2025 Minnesota Statutes

244.46 EARNED COMPLIANCE CREDIT AND SUPERVISION ABATEMENT STATUS.

Subdivision 1.Adopting policy for earned compliance credit; supervision abatement status.

(a) The commissioner must adopt a policy providing for earned compliance credit and supervision abatement status, including the circumstances under which an individual may receive earned compliance credits and transition to supervision abatement status.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in the act, once the time served on active supervision plus earned compliance credits equals the total length of the supervised release term or, if applicable, the aggregate length of the supervised release term and conditional release term, the individual is eligible for supervision abatement status. However, the commissioner must not place the individual on supervision abatement status for the remainder of the supervised or conditional release term if the commissioner determines that doing so would present a risk to public safety, after weighing factors including the individual's stability, behavior, or overall adjustment while on supervision. For individuals with lifetime terms of conditional release, the commissioner shall not place the individual on supervision abatement status unless the time served on active supervision plus earned compliance credits equals at least ten years.

Subd. 2.Violating conditions of release; commissioner action.

If an individual violates the conditions of release while on supervision abatement status, the commissioner may:

(1) return the individual to active supervision for the remainder of the supervised release or conditional release term, with or without modifying the conditions of release; or

(2) revoke the individual's supervised release or conditional release in accordance with section 244.05, subdivision 3.

Subd. 3.Supervision abatement status; requirements.

A person who is placed on supervision abatement status under this section must not be required to regularly report to a supervised release agent or pay a supervision fee but must continue to:

(1) obey all laws;

(2) report any new criminal charges; and

(3) abide by section 243.1605 before seeking written authorization to relocate to another state.

Subd. 4.Applicability.

This section does not apply to individuals:

(1) serving life sentences;

(2) given indeterminate sentences for crimes committed on or before April 30, 1980; or

(3) subject to good time under section 244.04 or similar laws.

History:

2023 c 52 art 12 s 9; 2024 c 123 art 8 s 15,16; 2025 c 35 art 7 s 13