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Informational hearing on several topics related to the Department of Corrections. No official action will be taken. A more detailed agenda will be posted prior to the hearing date.
Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.
This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.
HF 5216 (Moller) Department of Public Safety, Department of Corrections, and Clemency Review Commission funding and related policy changes provided; and money appropriated.
Note: A DE for HF 5216 containing the contents of the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee Budget Bill is posted.
In-Person Testimony: The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair and is subject to change. The deadline to sign up for in-person testimony for all bills on the agenda will be 4:00 PM, April 15th. If you would like to testify, please email the committee administrator, ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov.
Written Testimony: The deadline to submit written testimony for all bills on the agenda will be 4:00 PM, April 15th. All written testimony must be submitted in a PDF document without hyperlinks. All testimony should be sent to the committee administrator, ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov.
Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.
This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.
Bills Added:
HF5216
(Moller) - Judiciary, public safety, and corrections supplemental budget bill.
HF 2609 (Berg) Regulation of machine guns modified.* DE amendment adopted on March 21st, 2024, is posted.
HF 3757 (Demuth) Felony offense established for reporting a fictitious emergency and directing the emergency response to the home of other individuals, and conforming change made.*
*Both HF 2609 and HF 3757 received a full hearing on March 21st, 2024. The Committee will not be accepting any further in-person testimony.
Written testimony will be accepted. The deadline to submit written testimony for all bills on the agenda will be 10:30 AM, April 3rd. All written testimony must be submitted in a PDF document without hyperlinks. All testimony should be sent to the committee administrator, ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov.
Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.
This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.
Bills Added:
HF2609
(Berg) - Gun trafficking investigations and firearm seizures report required by Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and Violent Crime Enforcement Teams, trigger activator definition amended, and transferring firearms to persons who are ineligible to possess firearms penalties increased.
HF3757
(Demuth) - Felony offense established for reporting a fictitious emergency and directing the emergency response to the home of other individuals, and conforming change made.
HF 3761 (Finke) Safety through Support Act established, visitation rights of incarcerated persons expanded, diversity task force established to approve licensed professionals to access incarcerated persons.
HF 4959 (Pinto) Task Force on Holistic and Effective Responses to Illicit Drug Use established, report required, and money appropriated.
Department of Corrections Budget and Bonding Presentations
Department of Public Safety Budget and Bonding Presentations
Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.
Written Testimony: The deadline to submit written testimony for all bills on the agenda will be 10:30 AM, March 25th. All written testimony must be submitted in a PDF document without clickable links. All testimony should be sent to the committee administrator, ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov.
Testimony: The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair and is subject to change. If you would like to testify, please email the committee administrator by 10:30 AM, March 25th.
This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.
Bills Added:
HF3761
(Finke) - Safety through Support Act established, visitation rights of incarcerated persons expanded, and diversity task force established to approve licensed professionals to access incarcerated persons.
HF4959
(Pinto) - Task Force on Holistic and Effective Responses to Illicit Drug Use established, report required, and money appropriated.
HF 3614 (Moller) Statutory citation related to obscene or harassing telephone calls corrected, reference to minimum term of imprisonment clarified, organized retail theft clarified, statutory citation reference related to expungement corrected, and eligibility standard applicable to retroactive relief for persons convicted of aiding and abetting felony murder clarified.
Note: The A24-0251 amendment containing the contents of the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee Policy Bill is posted.
Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.
Written Testimony: The deadline to submit written testimony for all bills on the agenda will be 10:30 AM, March 21st. All written testimony must be submitted in a PDF document without clickable links. All testimony should be sent to the committee administrator, ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov.
Testimony: The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair and is subject to change. If you would like to testify, please email the committee administrator by 10:30 AM, March 21st.
This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.
Bills Added:
HF3614
(Moller) - Public safety; policy and technical changes made to provisions including crime victim policy, criminal justice reform, public safety policy, predatory offenders, and corrections policy; crimes established; penalties provided; data classified; and reports required.