1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to public safety; requiring that level III predatory offenders be subject to |
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3 | 3 | | 1.3 electronic surveillance while under community correctional supervision; |
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4 | 4 | | 1.4 appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.05, |
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5 | 5 | | 1.5 subdivision 6. |
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6 | 6 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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7 | 7 | | 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.05, subdivision 6, is amended to read: |
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8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 6.Intensive supervised release.(a) The commissioner may order that an inmate |
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9 | 9 | | 1.9be placed on intensive supervised release for: |
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10 | 10 | | 1.10 (1) all or part of the inmate's supervised release or parole term; or |
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11 | 11 | | 1.11 (2) all of the inmate's conditional or supervised release term if the inmate was: |
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12 | 12 | | 1.12 (i) convicted of a sex offense under section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, or |
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13 | 13 | | 1.13609.3453; or |
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14 | 14 | | 1.14 (ii) sentenced under section 609.3455, subdivision 3a. |
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15 | 15 | | 1.15 (b) The commissioner must order that all level III predatory offenders be placed on |
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16 | 16 | | 1.16intensive supervised release, which must include electronic surveillance, for the entire |
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17 | 17 | | 1.17supervised release, conditional release, or parole term. |
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18 | 18 | | 1.18 (c) The commissioner may impose appropriate conditions of release on an inmate, |
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19 | 19 | | 1.19including but not limited to: |
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20 | 20 | | 1.20 (1) unannounced searches by an intensive supervision agent of the inmate's person, |
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21 | 21 | | 1.21vehicle, premises, computer, or other electronic devices capable of accessing the Internet; |
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22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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23 | 23 | | REVISOR KLL/NS 25-0072111/25/24 |
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24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 932 |
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29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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30 | 30 | | Authored by Nash02/17/2025 |
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31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy 2.1 (2) compliance with court-ordered restitution, if any; |
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32 | 32 | | 2.2 (3) random drug testing; |
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33 | 33 | | 2.3 (4) house arrest; |
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34 | 34 | | 2.4 (5) daily curfews; |
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35 | 35 | | 2.5 (6) frequent face-to-face contacts with an assigned intensive supervision agent; |
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36 | 36 | | 2.6 (7) work, education, or treatment requirements; and |
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37 | 37 | | 2.7 (8) electronic surveillance. |
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38 | 38 | | 2.8 (d) A sex offender placed on intensive supervised release may be ordered to participate |
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39 | 39 | | 2.9in an appropriate sex offender program as a condition of release. |
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40 | 40 | | 2.10 (e) If electronic surveillance is directed for an inmate on intensive supervised release, |
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41 | 41 | | 2.11the commissioner must require that until electronic surveillance is activated: |
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42 | 42 | | 2.12 (1) the inmate be kept in custody; or |
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43 | 43 | | 2.13 (2) the inmate's intensive supervision agent, or the agent's designee, directly supervise |
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44 | 44 | | 2.14the inmate. |
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45 | 45 | | 2.15 (f) Before being released from custody or the direct supervision of an intensive |
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46 | 46 | | 2.16supervision agent, an inmate placed on electronic surveillance must ensure that: |
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47 | 47 | | 2.17 (1) the inmate's residence is properly equipped to support electronic surveillance; and |
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48 | 48 | | 2.18 (2) the inmate's telecommunications system is properly configured to support electronic |
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49 | 49 | | 2.19surveillance. |
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50 | 50 | | 2.20 (g) An inmate who fails to comply with paragraph (f) may be found in violation of the |
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51 | 51 | | 2.21inmate's conditions of release after a revocation hearing. |
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52 | 52 | | 2.22 (h) As a condition of release for an inmate required to register under section 243.166 |
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53 | 53 | | 2.23who is placed on intensive supervised release under this subdivision, the commissioner shall |
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54 | 54 | | 2.24prohibit the inmate from accessing, creating, or maintaining a personal web page, profile, |
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55 | 55 | | 2.25account, password, or username for (1) a social networking website, or (2) an instant |
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56 | 56 | | 2.26messaging or chat room program, any of which permits persons under the age of 18 to |
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57 | 57 | | 2.27become a member or to create or maintain a personal web page. |
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58 | 58 | | 2.28 (i) An intensive supervision agent may modify the prohibition under paragraph (h) if: |
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59 | 59 | | 2.29 (1) the modification would not jeopardize public safety; and |
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60 | 60 | | 2.30 (2) the modification is specifically described and agreed to in advance by the agent. |
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61 | 61 | | 2Section 1. |
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62 | 62 | | REVISOR KLL/NS 25-0072111/25/24 3.1 (j) If an inmate violates the conditions of intensive supervised release, the commissioner |
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63 | 63 | | 3.2may impose sanctions as provided in subdivision 3 and section 609.3455. |
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64 | 64 | | 3.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to offenders |
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65 | 65 | | 3.4placed on intensive supervised release on or after that date. |
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66 | 66 | | 3.5 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION. |
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67 | 67 | | 3.6 $....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of |
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68 | 68 | | 3.7corrections to implement section 1. |
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69 | 69 | | 3Sec. 2. |
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70 | 70 | | REVISOR KLL/NS 25-0072111/25/24 |
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