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MN SF3258

Bill

Status

Passed

5/27/2020

Primary Sponsor

Warren Limmer

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Origin

Senate

91st Legislature 2019-2020

AI Summary

  • Modifies the definition of "peace officer" under Minnesota law to remove the restriction limiting state conservation officers' authority to off-road recreational vehicles, motorboats, and specific wildlife violations, effective August 1, 2020.

  • Requires state correctional facilities to provide feminine hygiene products including sanitary napkins and tampons at no cost to female inmates and mandates the Commissioner of Corrections develop a written policy for implementation.

  • Changes the terminology of the American Indian Counseling Cultural Program from "counseling" to "cultural programming" to emphasize spiritual and cultural services for American Indian inmates in state facilities and community-based programs.

  • Creates new criminal penalties for operating unmanned aerial vehicles over state correctional facilities, making it a misdemeanor for basic operation without consent and a gross misdemeanor if used to record images or introduce non-contraband items.

  • Temporarily suspends local match requirements for Youth Intervention Program grants awarded before March 13, 2020 for nonprofit agencies whose programs were suspended due to the 2020 COVID-19 peacetime emergency.

Legislative Description

Peace officer definition modification; corrections provisions modification; criminal justice data communications network use modification; grant programs temporary changes; criminal penalties authorization

Last Action

Secretary of State, Filed

5/27/2020

Committee Referrals

Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy2/17/2020

Full Bill Text

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