MN SF235

Requires law enforcement, courts, and corrections officials to electronically enter fingerprints, identification data, and criminal records into Bureau of Criminal Apprehension-managed searchable databases within 24 hours of arrest, booking, or sentencing, with the bureau converting data to electronic format within three business days if not entered by the originating agency.

Mandates courts electronically transmit mental health commitments and firearm disqualification information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System within three business days instead of "as soon as practicable."

Requires courts to electronically transmit pretrial diversion program placements and completions for crimes of violence to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and prosecuting attorneys must report completion or discontinuation within 24 hours.

Establishes deadlines for entering historical data: civil commitments from 1994-2010 into the national system by July 1, 2014, and felony convictions from 2008-2012 into Bureau of Criminal Apprehension databases by September 1, 2013.

Directs the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Policy Group to report by January 1, 2014, on improving database search capabilities and reducing suspense files, with recommendations for implementing legislation in the 2014 session.