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.
1Section 1.
25-03051 as introduced01/30/25 REVISOR KLL/CH
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1295NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: COLEMAN)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/13/2025
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety