Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF2150 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to data practices; adding chief law enforcement officers to the definition
3	3	1.3 of a public official for purposes of personnel data access; amending Minnesota
4	4	1.4 Statutes 2024, section 13.43, subdivision 2.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.43, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subd. 2.Public data.(a) Except for employees described in subdivision 5 and subject
8	8	1.8to the limitations described in subdivision 5a, the following personnel data on current and
9	9	1.9former employees, volunteers, and independent contractors of a government entity is public:
10	10	1.10 (1) name; employee identification number, which must not be the employee's Social
11	11	1.11Security number; actual gross salary; salary range; terms and conditions of employment
12	12	1.12relationship; contract fees; actual gross pension; the value and nature of employer paid
13	13	1.13fringe benefits; and the basis for and the amount of any added remuneration, including
14	14	1.14expense reimbursement, in addition to salary;
15	15	1.15 (2) job title and bargaining unit; job description; education and training background;
16	16	1.16and previous work experience;
17	17	1.17 (3) date of first and last employment;
18	18	1.18 (4) the existence and status of any complaints or charges against the employee, regardless
19	19	1.19of whether the complaint or charge resulted in a disciplinary action;
20	20	1.20 (5) the final disposition of any disciplinary action together with the specific reasons for
21	21	1.21the action and data documenting the basis of the action, excluding data that would identify
22	22	1.22confidential sources who are employees of the public body;
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	25-04250 as introduced02/21/25 REVISOR VH/LJ
25	25	SENATE
26	26	STATE OF MINNESOTA
27	27	S.F. No. 2150NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
28	28	(SENATE AUTHORS: DIBBLE)
29	29	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
30	30	Introduction and first reading03/03/2025
31	31	Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1 (6) the complete terms of any agreement settling any dispute arising out of an employment
32	32	2.2relationship, including a buyout agreement as defined in section 123B.143, subdivision 2,
33	33	2.3paragraph (a); except that the agreement must include specific reasons for the agreement if
34	34	2.4it involves the payment of more than $10,000 of public money;
35	35	2.5 (7) work location; a work telephone number; badge number; work-related continuing
36	36	2.6education; and honors and awards received; and
37	37	2.7 (8) payroll time sheets or other comparable data that are only used to account for
38	38	2.8employee's work time for payroll purposes, except to the extent that release of time sheet
39	39	2.9data would reveal the employee's reasons for the use of sick or other medical leave or other
40	40	2.10not public data.
41	41	2.11 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, a final disposition occurs when the government
42	42	2.12entity makes its final decision about the disciplinary action, regardless of the possibility of
43	43	2.13any later proceedings or court proceedings. Final disposition includes a resignation by an
44	44	2.14individual when the resignation occurs after the final decision of the government entity, or
45	45	2.15arbitrator. In the case of arbitration proceedings arising under collective bargaining
46	46	2.16agreements, a final disposition occurs at the conclusion of the arbitration proceedings, or
47	47	2.17upon the failure of the employee to elect arbitration within the time provided by the collective
48	48	2.18bargaining agreement. A disciplinary action does not become public data if an arbitrator
49	49	2.19sustains a grievance and reverses all aspects of any disciplinary action.
50	50	2.20 (c) The government entity may display a photograph of a current or former employee
51	51	2.21to a prospective witness as part of the government entity's investigation of any complaint
52	52	2.22or charge against the employee.
53	53	2.23 (d) A complainant has access to a statement provided by the complainant to a government
54	54	2.24entity in connection with a complaint or charge against an employee.
55	55	2.25 (e) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (5), and subject to paragraph (f), upon
56	56	2.26completion of an investigation of a complaint or charge against a public official, or if a
57	57	2.27public official resigns or is terminated from employment while the complaint or charge is
58	58	2.28pending, all data relating to the complaint or charge are public, unless access to the data
59	59	2.29would jeopardize an active investigation or reveal confidential sources. For purposes of this
60	60	2.30paragraph, "public official" means:
61	61	2.31 (1) the head of a state agency and deputy and assistant state agency heads;
62	62	2.32 (2) members of boards or commissions required by law to be appointed by the governor
63	63	2.33or other elective officers;
64	64	2Section 1.
65	65	25-04250 as introduced02/21/25 REVISOR VH/LJ 3.1 (3) executive or administrative heads of departments, bureaus, divisions, or institutions
66	66	3.2within state government; and
67	67	3.3 (4) the following employees:
68	68	3.4 (i) the chief administrative officer, or the individual acting in an equivalent position, in
69	69	3.5all political subdivisions;
70	70	3.6 (ii) individuals required to be identified by a political subdivision pursuant to section
71	71	3.7471.701;
72	72	3.8 (iii) in a city with a population of more than 7,500 or a county with a population of more
73	73	3.9than 5,000: managers; chiefs; heads or directors of departments, divisions, bureaus, or
74	74	3.10boards; and any equivalent position; and
75	75	3.11 (iv) in a school district: business managers; human resource directors; athletic directors
76	76	3.12whose duties include at least 50 percent of their time spent in administration, personnel,
77	77	3.13supervision, and evaluation; chief financial officers; directors; individuals defined as
78	78	3.14superintendents and principals under Minnesota Rules, part 3512.0100; and in a charter
79	79	3.15school, individuals employed in comparable positions; and
80	80	3.16 (v) a chief law enforcement officer.
81	81	3.17 (f) Data relating to a complaint or charge against an employee identified under paragraph
82	82	3.18(e), clause (4), are public only if:
83	83	3.19 (1) the complaint or charge results in disciplinary action or the employee resigns or is
84	84	3.20terminated from employment while the complaint or charge is pending; or
85	85	3.21 (2) potential legal claims arising out of the conduct that is the subject of the complaint
86	86	3.22or charge are released as part of a settlement agreement.
87	87	3.23 This paragraph and paragraph (e) do not authorize the release of data that are made not
88	88	3.24public under other law.
89	89	3Section 1.
90	90	25-04250 as introduced02/21/25 REVISOR VH/LJ