HF 1915 Minnesota House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child care centers required to use video security cameras to monitor infants and toddlers, and money appropriated.

HF 1915 requires licensed child care centers in Minnesota to install video security cameras monitoring infants and toddlers in all public and shared areas by January 1, 2026. The bill mandates specific technical standards (720p resolution, 15 frames per second), requires recordings to be kept for 90 days (with exceptions for law enforcement investigations), and prohibits sharing footage except under court orders or for parent reviews following injury reports. Centers must also create written camera policies detailing locations, usage times, and access rules, and notify parents about camera use during enrollment. The bill appropriates state funds to support this requirement for child care centers serving infants and toddlers.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Last action Mar 9, 2026

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What changed between versions

1st Engrossment → 2nd Engrossment · 4 edits · Apr 1, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was updated from the 1st to the 2nd engrossment, reflecting a date change from March 2025 to March 2026. The most significant substantive change is the addition of new requirements for child care centers to implement security safeguards and maintain an audit trail for who accesses video recordings of infants and toddlers. The bill also expands the commissioner's authority to conduct annual audits to ensure compliance with these new privacy and security rules.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding video security requirements for child care centers has expanded to include specific mandates on data access controls and auditing.

REQUIREMENT

Child care centers must now establish security safeguards to limit video recording access to authorized personnel only.

Centers must create a data audit trail that logs every time recordings are accessed, shared, or disseminated.

The list of policies centers must maintain was updated to explicitly include security safeguards and procedures for employee access.

ENFORCEMENT

The commissioner is now required to conduct an annual audit during licensing inspections to verify compliance with video security rules.

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Committee

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Children and Families Finance and Policy

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Introduced

Introduction and first reading, referred to Children and Families Finance and Policy

lower

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors