MN SF4221

Expands Minnesota's criminal prohibition on disseminating personal information (currently limited to law enforcement officials) to protect all individuals from having their home address, phone numbers, email, or children's information publicly shared when it poses an imminent safety threat

Creates a new civil cause of action allowing victims to sue for actual damages, mental anguish, civil penalties up to $10,000, and attorney fees when personal information is knowingly disseminated without consent

Requires the disseminator to know or reasonably should know that making the information public poses an imminent and serious threat to the individual's or their family's safety

Provides exceptions for criminal investigations, good faith reporting of unlawful conduct, matters of public interest, legal proceedings, and disclosures required by law

Effective August 1, 2026, with the statute of limitations tolled until the plaintiff discovers the dissemination occurred