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HF4056 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Accident report requirements modified, and local law enforcement authorized to provide certain data to contracted service providers for purposes of accident reporting.

Related bill: SF4321

AI Generated Summary

Purpose

The bill aims to modify how motor vehicle accident information is handled by allowing data to be shared with contracted service providers who help create, manage, and share crash reports. It also authorizes local law enforcement to provide certain crash-related data to these contracted service providers for accident reporting purposes.

Main provisions

  • Defines a new term: Contracted service provider. A contracted service provider is a contracted entity approved by a government agency to support or enable the generation, collection, management, and dissemination of crash reports or crash data under the state’s accident-reporting rules.
  • Adds the new subdivision 18a to Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 169.011 to formally define Contracted service provider and describe its role in handling crash reports and data.
  • Authorizes local law enforcement to provide certain data to contracted service providers for the purpose of accident reporting.
  • Indicates amendments to related statutory sections (169.011 and references to 169.09 subdivisions 8, 9, 13, 19) to align with the new definition and data-sharing framework.

Significant changes to existing law

  • Establishes a new formal category, Contracted service provider, for entities that process crash reports or crash data.
  • Creates a framework for local law enforcement to share crash-related data with these contracted providers for accident reporting.
  • Amends Minnesota Statutes 2024 to incorporate the new definition and data-sharing provisions, affecting how crash data is generated, collected, managed, and disseminated within the state’s accident-reporting system.

Potential implications

  • Increased use of external organizations to handle crash data and reports, potentially improving efficiency and timeliness of accident reporting.
  • New data-sharing pathways between law enforcement and contracted providers, which may raise questions about data access, safeguards, and privacy protections (not specified in the excerpt).

Practical takeaway

If you work with or are impacted by accident reporting, this bill would change who can handle crash data and how that data can be shared, by creating a recognized role for contracted service providers and allowing police data to be shared with them for reporting purposes.

Terminology and definitions (for clarity)

  • Contracted service provider: A contracted entity approved by a government agency to support or enable the permissible generation, collection, management, and dissemination of crash reports or data under the applicable laws.

Relevant Terms - Contracted service provider - crash reports - accident reporting - data generation - data collection - data management - data dissemination - Minnesota Statutes 2024 - section 169.011 - subdivision 18a - local law enforcement - data sharing - permissible generation - dissemination of crash data - 169.09 subdivisions 8, 9, 13, 19

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
March 09, 2026HouseActionIntroduction and first reading, referred toTransportation Finance and Policy

Citations

 
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    "analysis": {
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        "New subdivision 18a defining contracted service provider."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "Adds new subdivision 18a to Minnesota Statutes, section 169.011, to define and regulate contracted service providers related to crash report generation, collection, management, and dissemination.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "169.011",
    "subdivision": "subd.18a"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "References Minnesota Statutes, section 169.09, subdivision 8.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "169.09",
    "subdivision": "subd.8"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
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      "summary": "References Minnesota Statutes, section 169.09, subdivision 9.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "169.09",
    "subdivision": "subd.9"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "References Minnesota Statutes, section 169.09, subdivision 13.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "169.09",
    "subdivision": "subd.13"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "References Minnesota Statutes, section 169.09, subdivision 19.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "169.09",
    "subdivision": "subd.19"
  }
]

Progress through the legislative process

17%
In Committee

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