Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF689 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to public safety; authorizing county attorneys to use administrative
3	3	1.3 subpoenas in wage theft investigations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
4	4	1.4 388.23, subdivision 1.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 388.23, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subdivision 1.Authority.(a) The county attorney, or any deputy or assistant county
8	8	1.8attorney whom the county attorney authorizes in writing, has the authority to subpoena and
9	9	1.9require the production of:
10	10	1.10 (1) any records of:
11	11	1.11 (i) telephone companies, cellular phone companies, paging companies, and subscribers
12	12	1.12of private computer networks including Internet service providers or computer bulletin
13	13	1.13board systems,;
14	14	1.14 (ii) electric companies, gas companies, and water utilities,;
15	15	1.15 (iii) chemical suppliers,;
16	16	1.16 (iv) hotels and motels,;
17	17	1.17 (v) pawn shops,;
18	18	1.18 (vi) airlines, buses, taxis, and other entities engaged in the business of transporting
19	19	1.19people,; and
20	20	1Section 1.
21	21	REVISOR KLL/AC 25-0297701/29/25
22	22	State of Minnesota
23	23	This Document can be made available
24	24	in alternative formats upon request
25	25	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
26	26	H. F. No. 689
27	27	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
28	28	Authored by Frazier, Greenman, Momanyi-Hiltsley, Smith, Pursell and others02/13/2025
29	29	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
30	30	2.2delivery companies, and other entities engaged in the businesses of transport, storage, or
31	31	2.3delivery, and;
32	32	2.4 (2) records of the existence of safe deposit box account numbers and customer savings
33	33	2.5and checking account numbers maintained by financial institutions and safe deposit
34	34	2.6companies,;
35	35	2.7 (3) insurance records relating to the monetary payment or settlement of claims,;
36	36	2.8 (4) the banking, credit card, and financial records of a subject of an identity theft
37	37	2.9investigation or a vulnerable adult, whether held in the name of the vulnerable adult or a
38	38	2.10third party, including but not limited to safe deposit, loan and account applications and
39	39	2.11agreements, signature cards, statements, checks, transfers, account authorizations, safe
40	40	2.12deposit access records and documentation of fraud, and;
41	41	2.13 (5) wage and employment records of an applicant or recipient of public assistance who
42	42	2.14is the subject of a welfare fraud investigation relating to eligibility information for public
43	43	2.15assistance programs.; and
44	44	2.16 (6) any of the following records of an employer or other person who is the subject of a
45	45	2.17wage theft investigation:
46	46	2.18 (i) accounting and financial records such as books, registers, payrolls, banking records,
47	47	2.19credit card records, securities records, and records of money transfers;
48	48	2.20 (ii) records required to be kept pursuant to section 177.30, paragraph (a); and
49	49	2.21 (iii) other records that in any way relate to wages, hours, and other conditions of
50	50	2.22employment of any employee.
51	51	2.23 (b) Subpoenas may only be issued for records that are relevant to an ongoing legitimate
52	52	2.24law enforcement investigation. Administrative subpoenas may only be issued in welfare
53	53	2.25fraud and identity theft cases if there is probable cause to believe a crime has been committed.
54	54	2.26This provision applies only to the records of business entities and does not extend to private
55	55	2.27individuals or their dwellings.
56	56	2.28 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
57	57	2.29committed on or after that date.
58	58	2Section 1.
59	59	REVISOR KLL/AC 25-0297701/29/25