Data classification of certain data maintained by the attorney general clarified.
HF 20 clarified which data maintained by Minnesota's Attorney General's Office must be treated as "private data" under state law. It specifically designated five categories as private: disciplinary records (excluding public hearings), non-final administrative communications, consumer complaint data (excluding confidential data), inactive investigative files, and detailed home protection hotline information (like mortgage details and income). This change directly affects the Attorney General's Office by requiring them to handle these specific data types with privacy protections. The bill was introduced in 2025 but was not passed by the legislature and was laid on the table.
Bill status
failed
2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Failed
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2025
Last action Apr 10, 2025
Floor votes · House Feb 20, 2025
How they voted
66–65
Failed
Total votes 131
Feb 20, 2025
D
Democratic64
100% Nay
R
Republican67
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 20, 2025
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (66-65)
house
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, to adopt
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Harry Niska
RRepublican
Co
Bernie Perryman
RRepublican
Co
Bidal Duran
RRepublican
Co
Bobbie Harder
RRepublican
Co
Dawn Gillman
RRepublican
Co
Elliott Engen
RRepublican
Co
Jeff Dotseth
RRepublican
Co
Jimmy Gordon
RRepublican
Co
Joe McDonald
RRepublican
Co
John Burkel
RRepublican
Co
Jon Koznick
RRepublican
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