HF 1836 Minnesota House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

State government; changes made to data practices.

HF 1836 (Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.04, subdivision 4) gives individuals the right to contest inaccurate or incomplete personal data held by Minnesota state agencies. It requires agencies to respond within 30 days - correcting data or explaining why it’s accurate - and allows individuals to appeal to a commissioner if they disagree. If data is successfully challenged, agencies must correct, complete, or destroy it, regardless of standard retention rules. The bill directly affects Minnesotans whose personal information is stored in state government databases, establishing a clear process for data accuracy disputes.

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 3, 2025 Last action Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduction → 1st Engrossment · 3 edits · Mar 24, 2025

MINOR

The bill moved from its initial introduction to its first engrossment, reflecting updates and refinements made during the legislative process. The primary substantive change involves renumbering the list of exceptions for data appeals and clarifying the criteria for when an appeal is valid. This ensures the rules for challenging data accuracy are clearer and more logically ordered.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on state government data practices, but the specific conditions under which a data subject can appeal a determination have been clarified.

REQUIREMENT

The list of exceptions for filing a data appeal was renumbered and restructured. The original items (2) and (3) were combined into a single item (2), and a new item (3) was added to explicitly state that an appeal is invalid if the individual is not the subject of the challenged data.

A previous exception regarding prior final orders by the commissioner was removed from the list of conditions that would invalidate an appeal, likely because it was merged into the general procedural rules or deemed unnecessary in this context.

TECHNICAL

The document title and posting date were updated to reflect the bill's progression from 'Introduction' to '1st Engrossment' and the new date of 03/24/2025.

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Committee

Mar 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to State Government Finance and Policy

lower

Mar 3, 2025

Introduced

Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors