1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to data practices; prohibiting government entities from sharing personally
1.3 identifiable information with federal agencies; proposing coding for new law in
1.4 Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [13.11] DATA DISSEMINATION TO FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND
1.7AGENCIES PROHIBITED.
1.8 Subdivision 1.Definition.For purposes of this section, "personally identifiable
1.9information" means any government data in which an individual is or can be identified as
1.10the subject of the data.
1.11 Subd. 2.Prohibited data sharing.(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and
1.12except as provided in paragraph (b), a government entity must not disseminate to a federal
1.13official or agency data of any classification that contains personally identifiable information
1.14unless the data is first masked or otherwise anonymized.
1.15 (b) A government entity may share personally identifiable information with federal
1.16officials or agencies only to the extent necessary to comply with a state statute or federal
1.17law or pursuant to a court order.
1.18 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1Section 1.
25-04505 as introduced02/28/25 REVISOR VH/HL
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2241NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MAYE QUADE and Murphy)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading03/06/2025
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety