HF 1775: Criminal case information reporting required, and money appropriated. - Minnesota

2nd Engrossment → 3rd Engrossment · 4 edits · Mar 23, 2026

MODERATE

This bill was updated to shift its focus from collecting detailed criminal case data to establishing a secure data-sharing system between the Sentencing Guidelines Commission, the courts, and the Department of Corrections. The new version delays the implementation of this system until July 1, 2028, and significantly reduces the immediate funding required, while removing specific mandates for the commission to produce detailed annual reports on pretrial release outcomes.

Scope change

The bill's scope narrowed from requiring the collection and analysis of specific pretrial release metrics to establishing a general data-sharing infrastructure between agencies.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement for the Sentencing Guidelines Commission to produce an annual report analyzing the impact of pretrial release practices on public safety and case outcomes.

Replaced the annual reporting mandate with a requirement for the commission to allow research institutions to access de-identified data upon request within 90 days.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the data-sharing system requirement from an unspecified near-term date to July 1, 2028.

FISCAL

Reduced the appropriated funding to cover only the development of the data-sharing system in fiscal year 2027, removing funds previously allocated for data analysis and annual reporting in fiscal year 2026.

1st Engrossment → 2nd Engrossment · 5 edits · Apr 3, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered from the 1st to the 2nd Engrossment and updated with a new posting date. Substantively, the reporting requirements were broadened to include the Department of Corrections alongside courts, and the definition of bail reporting was expanded to include non-monetary conditions. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is removed as the data repository, replaced by the Sentencing Guidelines Commission, which now serves as the central clearinghouse and must produce annual reports analyzing the impact of pretrial release practices on public safety and case outcomes. Funding was shifted from the Commissioner of Public Safety to the Sentencing Guidelines Commission to support data storage, analysis, and legislative reporting.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include the Department of Corrections as a mandatory reporter and shifted the central data management role from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to the Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

REQUIREMENT

Added the Department of Corrections as a required reporter of criminal case information alongside courts.

Expanded the definition of bail reporting to include monetary amounts and conditions other than exclusively monetary bail.

Removed the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's role as the repository for collected data.

Established the Sentencing Guidelines Commission as the new clearinghouse and mandated annual reports analyzing pretrial release impacts on public safety.

FISCAL

Redirected appropriated funds from the Commissioner of Public Safety to the Sentencing Guidelines Commission for data storage, analysis, and reporting.

Introduction → 1st Engrossment · 4 edits · Mar 24, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was amended to shift from requiring the collection of specific data points to requiring the reporting of information that agencies already collect, significantly reducing the administrative burden on criminal justice officials. The scope of reported data was narrowed by removing requirements for age, primary language, and detailed public defender status, while adding a requirement to report race, ethnicity, sex, and gender. Additionally, the mandate to create a public dashboard by July 1, 2030, was removed entirely.

Scope change

The bill's scope changed from a mandate to collect new data points to a mandate to report existing data, and the requirement to publish a public dashboard was eliminated.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the core obligation from collecting specific information to reporting only information the agency already collects.

Removed requirements to report age at arrest, primary language, and detailed public defender eligibility status.

Added requirements to report race and ethnicity, sex, and gender.

TIMELINE

Eliminated the requirement to create and operate an interactive public dashboard by July 1, 2030.

Criminal case information reporting required, and money appropriated.

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