SF 794 Minnesota Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Government Data Practices Act violation of the Official Records Act penalties and remedies extension provision

This bill extends the same penalties and legal remedies for data violations to cases involving mishandled official government records. It amends Minnesota law to apply the enforcement provisions from the Government Data Practices Act (specifically sections 13.08, 13.085, and 13.09) to violations of the Official Records Act. This means government agencies that fail to properly maintain or provide official records could now face the same legal consequences as those violating data privacy rules. The change directly affects state and local government entities responsible for managing public records.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Last action Mar 24, 2025
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Introduction 1st Engrossment · 1 edit · Mar 24, 2025
MINOR
The bill's title and version were updated to reflect its first engrossment status, and the posting date was changed to March 25, 2025. The most significant substantive change involves the enforcement provisions, where the application of penalties was narrowed to exclude section 13.09.
Scope change
The bill's scope of enforcement was reduced by removing the applicability of penalties found in section 13.09 for violations of this section.
ENFORCEMENT

The remedies, procedures, and penalties provided in section 13.09 no longer apply to violations of this section; they now only apply to sections 13.08 and 13.085.

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Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to State and Local Government
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
Introduction and first reading
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Warren Limmer
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