| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to public safety; requiring meetings of the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 Commission to be recorded and made available to the public; amending Minnesota |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 Statutes 2024, section 244.09, subdivision 11. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.09, subdivision 11, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 11.Modification.The commission shall meet as necessary for the purpose of |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8modifying and improving the guidelines. The commission must make a visual and audio |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9recording of each meeting and make the recordings available to the public on the |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10commission's website or through a link posted on the website. Any modification which |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11amends the Sentencing Guidelines grid, including severity levels and criminal history scores, |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12or which would result in the reduction of any sentence or in the early release of any inmate, |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13with the exception of a modification mandated or authorized by the legislature or relating |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14to a crime created or amended by the legislature in the preceding session, shall be submitted |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15to the legislature by January 15 of any year in which the commission wishes to make the |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16change and shall be effective on August 1 of that year, unless the legislature by law provides |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17otherwise. All other modifications shall take effect according to the procedural rules of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18commission. On or before January 15 of each year, the commission shall submit a written |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19report to the committees of the senate and the house of representatives with jurisdiction |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20over criminal justice policy that identifies and explains all modifications made during the |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21preceding 12 months and all proposed modifications that are being submitted to the legislature |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22that year. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1.23 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 25 | 25 | | REVISOR KLL/AD 25-0140812/16/24 |
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| 26 | 26 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 27 | 27 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 28 | 28 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 29 | 29 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 30 | 30 | | H. F. No. 294 |
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| 31 | 31 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 32 | 32 | | Authored by Scott and Gander01/23/2025 |
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| 33 | 33 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy |
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