Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF435 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/11/2025

                            1.1	A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to corrections; requiring the commissioner of corrections to house only​
1.3 biological female inmates at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee;​
1.4 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 243.90.​
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 243.90, is amended to read:​
1.7 243.90 MINNESOTA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-SHAKOPEE.​
1.8 (a) There is established the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee at Shakopee,​
1.9Minnesota, in which may be placed persons only biological females committed to the​
1.10commissioner of corrections by the courts of this state who, in the opinion of the​
1.11commissioner, may benefit from the programs thereat. The general control and management​
1.12of the facility shall be under the commissioner.​
1.13 (b) If the commissioner is housing any inmates at the facility who are not biological​
1.14females on the effective date of this section, those inmates must be transferred to another​
1.15facility within seven days of enactment. This paragraph expires on January 1, 2026.​
1.16 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.​
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REVISOR KLL/CH 25-03051​01/30/25 ​
State of Minnesota​
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES​
H. F. No.  435​
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
Authored by Franson and Novotny​02/13/2025​
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy​