HF 7

3rd Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 03/17/2025 04:19pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; providing that data held by law enforcement agencies
regarding the person or entity that posted bail are public; requiring notice to the
agency having custody of the arrested or detained person when bail or a bond is
posted; establishing mandatory minimum sentences for certain sex trafficking
offenses; requiring the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission to maintain
a publicly searchable database; requiring legislative approval of proposed changes
to the Sentencing Guidelines; requiring county attorneys to record and report the
reason for dismissing charges; requiring the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines
Commission to report information on dismissals to the legislature; requiring county
attorneys to post information on dismissals to a publicly accessible website; creating
liability and vicarious liability for trespass to critical infrastructure; creating a
crime for recruiting or educating individuals to trespass on or damage critical
infrastructure; enhancing the penalty for assaulting a police officer; establishing
the crime of fleeing in a motor vehicle and failing to obey certain traffic laws;
prohibiting being in a stolen motor vehicle; increasing penalties for obstructing
trunk highway, airport, or transit traffic; eliminating the requirement that a vehicle
be unoccupied when law enforcement attach a tracking device; authorizing the
expanded use of tracking devices for fleeing motor vehicles; imposing criminal
penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.82,
subdivision 2; 244.09, subdivision 11, by adding subdivisions; 609.2231,
subdivision 1; 609.322, subdivision 1; 609.487, by adding a subdivision; 609.52,
by adding a subdivision; 609.594, subdivision 2; 609.6055, subdivision 2; 609.74;
609.855, subdivision 2; 626A.35, subdivision 2b, by adding a subdivision; 629.53;
629.67; 629.70; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters
388; 604.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.82, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Arrest data.

The following data created or collected by law enforcement
agencies which document any actions taken by them to cite, arrest, incarcerate or otherwise
substantially deprive an adult individual of liberty shall be public at all times in the
originating agency:

(a) time, date and place of the action;

(b) any resistance encountered by the agency;

(c) any pursuit engaged in by the agency;

(d) whether any weapons were used by the agency or other individual;

(e) the charge, arrest or search warrants, or other legal basis for the action;

(f) the identities of the agencies, units within the agencies and individual persons taking
the action;

(g) whether and where the individual is being held in custody or is being incarcerated
by the agency;

(h) the date, time and legal basis for any transfer of custody and the identity of the agency
or person who received custody;

(i) the date, time and legal basis for any release from custody or incarceration new text begin , including,
to the extent known, the identity of any person or entity who posted bail or a bond to secure
the release of the individual who was held in custody for a crime against a person listed in
section 611A.031 or a crime of violence as defined in section 629.725 new text end ;

(j) the name, age, sex and last known address of an adult person or the age and sex of
any juvenile person cited, arrested, incarcerated or otherwise substantially deprived of
liberty;

(k) whether the agency employed a portable recording system, automated license plate
reader, wiretaps or other eavesdropping techniques, unless the release of this specific data
would jeopardize an ongoing investigation;

(l) the manner in which the agencies received the information that led to the arrest and
the names of individuals who supplied the information unless the identities of those
individuals qualify for protection under subdivision 17; and

(m) response or incident report number.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.09, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 6a. new text end

new text begin Publicly searchable database. new text end

new text begin (a) The commission shall maintain a public
website with a searchable database that provides the public with information on criminal
sentences stayed or imposed by the courts. The website must not include information that
is not public data, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 8a.
new text end

new text begin (b) The website required under paragraph (a) must contain all the information transmitted
from the sentencing court to the commission including information in the sentencing
worksheet transmitted pursuant to section 609.115, subdivision 2a, and the sentencing order
and departure report, if any, sent pursuant to rule 27.03 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Data received by the commission must be entered into separate fields in the database.
new text end

new text begin (c) The searchable database must allow a user of the website to:
new text end

new text begin (1) search by individual fields, including but not limited to:
new text end

new text begin (i) case number;
new text end

new text begin (ii) defendant name;
new text end

new text begin (iii) date of offense;
new text end

new text begin (iv) the judicial district where the sentence was stayed or imposed;
new text end

new text begin (v) the county where the sentence was stayed or imposed;
new text end

new text begin (vi) the year in which the sentence was stayed or imposed;
new text end

new text begin (vii) the judge who stayed or imposed the sentence;
new text end

new text begin (viii) the crime for which the sentence was stayed or imposed;
new text end

new text begin (ix) the defendant's criminal history score;
new text end

new text begin (x) the severity level of the offense for which a sentence was stayed or imposed;
new text end

new text begin (xi) executed sentences, including the length of sentence imposed and executed;
new text end

new text begin (xii) stayed sentences, including the length of probation ordered and, if applicable, the
length of sentence imposed but not executed;
new text end

new text begin (xiii) whether the sentence was a departure from the Sentencing Guidelines and, if so,
whether it was an aggravated durational, aggravated dispositional, mitigated durational,
mitigated dispositional, or hybrid departure; and
new text end

new text begin (xiv) whether a departure from the Sentencing Guidelines was ordered with prosecutor
agreement;
new text end

new text begin (2) perform a search using at least two fields;
new text end

new text begin (3) sort by each field;
new text end

new text begin (4) obtain information grouped or aggregated by each field, where groups or subtotals
are feasible; and
new text end

new text begin (5) allow the user to download the data into a user-controlled database.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.09, subdivision 11, is amended to read:

Subd. 11.

Modification.

The commission shall meet as necessary for the purpose of
modifying and improving the guidelines. Any modification which amends the Sentencing
Guidelines grid, including severity levels and criminal history scores, or which would result
in the reduction of any sentence or in the early release of any inmate, with the exception of
a modification mandated or authorized by the legislature or relating to a crime created or
amended by the legislature in the preceding session, shall be submitted to the legislature by
January 15 of any year in which the commission wishes to make the change and shall be
effective on August 1 of that year deleted text begin , unless deleted text end new text begin if new text end the legislature by law deleted text begin provides otherwise deleted text end new text begin adopts
or amends the modification new text end . All other modifications shall take effect according to the
procedural rules of the commission. On or before January 15 of each year, the commission
shall submit a written report to the committees of the senate and the house of representatives
with jurisdiction over criminal justice policy that new text begin describes the commission's activities over
the previous year and new text end identifies and explains all modifications made during the preceding
12 months and all proposed modifications that are being submitted to the legislature that
year.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.09, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 16. new text end

new text begin Report on dismissals with agreement of the prosecutor. new text end

new text begin The Sentencing
Guidelines Commission shall include in its annual report to the legislature a summary and
analysis of reports received from county attorneys under section 388.052.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2025.
new text end

Sec. 5.

new text begin [388.052] REPORT ON CRIMINAL CHARGES AND CASES DISMISSED.
new text end

new text begin (a) In each case where the defendant is charged with a felony, a county attorney who
dismisses any part of a criminal action pursuant to rule 30.01 of the Rules of Criminal
Procedure shall record the following information in writing:
new text end

new text begin (1) the name of the defendant;
new text end

new text begin (2) the date of the offense;
new text end

new text begin (3) all crimes charged;
new text end

new text begin (4) any charges that were dismissed;
new text end

new text begin (5) the date of dismissal; and
new text end

new text begin (6) any reason for the dismissal.
new text end

new text begin (b) The county attorney shall forward the information recorded under paragraph (a) to
the Sentencing Guidelines Commission upon forms prescribed by the commission and must
publish the information on the county attorney's publicly accessible website. Information
forwarded to the Sentencing Guidelines Commission and posted on the county attorney's
website must not include identifying information of a victim.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to dismissals
occurring on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 6.

new text begin [604.135] CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; VICARIOUS LIABILITY.
new text end

new text begin (a) A person who is arrested for or convicted of a violation of section 609.594 or 609.6055
may be held liable for any damages to personal or real property while trespassing or causing
damage to the physical property of a critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline.
new text end

new text begin (b) A person or entity that recruits, trains, aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires
with or otherwise procures another to trespass as described in paragraph (a) may also be
held vicariously liable for any damages to personal or real property committed by the
individual arrested or convicted under section 609.594 or 609.6055.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Peace officers.

(a) As used in this subdivision, "peace officer" means a
person who is licensed under section 626.845, subdivision 1, and effecting a lawful arrest
or executing any other duty imposed by law.

(b) Whoever physically assaults a peace officer is guilty of a deleted text begin gross misdemeanor deleted text end new text begin felony
and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine
of not more than $4,000, or both new text end .

(c) Whoever commits either of the following acts against a peace officer is guilty of a
felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment
of a fine of not more than $6,000, or both: (1) physically assaults the officer if the assault
inflicts demonstrable bodily harm; or (2) intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily
fluids or feces at or onto the officer.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.322, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Solicitation, inducement, and promotion of prostitution; sex trafficking
in the first degree.

(a) Whoever, while acting other than as a prostitute or patron,
intentionally does any of the following may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more
than 25 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $50,000, or both:

(1) solicits or induces an individual under the age of 18 years to practice prostitution;

(2) promotes the prostitution of an individual under the age of 18 years;

(3) receives profit, knowing or having reason to know that it is derived from the
prostitution, or the promotion of the prostitution, of an individual under the age of 18 years;
or

(4) engages in the sex trafficking of an individual under the age of 18 years.

(b) Whoever violates paragraph (a) or subdivision 1a may be sentenced to imprisonment
for not more than 30 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $60,000, or both, if one
or more of the following aggravating factors are present:

(1) the offender has committed a prior qualified human trafficking-related offense;

(2) the offense involved a sex trafficking victim who suffered bodily harm during the
commission of the offense;

(3) the time period that a sex trafficking victim was held in debt bondage or forced or
coerced labor or services exceeded 180 days; or

(4) the offense involved more than one sex trafficking victim.

new text begin (c) Unless a longer mandatory minimum sentence is otherwise required by law or the
Sentencing Guidelines provide for a longer presumptive executed sentence, the court shall
presume that an executed sentence of 120 months must be imposed on an offender convicted
of violating this section under the conditions described in paragraph (a), and an executed
sentence of 144 months must be imposed on an offender convicted of violating this section
under the conditions described in paragraph (b). Sentencing a person in a manner other than
that described in this paragraph is a departure from the Sentencing Guidelines.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.487, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 3a. new text end

new text begin Fleeing officer; failure to obey signs. new text end

new text begin Whoever flees or attempts to flee by
means of a motor vehicle a peace officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of an official
duty, and the perpetrator knows or should reasonably know the same to be a peace officer,
and who in the course of fleeing in a motor vehicle does any of the following is guilty of a
felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment
of a fine of not more than $10,000 or both:
new text end

new text begin (1) fails to obey signs, signals, or markings in violation of section 169.06, subdivision
4, 4a, 4b, 5, 6, 7, or 8; or
new text end

new text begin (2) fails to keep on the proper side of the road in violation of section 169.18.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.52, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 2a. new text end

new text begin Illegal presence in a stolen motor vehicle. new text end

new text begin (a) A person who enters into or
is found in a motor vehicle that the person knows or has reason to know was taken or stolen
in violation of subdivision 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
new text end

new text begin (b) A person who violates paragraph (a) after being previously convicted or adjudicated
delinquent for violating paragraph (a) is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.594, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Prohibited conduct; penalty.

new text begin (a) new text end Whoever causes damage to the physical
property of a critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline with the intent to significantly
disrupt the operation of or the provision of services by the facility, utility, or pipeline and
without the consent of one authorized to give consent, is guilty of a felony and may be
sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more
than $20,000, or both.

new text begin (b) Whoever intentionally recruits, trains, aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires
with or otherwise procures another to commit a violation of paragraph (a) is guilty of a
felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of
a fine of not more than $20,000, or both, if a violation is committed and the person fails to
make a reasonable effort to prevent the violation.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.6055, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Prohibited conduct; penalty.

(a) Whoever enters or is found upon property
containing a critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline, without claim of right or
consent of one who has the right to give consent to be on the property, is guilty of a gross
misdemeanor, if:

(1) the person refuses to depart from the property on the demand of one who has the
right to give consent;

(2) within the past six months, the person had been told by one who had the right to give
consent to leave the property and not to return, unless a person with the right to give consent
has given the person permission to return; or

(3) the property is posted.

(b) Whoever enters an underground structure that (1) contains a utility line or pipeline
and (2) is not open to the public for pedestrian use, without claim of right or consent of one
who has the right to give consent to be in the underground structure, is guilty of a gross
misdemeanor. The underground structure does not need to be posted for this paragraph to
apply.

new text begin (c) Whoever intentionally recruits, trains, aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires
with or otherwise procures another to commit a violation of paragraph (a) is guilty of a
gross misdemeanor if a violation is committed and the person fails to make a reasonable
effort to prevent the violation.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.74, is amended to read:

609.74 PUBLIC NUISANCE.

new text begin (a) new text end Whoever by an act or failure to perform a legal duty intentionally does any of the
following is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, which is a misdemeanor:

(1) maintains or permits a condition which unreasonably annoys, injures or endangers
the safety, health, morals, comfort, or repose of any considerable number of members of
the public; or

(2) new text begin except as provided in paragraph (b), new text end interferes with, obstructs, or renders dangerous
for passage, any public highway or right-of-way, or waters used by the public; or

(3) is guilty of any other act or omission declared by law to be a public nuisance and for
which no sentence is specifically provided.

new text begin (b) It is a gross misdemeanor for a person to interfere with or obstruct traffic that is
entering, exiting, or on a freeway or entering, exiting, or on a public roadway within the
boundaries of airport property with the intent to interfere with, obstruct, or otherwise disrupt
traffic. This paragraph does not apply to the actions of law enforcement or other emergency
responders, road or airport authorities, or utility officials, or their agents, employees, or
contractors when carrying out duties imposed by law or contract. For purposes of this
paragraph, "airport" means an airport that has a control tower and airline service, and
"freeway" means any section of a divided highway where the only access and egress for
vehicular traffic is from entrance and exit ramps.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.855, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Unlawful interference with transit deleted text begin operator deleted text end .

(a) Whoever intentionally
commits an act that interferes with or obstructs, or tends to interfere with or obstruct, the
operation of a transit vehicle is guilty of deleted text begin unlawful interference with a transit operator deleted text end new text begin a crime new text end
and may be sentenced as provided in paragraph (c).

(b) An act deleted text begin that is deleted text end committed on a transit vehicle that distracts the driver from the safe
operation of the vehicle new text begin , restricts passenger access to the transit vehicle, new text end or deleted text begin that deleted text end endangers
passengers is a violation of this subdivision if an authorized transit representative has clearly
warned the person once to stop the act.

(c) A person who violates this subdivision may be sentenced as follows:

(1) to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more
than $5,000, or both, if the violation was accompanied by force or violence or a
communication of a threat of force or violence; or

(2) to imprisonment for not more than deleted text begin 90 deleted text end new text begin 364 new text end days or to payment of a fine of not more
than deleted text begin $1,000 deleted text end new text begin $3,000 new text end , or both, if the violation was not accompanied by force or violence or
a communication of a threat of force or violence.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626A.35, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:

Subd. 2b.

Exception; stolen motor vehicles.

(a) The prohibition under subdivision 1
does not apply to the use of a mobile tracking device on a stolen motor vehicle when:

(1) the consent of the owner of the vehicle has been obtained; or

(2) the owner of the motor vehicle has reported to law enforcement that the vehicle is
stolen deleted text begin , and the vehicle is occupied when the tracking device is installed deleted text end new text begin and the stolen
vehicle is not on private property new text end .

(b) Within deleted text begin 24 deleted text end new text begin 12 new text end hours of a tracking device being attached to a vehicle pursuant to the
authority granted in paragraph (a), clause (2), an officer employed by the agency that attached
the tracking device to the vehicle must remove the device, disable the device, or obtain a
search warrant granting approval to continue to use the device in the investigation.

(c) A peace officer employed by the agency that attached a tracking device to a stolen
motor vehicle must remove the tracking device if the vehicle is recovered and returned to
the owner.

(d) Any tracking device evidence collected after the motor vehicle is returned to the
owner is inadmissible.

(e) new text begin When a peace officer attaches a tracking device to a stolen vehicle pursuant to
paragraph (a), clause (2), the peace officer must prepare a report that includes the evidence
relied upon to establish the vehicle was reported stolen, the date and time the device was
attached to the vehicle, the method used to attach the device to the vehicle, the duration for
which the tracking device was attached to the vehicle, and an explanation of how the device
impacted the outcome of the investigation. Reports created under this paragraph must be
retained as part of the criminal investigation file.
new text end

new text begin (f) new text end By August 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, the chief law enforcement officer of an
agency that obtains a search warrant under paragraph (b), must provide notice to the
superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension of the number of search warrants
the agency obtained under this subdivision in the preceding 12 months. The superintendent
must provide a summary of the data received pursuant to this paragraph in the bureau's
biennial report to the legislature required under section 299C.18.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626A.35, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 2c. new text end

new text begin Exception; fleeing motor vehicles. new text end

new text begin The prohibition under subdivision 1 does
not apply to the use of a mobile tracking device on a fleeing motor vehicle. For purposes
of this subdivision, "flee" has the meaning given in section 609.487, subdivision 1.
new text end

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.53, is amended to read:

629.53 PROVIDING RELEASE ON BAIL; COMMITMENT.

A person charged with a criminal offense may be released with or without bail in
accordance with rule 6.02 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure. Money bail is the property
of the accused, whether deposited by that person or by a third person on the accused's behalf.
When money bail is accepted by a judge, that judge shall order it to be deposited with the
court administrator new text begin and shall notify the agency having custody of the arrested or detained
person or the agency's designee that money bail has been posted, the amount posted, and,
if the arrested or detained person is being held in custody for a crime against a person listed
in section 611A.031 or a crime of violence as defined in section 629.725, the identity of the
person or entity that posted the bail new text end . The court administrator shall retain it until the final
disposition of the case and the final order of the court disposing of the case. Upon release,
the amount released must be paid to the accused personally or upon that person's written
order. In case of conviction, the judge may order the money bail deposit to be applied to
any fine or restitution imposed on the defendant by the court and, if the fine or restitution
is less than the deposit, order the balance to be paid to the defendant. Money bail deposited
with the court or any officer of it is exempt from garnishment or levy under attachment or
execution.

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.67, is amended to read:

629.67 SURETIES ON BOND, RECOGNIZANCE, OR UNDERTAKING;
AFFIDAVITS REQUIRED.

new text begin (a) new text end A personal surety upon any bond, recognizance, or undertaking given to secure the
appearance of a defendant in a criminal case shall make an affidavit, to be attached to the
bond, recognizance, or undertaking, stating:

(1) the surety's full name;

(2) the surety's residence and post office address;

(3) whether or not the affiant is surety upon any other bond, recognizance, or undertaking
in any criminal case, and, if so, stating the name of the principal, the amount of each
obligation, and the court in which the obligation was given; and

(4) the legal description of all real property owned by the surety and specifying as to
each parcel of property its fair market value, what liens or encumbrances, if any, exist on
it, and whether or not the property is the surety's homestead or is otherwise exempt from
execution. The court may require the surety to disclose all or some of the surety's personal
property by affidavit as required for real property.

new text begin (b) new text end The court may, in its discretion, by written order endorsed on the bond, recognizance,
or undertaking, dispense with the affidavit disclosing the surety's real or personal property,
or any part of it, if the court is satisfied that the surety is worth the amount necessary to act
as surety on the bond, recognizance or undertaking to secure the defendant in a criminal
case and is not a professional or habitual bonding agent in criminal cases.

new text begin (c) The court shall provide the agency having custody of a defendant in a criminal case
who is charged with a crime against a person listed in section 611A.031 or a crime of
violence as defined in section 629.725 with a copy of the affidavit identified in paragraph
(a).
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.70, is amended to read:

629.70 AUTHORIZED CORPORATE BONDS AND RECOGNIZANCES.

A defendant required to give a bond, recognizance, or undertaking to secure an appearance
in a criminal case may choose to give a surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking executed
by a corporation authorized by law to execute bonds, recognizances, or undertakings.
However, the amount of the bond, recognizance, or undertaking as fixed by the court must
be the same regardless of the kind of bond, recognizance, or undertaking given. new text begin When a
corporation authorized by law to execute bonds, recognizances, or undertakings has given
a surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking on behalf of a defendant charged with a crime
against a person listed in section 611A.031 or a crime of violence as defined in section
629.725, the court shall notify the agency having custody of the defendant or the agency's
designee that a surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking has been given; the amount of
the surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking; and the identity of the person or entity that
posted the surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 20. new text begin SEARCHABLE PUBLIC DATABASE; APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general
fund to the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission to develop and maintain a publicly
searchable database pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 244.09, subdivision 6a. The
base for this appropriation is $....... in fiscal year 2028 and thereafter.
new text end