1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; ensuring that certain publicly funded state and local
1.3 institutions provide notice to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
1.4 when certain noncitizens are being housed in a facility under the institution's
1.5 control; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 631.50.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 631.50, is amended to read:
1.8 631.50 ALIEN INMATES OR MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; NOTICE TO UNITED
1.9STATES IMMIGRATION OFFICERS.
1.10 (a) When a person who is convicted of a felony or is found to be a person who is mentally
1.11ill is committed to the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater, the Minnesota Correctional
1.12Facility-St. Cloud custody of the commissioner of corrections, the a county jail, or any other
1.13state or county institution which is supported, wholly or in part, by public funds, the chief
1.14executive officer, sheriff, or other officer in charge of the state or county institution shall
1.15at once inquire into the nationality of the person. If it appears that the person is an alien,
1.16the officer shall immediately notify the United States immigration officer in charge of the
1.17district in which the correctional facility, jail, or other institution is located of (1) the date
1.18of the conviction and the reasons for crime for which the alien commitment was convicted,
1.19(2) the length of time for which committed, (3) the country of which the alien is a citizen,
1.20and (4) the date on which and the port at which the alien last entered the United States.
1.21 (b) When a person who is found to be either a person who has a mental illness and is
1.22dangerous to the public, as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision 17, or a person who
1.23poses a risk of harm due to mental illness, as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision 17a,
1Section 1.
REVISOR KLL H0772-1HF772 FIRST ENGROSSMENT
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 772
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Swedzinski02/13/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy
Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy03/17/2025 2.1is committed to a state or county institution which is supported, wholly or in part, by public
2.2funds, the chief executive officer or other officer in charge of the state or county institution
2.3shall at once inquire into the nationality of the person. If it appears that the person is an
2.4alien, the officer shall immediately notify the United States immigration officer in charge
2.5of the district in which the institution is located of (1) the date of and the reasons for the
2.6alien commitment, (2) the length of time for which the alien is committed, (3) the country
2.7of which the alien is a citizen, and (4) the date on which and the port at which the alien last
2.8entered the United States.
2.9 Sec. 2. INMATE IMMIGRATION STATUS REVIEW.
2.10 By September 1, 2025, the commissioner of corrections, chief executive officer, sheriff,
2.11or other officer in charge of a state or county institution which is supported, wholly or in
2.12part, by public funds that houses persons serving a felony sentence shall inquire into the
2.13nationality of each person in their custody who is serving a felony sentence. If it appears
2.14that the person is an alien, the officer shall immediately notify the United States immigration
2.15officer in charge of the district in which the correctional facility, jail, or other institution is
2.16located of (1) the date of the conviction and the crime for which the alien was convicted,
2.17(2) the length of time for which the alien is committed, (3) the country of which the alien
2.18is a citizen, and (4) the date on which and the port at which the alien last entered the United
2.19States.
2Sec. 2.
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