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HF393 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission meetings required to be recorded and made available to the public.

Related bill: SF1370

AI Generated Summary

This bill proposes that all meetings of the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission be recorded in both video and audio formats and that these recordings be accessible to the public through the commission’s website. It also requires the commission to make any significant changes to the sentencing guidelines, such as alterations in severity levels or changes that could reduce sentences or lead to early inmate releases, known to the legislature by January 15 of each year. Moreover, these changes would only become effective on August 1 of that year, unless the legislature decides otherwise. The commission is also tasked with annually reporting to legislative criminal justice committees about modifications made or proposed in the previous year.

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
February 12, 2025HouseFloorActionIntroduction and first reading, referred toPublic Safety Finance and Policy

Citations

 
[
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "A requirement for meetings to be visually and audibly recorded and made publicly available."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "This bill modifies the recording and reporting requirements for the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission under section 244.09.",
      "modified": [
        "Adjusts procedures for when modifications are submitted to the legislature."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "244.09"
  }
]

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