1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; authorizing county attorneys to use administrative
1.3 subpoenas in wage theft investigations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
1.4 388.23, subdivision 1.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 388.23, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1.Authority.(a) The county attorney, or any deputy or assistant county
1.8attorney whom the county attorney authorizes in writing, has the authority to subpoena and
1.9require the production of:
1.10 (1) any records of:
1.11 (i) telephone companies, cellular phone companies, paging companies, and subscribers
1.12of private computer networks including Internet service providers or computer bulletin
1.13board systems,;
1.14 (ii) electric companies, gas companies, and water utilities,;
1.15 (iii) chemical suppliers,;
1.16 (iv) hotels and motels,;
1.17 (v) pawn shops,;
1.18 (vi) airlines, buses, taxis, and other entities engaged in the business of transporting
1.19people,; and
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REVISOR KLL/AC 25-0297701/29/25
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 689
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Frazier, Greenman, Momanyi-Hiltsley, Smith, Pursell and others02/13/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law 2.1 (vii) freight companies, warehousing companies, self-service storage facilities, package
2.2delivery companies, and other entities engaged in the businesses of transport, storage, or
2.3delivery, and;
2.4 (2) records of the existence of safe deposit box account numbers and customer savings
2.5and checking account numbers maintained by financial institutions and safe deposit
2.6companies,;
2.7 (3) insurance records relating to the monetary payment or settlement of claims,;
2.8 (4) the banking, credit card, and financial records of a subject of an identity theft
2.9investigation or a vulnerable adult, whether held in the name of the vulnerable adult or a
2.10third party, including but not limited to safe deposit, loan and account applications and
2.11agreements, signature cards, statements, checks, transfers, account authorizations, safe
2.12deposit access records and documentation of fraud, and;
2.13 (5) wage and employment records of an applicant or recipient of public assistance who
2.14is the subject of a welfare fraud investigation relating to eligibility information for public
2.15assistance programs.; and
2.16 (6) any of the following records of an employer or other person who is the subject of a
2.17wage theft investigation:
2.18 (i) accounting and financial records such as books, registers, payrolls, banking records,
2.19credit card records, securities records, and records of money transfers;
2.20 (ii) records required to be kept pursuant to section 177.30, paragraph (a); and
2.21 (iii) other records that in any way relate to wages, hours, and other conditions of
2.22employment of any employee.
2.23 (b) Subpoenas may only be issued for records that are relevant to an ongoing legitimate
2.24law enforcement investigation. Administrative subpoenas may only be issued in welfare
2.25fraud and identity theft cases if there is probable cause to believe a crime has been committed.
2.26This provision applies only to the records of business entities and does not extend to private
2.27individuals or their dwellings.
2.28 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
2.29committed on or after that date.
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