	intentional healing for youth as ordered by the 
89.31 	court as part of the disposition of a case in 
89.32 	juvenile court. This appropriation is available 
89.33 	through June 30, 2027.
89.34 	(i) Ramsey County Violence Prevention
90.1 	$5,000,000 the first year is for a grant to 
90.2 	Ramsey County to award grants to develop 
90.3 	new and further enhance existing 
90.4 	community-based organizational support 
90.5 	through violence prevention and community 
90.6 	wellness grants. Grantees must use the money 
90.7 	to create family support groups and resources 
90.8 	to support families during the time a young 
90.9 	person is placed out of home following a 
90.10 	juvenile delinquency adjudication and support 
90.11 	the family through the period of postplacement 
90.12 	reentry; create community-based respite 
90.13 	options for conflict or crisis de-escalation to 
90.14 	prevent incarceration or further systems 
90.15 	involvement for families; or establish 
90.16 	additional meaningful employment 
90.17 	opportunities for systems-involved youth. This 
90.18 	appropriation is available through June 30, 
90.19 	2027.
90.20 	(j) Office for Missing and Murdered 
90.21 	Indigenous Relatives
90.22 	$274,000 each year is for increased staff and 
90.23 	operating costs of the Office for Missing and 
90.24 	Murdered Indigenous Relatives, the Missing 
90.25 	and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Advisory 
90.26 	Board, and the Gaagige-Mikwendaagoziwag 
90.27 	reward advisory group.
90.28 	(k) Youth Intervention Programs
90.29 	$3,525,000 the first year and $3,526,000 the 
90.30 	second year are for youth intervention 
90.31 	programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 
90.32 	299A.73. The base for this appropriation is 
90.33 	$3,526,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $3,525,000 
90.34 	in fiscal year 2027.
91.1 	(l) Community Crime Intervention and 
91.2 	Prevention Grants
91.3 	$750,000 each year is for community crime 
91.4 	intervention and prevention program grants, 
91.5 	authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 
91.6 	299A.296. This is a onetime appropriation.
91.7 	(m) Resources for Victims of Crime
91.8 	$1,000,000 each year is for general crime 
91.9 	victim grants to meet the needs of victims of 
91.10 	crime not covered by domestic violence, 
91.11 	sexual assault, or child abuse services. This is 
91.12 	a onetime appropriation.
91.13 	(n) Prosecutor Training
91.14 	$100,000 each year is for a grant to the 
91.15 	Minnesota County Attorneys Association to 
91.16 	be used for prosecutorial and law enforcement 
91.17 	training, including trial school training and 
91.18 	train-the-trainer courses. All training funded 
91.19 	with grant proceeds must contain blocks of 
91.20 	instruction on racial disparities in the criminal 
91.21 	justice system, collateral consequences to 
91.22 	criminal convictions, and trauma-informed 
91.23 	responses to victims. This is a onetime 
91.24 	appropriation.
91.25 	The Minnesota County Attorneys Association 
91.26 	must report to the chairs and ranking minority 
91.27 	members of the legislative committees with 
91.28 	jurisdiction over public safety policy and 
91.29 	finance on the training provided with grant 
91.30 	proceeds, including a description of each 
91.31 	training and the number of prosecutors and 
91.32 	law enforcement officers who received 
91.33 	training. The report is due by February 15, 
91.34 	2025. The report may include trainings 
92.1 	scheduled to be completed after the date of 
92.2 	submission with an estimate of expected 
92.3 	participants.
92.4 	(o) Minnesota Heals
92.5 	$500,000 each year is for the Minnesota Heals 
92.6 	grant program. This is a onetime 
92.7 	appropriation.
92.8 	(p) Sexual Assault Exam Costs
92.9 	$3,967,000 the first year and $3,767,000 the 
92.10 	second year are to reimburse qualified health 
92.11 	care providers for the expenses associated with 
92.12 	medical examinations administered to victims 
92.13 	of criminal sexual conduct as required under 
92.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 609.35, and for 
92.15 	costs to administer the program. The base for 
92.16 	this appropriation is $3,771,000 in fiscal year 
92.17 	2026 and $3,776,000 in fiscal year 2027.
92.18 	(q) First Responder Mental Health 
92.19 	Curriculum
92.20 	$75,000 each year is for a grant to the Adler 
92.21 	graduate school. The grantee must use the 
92.22 	grant to develop a curriculum for a 24-week 
92.23 	certificate to train licensed therapists to 
92.24 	understand the nuances, culture, and stressors 
92.25 	of the work environments of first responders 
92.26 	to allow those therapists to provide effective 
92.27 	treatment to first responders in distress. The 
92.28 	grantee must collaborate with first responders 
92.29 	who are familiar with the psychological, 
92.30 	cultural, and professional issues of their field 
92.31 	to develop the curriculum and promote it upon 
92.32 	completion.
92.33 	The grantee may provide the program online.
93.1 	The grantee must seek to recruit additional 
93.2 	participants from outside the 11-county 
93.3 	metropolitan area.
93.4 	The grantee must create a resource directory 
93.5 	to provide law enforcement agencies with 
93.6 	names of counselors who complete the 
93.7 	program and other resources to support law 
93.8 	enforcement professionals with overall 
93.9 	wellness. The grantee shall collaborate with 
93.10 	the Department of Public Safety and law 
93.11 	enforcement organizations to promote the 
93.12 	directory. This is a onetime appropriation.
93.13 	(r) Pathways to Policing
93.14 	$400,000 each year is for reimbursement 
93.15 	grants to state and local law enforcement 
93.16 	agencies that operate pathway to policing 
93.17 	programs. Applicants for reimbursement 
93.18 	grants may receive up to 50 percent of the cost 
93.19 	of compensating and training program 
93.20 	participants. Reimbursement grants shall be 
93.21 	proportionally allocated based on the number 
93.22 	of grant applications approved by the 
93.23 	commissioner. This is a onetime appropriation.
93.24 	(s) Direct Assistance to Crime Victim 
93.25 	Survivors
93.26 	$5,000,000 each year is to provide grants for 
93.27 	direct services and advocacy for victims of 
93.28 	sexual assault, general crime, domestic 
93.29 	violence, and child abuse. Funding must 
93.30 	support the direct needs of organizations 
93.31 	serving victims of crime by providing: direct 
93.32 	client assistance to crime victims; competitive 
93.33 	wages for direct service staff; hotel stays and 
93.34 	other housing-related supports and services; 
94.1 	culturally responsive programming; prevention 
94.2 	programming, including domestic abuse 
94.3 	transformation and restorative justice 
94.4 	programming; and for other needs of 
94.5 	organizations and crime victim survivors. 
94.6 	Services funded must include services for 
94.7 	victims of crime in underserved communities 
94.8 	most impacted by violence and reflect the 
94.9 	ethnic, racial, economic, cultural, and 
94.10 	geographic diversity of the state. The office 
94.11 	shall prioritize culturally specific programs, 
94.12 	or organizations led and staffed by persons of 
94.13 	color that primarily serve communities of 
94.14 	color, when allocating funds.
94.15 	(t) Racially Diverse Youth
94.16 	$250,000 each year is for grants to 
94.17 	organizations to address racial disparity of 
94.18 	youth using shelter services in the Rochester 
94.19 	and St. Cloud regional areas. Of this amount, 
94.20 	$125,000 each year is to address this issue in 
94.21 	the Rochester area and $125,000 each year is 
94.22 	to address this issue in the St. Cloud area. A 
94.23 	grant recipient shall establish and operate a 
94.24 	pilot program connected to shelter services to 
94.25 	engage in community intervention outreach, 
94.26 	mobile case management, family reunification, 
94.27 	aftercare, and follow up when family members 
94.28 	are released from shelter services. A pilot 
94.29 	program must specifically address the high 
94.30 	number of racially diverse youth that enter 
94.31 	shelters in the regions. This is a onetime 
94.32 	appropriation.
94.33 	(u) Violence Prevention Project Research 
94.34 	Center
95.1 	$500,000 each year is for a grant to the 
95.2 	Violence Prevention Project Research Center, 
95.3 	operating as a 501(c)(3) organization, for 
95.4 	research focused on reducing violence in 
95.5 	society that uses data and analysis to improve 
95.6 	criminal justice-related policy and practice in 
95.7 	Minnesota. Research must place an emphasis 
95.8 	on issues related to deaths and injuries 
95.9 	involving firearms. This is a onetime 
95.10 	appropriation.
95.11 	Beginning January 15, 2025, the Violence 
95.12 	Prevention Project Research Center must 
95.13 	submit an annual report to the chairs and 
95.14 	ranking minority members of the legislative 
95.15 	committees with jurisdiction over public safety 
95.16 	policy and finance on its work and findings. 
95.17 	The report must include a description of the 
95.18 	data reviewed, an analysis of that data, and 
95.19 	recommendations to improve criminal 
95.20 	justice-related policy and practice in 
95.21 	Minnesota with specific recommendations to 
95.22 	address deaths and injuries involving firearms.
95.23 	(v) Report on Approaches to Address Illicit 
95.24 	Drug Use in Minnesota
95.25 	$118,000 each year is to enter into an 
95.26 	agreement with Rise Research LLC for a study 
95.27 	and set of reports on illicit drug use in 
95.28 	Minnesota describing current responses to that 
95.29 	use, reviewing alternative approaches utilized 
95.30 	in other jurisdictions, and making policy and 
95.31 	funding recommendations for a holistic and 
95.32 	effective response to illicit drug use and the 
95.33 	illicit drug trade. The agreement must establish 
95.34 	a budget and schedule with clear deliverables. 
95.35 	This appropriation is onetime.
96.1 	The study must include a review of current 
96.2 	policies, practices, and funding; identification 
96.3 	of alternative approaches utilized effectively 
96.4 	in other jurisdictions; and policy and funding 
96.5 	recommendations for a response to illicit drug 
96.6 	use and the illicit drug trade that reduces and, 
96.7 	where possible, prevents harm and expands 
96.8 	individual and community health, safety, and 
96.9 	autonomy. Recommendations must consider 
96.10 	impacts on public safety, racial equity, 
96.11 	accessibility of health and ancillary supportive 
96.12 	social services, and the intersections between 
96.13 	drug policy and mental health, housing and 
96.14 	homelessness, overdose and infectious disease, 
96.15 	child welfare, and employment.
96.16 	Rise Research may subcontract and coordinate 
96.17 	with other organizations or individuals to 
96.18 	conduct research, provide analysis, and 
96.19 	prepare the reports required by this section.
96.20 	Rise Research shall submit reports to the 
96.21 	chairs and ranking minority members of the 
96.22 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
96.23 	public safety finance and policy, human 
96.24 	services finance and policy, health finance and 
96.25 	policy, and judiciary finance and policy. Rise 
96.26 	Research shall submit an initial report by 
96.27 	February 15, 2024, and a final report by March 
96.28 	1, 2025.
96.29 	(w) Legal Representation for Children
96.30 	$150,000 each year is for a grant to an 
96.31 	organization that provides legal representation 
96.32 	for children in need of protection or services 
96.33 	and children in out-of-home placement. The 
96.34 	grant is contingent upon a match in an equal 
96.35 	amount from nonstate funds. The match may 
97.1 	be in kind, including the value of volunteer 
97.2 	attorney time, in cash, or a combination of the 
97.3 	two. These appropriations are in addition to 
97.4 	any other appropriations for the legal 
97.5 	representation of children. This appropriation 
97.6 	is onetime.
97.7 	(x) Pretrial Release Study and Report
97.8 	$250,000 each year are for a grant to the 
97.9 	Minnesota Justice Research Center to study 
97.10 	and report on pretrial release practices in 
97.11 	Minnesota and other jurisdictions, including 
97.12 	but not limited to the use of bail as a condition 
97.13 	of pretrial release. This appropriation is 
97.14 	onetime.
97.15 	(y) Intensive Comprehensive Peace Officer 
97.16 	Education and Training Program
97.17 	$5,000,000 the first year is to implement the 
97.18 	intensive comprehensive peace officer 
97.19 	education and training program described in 
97.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 626.8516. This 
97.21 	appropriation is available through June 30, 
97.22 	2027.
97.23 	(z) Youth Services Office
97.24 	$250,000 each year is to operate the Youth 
97.25 	Services Office.

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

97.27 	Sec. 2. Laws 2025, chapter 35, article 2, section 9, is amended to read:

97.28	Sec. 9. OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
 	$
	250,000
	$
	-0-
	
97.29 	Use of Force Training
97.30 	$250,000 the first year is to provide 
97.31 	reimbursement grants to eligible 
97.32 	postsecondary schools certified to provide 
98.1 	programs of professional peace officer 
98.2 	education for providing in-service training 
98.3 	programs on the use of force, including deadly 
98.4 	force, by peace officers. Of this amount, up 
98.5 	to 2.5 percent is for administration and 
98.6 	monitoring of the program. This appropriation 
98.7 	is available until June 30, 2027.
98.8 	To be eligible for reimbursement, training 
98.9 	offered by a postsecondary school must:
98.10 	(1) satisfy the requirements of Minnesota 
98.11 	Statutes, section 626.8452, and be approved 
98.12 	by the Board of Peace Officer Standards and 
98.13 	Training;
98.14 	(2) utilize scenario-based training that 
98.15 	simulates real-world situations and involves 
98.16 	the use of real firearms that fire nonlethal 
98.17 	ammunition;
98.18 	(3) include a block of instruction on the 
98.19 	physical and psychological effects of stress 
98.20 	before, during, and after a high-risk or 
98.21 	traumatic incident and the cumulative impact 
98.22 	of stress on the health of officers;
98.23 	(4) include blocks of instruction on 
98.24 	de-escalation methods and tactics, bias 
98.25 	motivation, unknown risk training, defensive 
98.26 	tactics, and force-on-force training; and
98.27 	(5) be offered to peace officers at no charge 
98.28 	to the peace officer or law enforcement 
98.29 	agency.
98.30 	An eligible postsecondary school may apply 
98.31 	for reimbursement for the costs of offering the 
98.32 	training. Reimbursement shall be made at a 
98.33 	rate of $450 for each officer who completes 
98.34 	the training. The postsecondary school must 
99.1 	submit the name and peace officer license 
99.2 	number of the peace officer who received the 
99.3 	training to the Office of Higher Education.
99.4 	As used in this section:
99.5 	(1) "law enforcement agency" has the meaning 
99.6 	given in Minnesota Statutes, section 626.84, 
99.7 	subdivision 1, paragraph (f); and
99.8 	(2) "peace officer" has the meaning given in 
99.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 626.84, 
99.10 	subdivision 1, paragraph (c).

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

99.12 	ARTICLE 12
99.13 	FIRST RESPONDERS

99.14 	Section 1. [169.981] SALE OR TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE.
99.15 		Subdivision 1.Definition. As used in this section, "law enforcement vehicle" means a 
99.16 	vehicle owned or leased by a state or local law enforcement agency.
99.17 		Subd. 2.Prohibition. (a) A person must not sell or transfer a law enforcement vehicle 
99.18 	to the public unless the person first removes any equipment or insignia that could mislead 
99.19 	a reasonable person to believe that the vehicle is a law enforcement vehicle, including any:
99.20 	(1) emergency lights;
99.21 	(2) sirens;
99.22 	(3) amber warning lights;
99.23 	(4) grill lights;
99.24 	(5) emblems; or
99.25 	(6) outlines of emblems.
99.26 	(b) The requirements in paragraph (a) do not apply to a sale or transfer to the federal 
99.27 	government, a state, or a political subdivision.
99.28 		Subd. 3.Certificate of compliance. (a) Before consummating a sale or transfer of a law 
99.29 	enforcement vehicle that is subject to subdivision 2, paragraph (a), the vehicle owner must 
100.1 	provide a certificate of compliance to the buyer or transferee confirming that the vehicle 
100.2 	has had the law enforcement equipment and insignia removed.
100.3 	(b) The commissioner of public safety must design a standard certificate of compliance 
100.4 	form and make the form publicly available without fee on the department's publicly accessible 
100.5 	website using existing appropriations.
100.6 		Subd. 4.Violations. (a) A person who sells or transfers a law enforcement vehicle to 
100.7 	the public in violation of this section is liable for:
100.8 	(1) damages proximately caused by the use of that vehicle during the commission of a 
100.9 	crime; and
100.10 	(2) a civil penalty of $2,500.
100.11 	(b) Civil penalties collected under this subdivision must be deposited in the Minnesota 
100.12 	victims of crime account created in section 299A.708.
100.13 		Subd. 5.Enforcement. A county or city attorney may bring an action to recover the 
100.14 	civil penalty established under subdivision 4.
100.15 		Subd. 6.Exemption. Sales or transfers of law enforcement vehicles to members of the 
100.16 	public for the purpose of collection or display are exempt from the requirements of this 
100.17 	section if the vehicle is owned and operated solely as a collector's item and not for general 
100.18 	transportation purposes and is registered under section 168.10, subdivision 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 
100.19 	1g, or 1h.

100.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective October 1, 2026.

100.21 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
100.22 	read:
100.23 		Subd. 1a.Carcinogen. "Carcinogen" means an agent that is: (1) classified by the 
100.24 	International Agency for Research on Cancer under Group 1 or Group 2A; and (2) reasonably 
100.25 	linked to an exposure-related cancer.

100.26 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
100.27 	read:
100.28 		Subd. 2a.Exposure-related cancer. "Exposure-related cancer" means only the following:
100.29 	(1) bladder cancer;
100.30 	(2) brain cancer;
101.1 	(3) breast cancer;
101.2 	(4) cervical cancer;
101.3 	(5) colon cancer;
101.4 	(6) colorectal cancer;
101.5 	(7) esophageal cancer;
101.6 	(8) kidney cancer;
101.7 	(9) leukemia;
101.8 	(10) lung cancer;
101.9 	(11) malignant melanoma;
101.10 	(12) mesothelioma;
101.11 	(13) multiple myeloma;
101.12 	(14) non-Hodgkin lymphoma;
101.13 	(15) ovarian cancer;
101.14 	(16) prostate cancer;
101.15 	(17) skin cancer;
101.16 	(18) stomach cancer;
101.17 	(19) testicular cancer; and
101.18 	(20) thyroid cancer.

101.19 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
101.20 		Subd. 3.Killed in the line of duty. (a) "Killed in the line of duty" does not include 
101.21 	deaths from natural causes, except as expressly provided in this subdivision. In the case of 
101.22 	a public safety officer, killed in the line of duty includes the death of a public safety officer 
101.23 	caused by accidental means while the public safety officer is acting in the course and scope 
101.24 	of duties as a public safety officer. Killed in the line of duty also means if a public safety 
101.25 	officer dies as the direct and proximate result of a heart attack, stroke, or vascular rupture, 
101.26 	that officer shall be presumed to have died as the direct and proximate result of a personal 
101.27 	injury sustained in the line of duty if:
101.28 	(1) that officer, while on duty:
102.1 	(i) engaged in a situation, and that engagement involved nonroutine stressful or strenuous 
102.2 	physical activity in law enforcement, fire suppression, rescue, hazardous material response, 
102.3 	emergency medical services, prison security, disaster relief, or other emergency response 
102.4 	activity; or
102.5 	(ii) participated in a training exercise, and that participation involved nonroutine stressful 
102.6 	or strenuous physical activity;
102.7 	(2) that officer died as a result of a heart attack, stroke, or vascular rupture suffered:
102.8 	(i) while engaging or participating under clause (1);
102.9 	(ii) while still on duty after engaging or participating under clause (1); or
102.10 	(iii) not later than 24 hours after engaging or participating under clause (1); and
102.11 	(3) the presumption is not overcome by competent medical evidence to the contrary.
102.12 	(b) "Killed in the line of duty" also means that the officerincludes a public safety officer 
102.13 	who died due to suicide:
102.14 	(1) secondary to a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder as described in the most 
102.15 	recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by 
102.16 	the American Psychiatric Association; or
102.17 	(2) within 45 days of the end of exposure, while on duty, to a traumatic event.
102.18 	(c) Killed in the line of duty also includes the death of a public safety officer as a result 
102.19 	of complications caused by exposure sustained in the line of duty to any of the following 
102.20 	infectious diseases, viruses, or bacteria, if medical records identify the disease, virus, or 
102.21 	bacteria as a cause of or contributing factor to the death: COVID-19, influenza, hepatitis 
102.22 	B, hepatitis C, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, meningitis, MRSA, whooping cough, or 
102.23 	streptococcus pneumoniae.
102.24 	(d) Killed in the line of duty also means a public safety officer shall be presumed to have 
102.25 	been killed in the line of duty if the officer died from an exposure-related cancer that was 
102.26 	a result of exposure to a carcinogen when:
102.27 	(1) the exposure occurred while the public safety officer was acting in the course and 
102.28 	scope of duties as a public safety officer;
102.29 	(2) the public safety officer began serving as a public safety officer not less than five 
102.30 	years before the date of the public safety officer's diagnosis of exposure-related cancer;
103.1 	(3) the public safety officer was diagnosed with exposure-related cancer not more than 
103.2 	15 years after the public safety officer's last date of active service as a public safety officer; 
103.3 	and
103.4 	(4) the exposure-related cancer directly and proximately results in the death of the public 
103.5 	safety officer.
103.6 	(e) The presumption under paragraph (d) does not apply if competent medical evidence 
103.7 	establishes that the exposure of the public safety officer to the carcinogen was not a 
103.8 	substantial contributing factor in the death of the public safety officer.

103.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
103.10 	final enactment and applies retroactively from February 1, 2020.

103.11 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
103.12 	read:
103.13 		Subd. 3a.Nonroutine strenuous physical activity. "Nonroutine strenuous physical 
103.14 	activity" means line of duty activity that:
103.15 	(1) is not an action of a clerical, administrative, or nonmanual nature;
103.16 	(2) is not performed as a matter of routine; and
103.17 	(3) entails an unusually high level of physical exertion.

103.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
103.19 	final enactment and applies retroactively from February 1, 2020.

103.20 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
103.21 	read:
103.22 		Subd. 3b.Nonroutine stressful or strenuous physical activity. "Nonroutine stressful 
103.23 	or strenuous physical activity" means nonroutine stressful physical activity or nonroutine 
103.24 	strenuous physical activity.

103.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
103.26 	final enactment and applies retroactively from February 1, 2020.

103.27 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
103.28 	read:
103.29 		Subd. 3c.Nonroutine stressful physical activity. "Nonroutine stressful physical activity" 
103.30 	means line of duty activity that:
104.1 	(1) is not an action of a clerical, administrative, or nonmanual nature;
104.2 	(2) is not performed as a matter of routine;
104.3 	(3) entails nonnegligible physical exertion; and
104.4 	(4) occurs:
104.5 	(i) with respect to a situation in which a public safety officer is engaged under 
104.6 	circumstances that objectively and reasonably:
104.7 	(A) pose or appear to pose significant dangers, threats, or hazards, or reasonably 
104.8 	foreseeable risks thereof, not faced by similarly situated members of the public in the 
104.9 	ordinary course; and
104.10 	(B) provoke, cause, or occasion an unusually high level of alarm, fear, or anxiety; or
104.11 	(ii) with respect to a training exercise in which a public safety officer participates under 
104.12 	circumstances that objectively and reasonably:
104.13 	(A) simulate in realistic fashion situations that pose significant dangers, threats, or 
104.14 	hazards; and
104.15 	(B) provoke, cause, or occasion an unusually high level of alarm, fear, or anxiety.

104.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
104.17 	final enactment and applies retroactively from February 1, 2020.

104.18 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.41, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
104.19 		Subd. 4.Public safety officer. "Public safety officer" includes:
104.20 	(1) a peace officer defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c) or (d);
104.21 	(2) a correction officer employed at a correctional facility and charged with maintaining 
104.22 	the safety, security, discipline, and custody of inmates at the facility;
104.23 	(3) a corrections staff person working in a public agency and supervising offenders in 
104.24 	the community as defined in sections 243.05, subdivision 6; 244.19, subdivision 1; and 
104.25 	401.01, subdivision 2;
104.26 	(4) an individual employed on a full-time or part-time basis by the state or by a fire 
104.27 	department of a governmental subdivision of the state, who is engaged in any of the following 
104.28 	duties:
104.29 	(i) firefighting;
104.30 	(ii) emergency motor vehicle operation;
105.1 	(iii) investigation into the cause and origin of fires;
105.2 	(iv) the provision of emergency medical services; or
105.3 	(v) hazardous material responder;
105.4 	(5) a legally enrolled member of a volunteer or paid on-call fire department or member 
105.5 	of an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation who is engaged in the hazards of 
105.6 	firefighting;
105.7 	(6) a good samaritan while complying with the request or direction of a public safety 
105.8 	officer to assist the officer;
105.9 	(7) a reserve police officer or a reserve deputy sheriff while acting under the supervision 
105.10 	and authority of a political subdivision;
105.11 	(8) a driver or attendant with a licensed basic or advanced life-support transportation 
105.12 	service who is engaged in providing emergency care;
105.13 	(9) a first responder who is certified by the director of the Office of Emergency Medical 
105.14 	Services to perform basic emergency skills before the arrival of a licensed ambulance service 
105.15 	and who is a member of an organized service recognized by a local political subdivision to 
105.16 	respond to medical emergencies to provide initial medical care before the arrival of an 
105.17 	ambulance; and
105.18 	(10) a person, other than a state trooper, employed by the commissioner of public safety 
105.19 	and assigned to the State Patrol, whose primary employment duty is either Capitol security 
105.20 	or the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle laws and regulations.; and
105.21 	(11) a person formerly employed as a public safety officer under clauses (1) to (5) or 
105.22 	(7) to (10) if the person separated from service due to a duty disability, as defined in section 
105.23 	353.01, subdivision 41.

105.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
105.25 	final enactment and applies retroactively from February 1, 2020.

105.26 	Sec. 9. [299A.412] DETERMINING WHAT IS ROUTINE.
105.27 	Neither of the following is dispositive in determining whether an activity or action is 
105.28 	understood to have been performed as a matter of routine under section 299A.41:
105.29 	(1) being generally described by the public safety agency as routine or ordinary; or
105.30 	(2) the frequency with which the activity or action may be performed.

106.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
106.2 	final enactment and applies retroactively from February 1, 2020.

106.3 	Sec. 10. [299A.413] EXPOSURE-RELATED CANCER CLAIMS.
106.4 	(a) An individual may file a claim that is predicated upon a public safety officer's line 
106.5 	of duty death that is the direct and proximate result of an exposure-related cancer if the 
106.6 	death occurred on or after January 1, 2020.
106.7 	(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person eligible to file a claim for an 
106.8 	exposure-related cancer line of duty death of a public safety officer that occurred after 
106.9 	January 1, 2020, but before final enactment of this act, has three years from the date of final 
106.10 	enactment of this act to file the claim.

106.11 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299A.45, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
106.12 		Subd. 2.Award amount. (a) The amount of the award is the lesser of:
106.13 	(1) the average tuition and fees charged by the institution; or
106.14 	(2) the tuition maximums established by law for the state grant program under section 
106.15 	136A.121. The tuition maximum for graduate study is the maximum established by law for 
106.16 	the state grant program for four-year programs.
106.17 	(b) An award under this subdivision must not affect a recipient's eligibility for a state 
106.18 	grant under section 136A.121.
106.19 	(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "fees" include only those fees that are mandatory 
106.20 	and charged to all students attending the institution.
106.21 	(d) For the purpose of benefits awarded under this section, "full time" for a graduate 
106.22 	program is eight or more credits per term or the equivalent.
106.23 	(e) If there are insufficient funds appropriated for this purpose, the commissioner shall 
106.24 	determine the award amounts for each eligible applicant from available resources.

106.25 	Sec. 12. TASK FORCE TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE NETWORK FUNDING 
106.26 	FOR PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE.
 106.27 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The Task Force to Establish a Statewide Network Funding 
106.28 	for Public Safety Radio Communications Infrastructure is established to evaluate and make 
106.29 	recommendations regarding transitioning the Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response 
107.1 	(ARMER) network and related interoperable communications to a statewide, state-funded 
107.2 	framework.
107.3 		Subd. 2.Membership. (a) The task force consists of the following members:
107.4 	(1) one member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house;
107.5 	(2) one member of the house of representatives, appointed by the leader of the 
107.6 	Democratic-Farmer-Labor caucus;
107.7 	(3) one member of the senate, appointed by the senate majority leader;
107.8 	(4) one member of the senate, appointed by the senate minority leader;
107.9 	(5) two county commissioners appointed by the Association of Minnesota Counties;
107.10 	(6) one member from a greater Minnesota county with ARMER expertise, appointed by 
107.11 	the Association of Minnesota Counties;
107.12 	(7) one member from a metro Minnesota county with ARMER expertise, appointed by 
107.13 	the Association of Minnesota Counties;
107.14 	(8) three members from the telecommunications industry representing wireless, cable, 
107.15 	and telephone; appointed by the respective trade organizations;
107.16 	(9) one representative from the city of Minneapolis, appointed by the Minneapolis City 
107.17 	Council;
107.18 	(10) one representative from the city of St. Cloud, appointed by the St. Cloud City 
107.19 	Council;
107.20 	(11) one peace officer, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 626.84, subdivision 1, 
107.21 	paragraph (c), appointed by the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association;
107.22 	(12) one peace officer, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 626.84, subdivision 1, 
107.23 	paragraph (c), appointed by the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association;
107.24 	(13) the commissioner of public safety, or designee;
107.25 	(14) the commissioner of transportation, or designee;
107.26 	(15) a member from the Department of Transportation Office of Statewide Radio;
107.27 	(16) the executive director of the Metropolitan Emergency Services Board;
107.28 	(17) the executive director of the Statewide Emergency Communications Board;
107.29 	(18) the Statewide Interoperability Coordinator (SWIC) for the State of Minnesota as 
107.30 	designated by the commissioner of public safety; and
108.1 	(19) a representative from the Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association, appointed by 
108.2 	the president of the association's board of directors.
108.3 	(b) Appointments must be made by July 1, 2026. Appointments made by an agency or 
108.4 	commissioner may also be made by a designee.
108.5 	(c) Members of the task force serve without compensation.
108.6 	(d) Members of the task force serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority or until 
108.7 	the task force expires. Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority consistent with 
108.8 	the qualifications of the vacating member required by this subdivision.
108.9 		Subd. 3.Officers; meetings. (a) The commissioner of public safety shall convene the 
108.10 	first meeting of the task force no later than August 1, 2026, and shall provide meeting space 
108.11 	and administrative assistance as necessary for the task force to conduct its work.
108.12 	(b) At its first meeting the task force must elect a chair from the members listed in 
108.13 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clauses (5) to (18). The task force may elect a vice-chair and 
108.14 	other officers as necessary.
108.15 	(c) The task force shall meet at least monthly or upon the call of the chair. The task force 
108.16 	shall meet sufficiently enough to accomplish the tasks identified in this section. Meetings 
108.17 	of the task force are subject to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D. The task force may meet 
108.18 	by telephone or interactive technology consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.015.
108.19 		Subd. 4.Duties. (a) The task force must make findings and recommendations on:
108.20 	(1) transitioning to a statewide, state-funded ARMER network infrastructure and 
108.21 	achieving interoperability standards;
108.22 	(2) a dedicated revenue source to ensure the statewide ARMER infrastructure and 
108.23 	equipment is maintained, stable, and up-to-date. The task force is encouraged to evaluate: 
108.24 	surcharges on telecommunications, public safety related fees, federal grants and matching 
108.25 	funds, revenue from state asset forfeitures designated for public safety purposes, and other 
108.26 	revenue sources deemed appropriate;
108.27 	(3) the roles of Minnesota Department of Transportation Office of Statewide Radio, 
108.28 	Department of Public Safety, and Statewide Emergency Communications Board;
108.29 	(4) statewide performance metrics; and
108.30 	(5) any other related issues necessary to ensure a sustainable, statewide public safety 
108.31 	communications system.
109.1 	(b) The Department of Public Safety, Department of Transportation, the Statewide 
109.2 	Emergency Communications Board, regional emergency communications or services boards, 
109.3 	and local ARMER infrastructure owners must provide relevant data and research to the task 
109.4 	force to facilitate the task force's work.
109.5 		Subd. 5.Report. The task force must submit a report to the chairs, cochairs, and ranking 
109.6 	minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over ARMER 
109.7 	funding by February 15, 2027.
109.8 		Subd. 6.Expiration. The task force expires the day after submitting its final report under 
109.9 	subdivision 5.
109.10 		Subd. 7.Funding. The commissioner of public safety may request funds through the 
109.11 	Statewide Emergency Communications Board to support the work of the task force.

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

109.13 	ARTICLE 13
109.14 	HUMAN RIGHTS

109.15 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.29, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
109.16 		Subdivision 1.Conduct of hearings. A determination issued by the commissioner may 
109.17 	be heard as a contested case, except that. The report of the administrative law judge shall 
109.18 	be binding on all parties to the proceeding and if appropriate shall be implemented by an 
109.19 	order as provided for in subdivision 3. The party contesting the determination issued by the 
109.20 	commissioner may file a request with the commissioner to appear at a hearing on the party's 
109.21 	own behalf or through a private attorney. The commissioner shall decide within 30 days 
109.22 	whether to forward the request for hearing to the Office Court of Administrative Hearings, 
109.23 	which shall promptly set the matter for hearing. The hearing shall be conducted at a place 
109.24 	designated by the commissioner, within the county where the unfair discriminatory practice 
109.25 	occurred or where the respondent resides or has a principal place of business. The hearing 
109.26 	shall be conducted in accordance with sections 14.57 to 14.62, and is subject to appeal in 
109.27 	accordance with sections 14.63 to 14.68.

	ARTICLE 1	PUBLIC SAFETY........	Page.Ln 2.2	
	ARTICLE 2	IMPAIRED DRIVING; DRIVER'S LICENSES........	Page.Ln 28.1	
	ARTICLE 3	IDENTITY THEFT; FINANCIAL CRIMES........	Page.Ln 32.3	
	ARTICLE 4	CORRECTIONS........	Page.Ln 38.9	
	ARTICLE 5	DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS LICENSING........	Page.Ln 44.6	
	ARTICLE 6	CRIMINAL LAW........	Page.Ln 63.24	
	ARTICLE 7	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE........	Page.Ln 67.5	
	ARTICLE 8	PREDICTION MARKETS........	Page.Ln 79.1	
	ARTICLE 9	CRIMINAL HISTORY........	Page.Ln 82.26	
	ARTICLE 10	PROTECTIONS FOR JUDICIAL OFFICIALS........	Page.Ln 85.8	
	ARTICLE 11	GRANT EXTENSIONS........	Page.Ln 87.6	
	ARTICLE 12	FIRST RESPONDERS........	Page.Ln 99.12	
	ARTICLE 13	HUMAN RIGHTS........	Page.Ln 109.13	

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: S4760-3 

169A.54 DWI CONVICTIONS, ADJUDICATIONS; ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.Subd. 6.Applicability of implied consent revocation. 
(a) Any person whose license has been revoked pursuant to section 169A.52 (license revocation for test failure or refusal) or 171.177 (revocation; pursuant to a search warrant) as the result of the same incident, and who does not have a qualified prior impaired driving incident, is subject to the mandatory revocation provisions of subdivision 1, clause (1) or (2), in lieu of the mandatory revocation provisions of section 169A.52 or 171.177. 

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to: 

(1) a person whose license has been revoked under subdivision 2 (driving while impaired by person under age 21); or 

(2) a person whose driver's license has been revoked for, or who is charged with (i) an alcohol concentration of twice the legal limit or more as measured at the time or within two hours of the time of the offense; or (ii) a violation of section 169A.20 (driving while impaired) with an aggravating factor described in section 169A.03, subdivision 3, clause (3). 

241.021 LICENSING AND SUPERVISION OF FACILITIES.Subd. 1g.Biennial assessment and audit of security practices; state correctional facilities. 
(a) Beginning in 2022, the commissioner shall have the department's inspection unit conduct biennial security audits of each state correctional facility using the standards promulgated by the state correctional facilities security audit group. The unit must prepare a report for each assessment and audit and submit the report to the state correctional facilities security audit group within 30 days of completion of the audit. 

(b) Corrections and detention confidential data, as defined in section 13.85, subdivision 3, and nonpublic security information, as defined in section 13.37, subdivision 1, that is contained in reports and records of the group maintain that classification, regardless of the data's classification in the hands of the person who provided the data, and are not subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in a civil or criminal action against the state arising out of the matters the group is reviewing. Information, documents, and records otherwise available from other sources are not immune from discovery or use in a civil or criminal action solely because they were acquired during the group's audit. This section does not limit a person who presented information to the group or who is a member of the group from testifying about matters within the person's knowledge. However, in a civil or criminal proceeding, a person may not be questioned about the person's good faith presentation of information to the group or opinions formed by the person as a result of the group's audits. 

Subd. 1h.State correctional facilities security audit group. 
(a) Beginning in fiscal year 2022, the commissioner shall form a state correctional facilities security audit group. The group must consist of the following members: 

(1) a Department of Corrections employee who is not assigned to the correctional institutions division, appointed by the commissioner; 

(2) the ombudsperson for corrections or a designee; 

(3) an elected sheriff or designee nominated by the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association and appointed by the commissioner; 

(4) an individual with expertise in security related to infrastructure and operational logistics of correctional facilities who is not required to reside in Minnesota, appointed by the governor; 

(5) the commissioner of health or a designee; 

(6) the commissioner of administration or a designee; 

(7) two senators, one appointed by the senate majority leader and one appointed by the minority leader; and 

(8) two representatives, one appointed by the speaker of the house and one appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives. 

(b) The ombudsperson or a designee shall chair the group. The group shall establish security audit standards for state correctional facilities. In developing the standards, the group, or individual members of the group, may gather information from state correctional facilities and state correctional staff and inmates. The security audit group must periodically review the standards and modify them as needed. The group must report the standards to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over public safety policy and finance whenever the standards are updated. 

(c) The group shall meet twice a year to review facility audit reports submitted to the group by the agency's inspection unit. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the group is entitled to review the full audit reports including nonpublic security information and corrections and detention confidential data. Within 60 days of meeting to review audit reports from the department's inspection unit, the group must make recommendations to the commissioner. Within 45 days of receiving the group's recommendations, the commissioner must reply in writing to the group's findings and recommendations. The commissioner's response must explain whether the agency will implement the group's recommendations, the timeline for implementation of the changes, and, if not, why the commissioner will not or cannot implement the group's recommendations. 

(d) Beginning in 2023, the commissioner must include a written aggregate of the group's recommendations based on each security audit and assessment of a state correctional facility and the commissioner's responses to the recommendations in the biennial report required under section 241.016, subdivision 1. The commissioner shall not include corrections and detention confidential data, as defined in section 13.85, subdivision 3, and nonpublic security information, as defined in section 13.37, subdivision 1, in the commissioner's report to the legislature. 

(e) The commissioner shall provide staffing and administrative support to the group. 

(f) The state correctional facilities security audit group is not subject to chapter 13D. 

(g) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the terms, compensation, and removal of members of the group are governed by section 15.059. Members of the group serve without compensation but shall receive expense reimbursement. Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 6, the group does not expire. 

Subd. 2.Facilities for delinquent children and youth; licenses; supervision. 
Notwithstanding any provisions in sections 142B.05; 142B.10; 245A.03; 245A.04; and 256.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2), and chapter 245C to the contrary, but subject to the municipality notification requirements of subdivision 2a, the commissioner of corrections shall review all county, municipal, or other publicly established and operated facilities for the detention, care and training of delinquent children and youth at least once every biennium, and if such facility conforms to reasonable standards established by the commissioner or in the commissioner's judgment is making satisfactory progress toward substantial conformity therewith, and the commissioner is satisfied that the interests and well-being of children and youth received therein are protected, the commissioner shall grant a license to the county, municipality or agency thereof operating such facility. The commissioner may grant licensure up to two years. Each such facility shall cooperate with the commissioner to make available all facts regarding its operation and services as the commissioner requires to determine its conformance to standards and its competence to give the services needed and which it purports to give. Every such facility as herein described is subject to visitation and supervision by the commissioner and shall receive from the commissioner consultation as needed to strengthen services to the children and youth received therein. 

Subd. 2a.Affected municipality; notice. 
The commissioner must not grant a license without giving 30 calendar days' written notice to any affected municipality or other political subdivision unless the facility has a licensed capacity of six or fewer persons and is occupied by either the licensee or the group foster home parents. The notification must be given before the license is first granted and annually after that time if annual notification is requested in writing by any affected municipality or other political subdivision. State funds must not be made available to or be spent by an agency or department of state, county, or municipal government for payment to a foster care facility licensed under subdivision 2 until the provisions of this subdivision have been complied with in full. 

Subd. 2b.Licensing; facilities; juveniles from outside state. 
The commissioner may not: 

(1) grant a license under this section to operate a correctional facility for the detention or confinement of juvenile offenders if the facility accepts juveniles who reside outside of Minnesota without an agreement with the entity placing the juvenile at the facility that obligates the entity to pay the educational expenses of the juvenile; or 

(2) renew a license under this section to operate a correctional facility for the detention or confinement of juvenile offenders if the facility accepts juveniles who reside outside of Minnesota without an agreement with the entity placing the juvenile at the facility that obligates the entity to pay the educational expenses of the juvenile. 

Subd. 3.Revocation of license. 
When after due notice and hearing the commissioner of corrections determines that any facility described in subdivision 2 does not substantially conform to the reasonable standards therein provided or is not making satisfactory progress toward substantial compliance therewith, the commissioner may, with the consent of the judge of the district court, issue an order revoking the license of that facility. After revocation of its license, that facility shall not be used for the care and training of delinquent children, or for their detention until its license is renewed. 

Subd. 6.Background studies. 
(a) The commissioner of corrections is authorized to do background studies on personnel employed by any facility serving children or youth that is licensed under this section. The commissioner of corrections shall contract with the commissioner of human services to conduct background studies of individuals providing services in secure and nonsecure residential facilities and detention facilities who have direct contact, as defined under section 245C.02, subdivision 11, with persons served in the facilities. A disqualification of an individual in this section shall disqualify the individual as provided in chapter 245C. 

(b) A clerk or administrator of any court, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, a prosecuting attorney, a county sheriff, or a chief of a local police department, shall assist in these studies by providing to the commissioner of human services, or the commissioner's representative, all criminal conviction data available from local, state, and national criminal history record repositories, including the criminal justice data communications network, pertaining to the following individuals: applicants, operators, all persons living in the household, and all staff of any facility subject to background studies under this subdivision. 

(c) The Department of Human Services shall conduct the background studies required by paragraph (a) in compliance with the provisions of chapter 245C. For the purpose of this subdivision, the term "secure and nonsecure residential facility and detention facility" shall include programs licensed or certified under subdivision 2. The Department of Human Services shall provide necessary forms and instructions, shall conduct the necessary background studies of individuals, and shall provide notification of the results of the studies to the facilities, individuals, and the commissioner of corrections. Individuals shall be disqualified under the provisions of chapter 245C. 

If an individual is disqualified, the Department of Human Services shall notify the facility and the individual and shall inform the individual of the right to request a reconsideration of the disqualification by submitting the request to the Department of Corrections. 

(d) The commissioner of corrections shall review and decide reconsideration requests, including the granting of variances, in accordance with the procedures and criteria contained in chapter 245C. The commissioner's decision shall be provided to the individual and to the Department of Human Services. The commissioner's decision to grant or deny a reconsideration of disqualification is the final administrative agency action. 

(e) Facilities described in paragraph (a) shall be responsible for cooperating with the departments in implementing the provisions of this subdivision. The responsibilities imposed on applicants and licensees under chapters 245A and 245C shall apply to these facilities. 

629.72 BAIL; DOMESTIC ABUSE; HARASSMENT; VIOLATION OF ORDER FOR PROTECTION; OR NO CONTACT ORDER.Subd. 3.Release. 
If the arrested person is not issued a citation by the officer in charge of the police station or the county sheriff pursuant to subdivision 1, and is not brought before a judge within the time limits prescribed by court rule, the arrested person shall be released by the arresting authorities, and a citation must be issued in lieu of continued detention.