The legislative bill, H.F. No., introduced by authors Scott and Stephenson in the State of Minnesota, aims to establish strict oversight for handling non-public governmental data. It seeks to amend Section 13.05 of the Minnesota Statutes by adding new requirements for creating an audit trail. This audit trail must record all actions involving non-public data, such as when the data is created, accessed, changed, shared, or received. Furthermore, it must include the date of these actions, the identity of the persons handling the data, and details of other governmental entities or persons involved in the data transactions. The audit trail data must be retained for at least ten years or until the respective data it tracks is destroyed in accordance with an approved records retention schedule. This new requirement ensures greater accountability and transparency in the management of non-public governmental data.