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MN HF4089
Bill
Status
3/9/2026
Primary Sponsor
Walter Hudson
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AI Summary
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Changes the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission from 11 fixed members to a structure of "voting and nonvoting members"
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Removes the commissioner of corrections as a voting member and redesignates the position as a nonvoting member of the commission
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Adds two new law enforcement voting positions: one municipal police chief (recommended by Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association) and one county sheriff or deputy sheriff (recommended by Minnesota Sheriffs' Association)
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Eliminates two existing positions: the representative from treatment/rehabilitative services organizations and the academic with criminal justice background
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Removes the requirement that one public member be a person formerly convicted of and discharged from a felony-level sentence, and changes the chair selection from governor designation to election by voting members
Legislative Description
Membership and appointing authority of Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission amended, and commissioner of corrections designated as nonvoting member of commission.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
3/9/2026