Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF2868 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to public assistance; changing which offenses affect eligibility for benefits;
3	3	1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142G.18, subdivision 1; 256D.024,
4	4	1.4 subdivision 1.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142G.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subdivision 1.Person convicted of drug offenses.(a) An individual who has been
8	8	1.8convicted of a felony level drug offense during the previous ten years from the date of
9	9	1.9application or recertification is subject to the following:
10	10	1.10 (1) Benefits for the entire assistance unit must be paid in vendor form for shelter and
11	11	1.11utilities during any time the applicant is part of the assistance unit.
12	12	1.12 (2) The convicted applicant or participant may be subject to random drug testing.
13	13	1.13Following any positive test for an illegal controlled substance, the county must provide
14	14	1.14information about substance use disorder treatment programs to the applicant or participant.
15	15	1.15 (b) Applicants requesting only SNAP benefits or participants receiving only SNAP
16	16	1.16benefits, who have been convicted of a felony-level drug offense during the previous ten
17	17	1.17years from the date of application or recertification may, if otherwise eligible, receive SNAP
18	18	1.18benefits. The convicted applicant or participant may be subject to random drug testing.
19	19	1.19Following a positive test for an illegal controlled substance, the county must provide
20	20	1.20information about substance use disorder treatment programs to the applicant or participant.
21	21	1.21 (c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "drug offense" means a conviction that occurred
22	22	1.22during the previous ten years from the date of application or recertification of sections
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	25-04212 as introduced02/24/25 REVISOR DTT/LJ
25	25	SENATE
26	26	STATE OF MINNESOTA
27	27	S.F. No. 2868NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
28	28	(SENATE AUTHORS: CLARK and Abeler)
29	29	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
30	30	Introduction and first reading03/24/2025
31	31	Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1152.021 to 152.025, 152.022, 152.0261, 152.0262, 152.096, or 152.137. Drug offense also
32	32	2.2means a conviction in another jurisdiction of the possession, use, or distribution of a
33	33	2.3controlled substance, or conspiracy to commit any of these offenses, if the conviction
34	34	2.4occurred during the previous ten years from the date of application or recertification and
35	35	2.5the conviction is for a crime that would be a felony if committed in Minnesota.
36	36	2.6 (d) This subdivision does not apply for convictions or positive test results related to
37	37	2.7cannabis, marijuana, or tetrahydrocannabinols.
38	38	2.8 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256D.024, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
39	39	2.9 Subdivision 1.Person convicted of drug offenses.(a) An individual who has been
40	40	2.10convicted of a felony-level drug offense during the previous ten years from the date of
41	41	2.11application or recertification may be subject to random drug testing. The county must provide
42	42	2.12information about substance use disorder treatment programs to a person who tests positive
43	43	2.13for an illegal controlled substance.
44	44	2.14 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, "drug offense" means a conviction that occurred
45	45	2.15during the previous ten years from the date of application or recertification of sections
46	46	2.16152.021 to 152.025, 152.022, 152.0261, 152.0262, or 152.096. Drug offense also means a
47	47	2.17conviction in another jurisdiction of the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled
48	48	2.18substance, or conspiracy to commit any of these offenses, if the conviction occurred during
49	49	2.19the previous ten years from the date of application or recertification and the conviction is
50	50	2.20for a crime that would be a felony if committed in Minnesota.
51	51	2.21 (c) This subdivision does not apply for convictions or positive test results related to
52	52	2.22cannabis, marijuana, or tetrahydrocannabinols.
53	53	2Sec. 2.
54	54	25-04212 as introduced02/24/25 REVISOR DTT/LJ