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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 04/11/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
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Transcript Highlights:
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7, Moving on to section 7, section 7 facilitates the implementation of the BCA - So this is saying section 7 is saying the desire is to not construct a security fence by the BCA?
- a remodel of the interior portion of a part of the BCA Maryland building and the security fence that
- And<00:39:53.760>
the <00:39:53.880>BCA <00:39:54.280>Maryland <00:39:54.720> - building And the BCA Maryland building And the BCA Maryland building appropriation<00:39:55.960><
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Regulate Artificial Intelligence - 03/09/26
Transcript Highlights:
- I saw that there was an opposition letter presented to the committee from the BCA, so it would suggest
- The BCA and Chiefs of Police and law enforcement agencies do use reverse warrants currently.
- I saw that there was an opposition letter presented to the committee from the BCA, so it would suggest
- The BCA and Chiefs of Police and law enforcement agencies do use reverse warrants currently.
- The BCA and Chiefs of Police and law enforcement agencies do use reverse warrants currently.
Summary:
Senators Erin Maye Quade, Eric Lucero, Liz Boldon, and Chair Ron Latz discussed a package of bipartisan bills aimed at regulating artificial intelligence and related technology in Minnesota. The speakers argued that AI can be beneficial but has been rolled out without adequate safeguards, citing concerns about consumer surveillance, insurance claim denials, dynamic pricing, chatbot harms to children, and the use of AI in healthcare utilization review. Maye Quade and Boldon emphasized protecting kids, consumers, and constitutional rights, while Lucero framed the issue as keeping law aligned with rapidly changing technology and protecting individual liberties.
A major focus was the “reverse warrant” bill, which would restrict law enforcement from using warrants that start with an unknown suspect and sweep up data from everyone in a location or search terms in a broad area. The senators said such warrants are the opposite of the Fourth Amendment’s particularity requirement, though they noted ongoing conversations with the BCA and police chiefs about balancing privacy and public safety. They also discussed a bill to prohibit minors from accessing chatbots, describing chatbots as conversational, addictive, and uniquely harmful to developing brains; Maye Quade cited examples of self-harm, sexual content, and dangerous advice allegedly given to minors.
The senators said the package was intentionally heard in Judiciary first so it could be referred to Commerce, and they expressed hope for further hearings there and in the House. Lucero said he did not support all the bills, naming the dynamic pricing bill and the AI utilization review prohibition as measures he had reservations about, while supporting the reverse warrant, disclosure, and minor-access restrictions. The discussion also touched on federal preemption concerns, with the senators saying states are stepping in because federal action has lagged and the harms cross party lines. No formal votes or committee actions were described in the transcript.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Confronting Fraud, Waste and Abuse Jan 27th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They would work with the OLA, they would work with the attorney general, they would work with the BCA
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um general they would work with the BCA um general they would work with the - BCA um these<00:04:45.320>
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security 11/21/25
Transcript Highlights:
- So she will be making her transition down to the BCA to start building that team so we can specifically
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uh <00:42:51.839>to <00:42:52.720>decide we work with the BCA - uh to decide we work with the BCA uh to decide whether<00:42:53.280>
or <00:42:53.440>not< - transition down she will be making her transition down to<00:43:02.160>
the <00:43:02.319>BCA - c> to<00:43:03.920>
start <00:43:04.160>building <00:43:04.480>that to the BCA
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Conference Committee on HF2432 5/12/25 - Part 1
Transcript Highlights:
- I will note that the specific provision the BCA originally brought forward is in lines 100.17 and 100.18
- perspective as well, but that the Senate version or the A32 amendment would be the preference of the BCA
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originally specific provision the BCA originally specific provision the BCA - The reason being is that this was BCA.
- So, either the Senate position or A32 would be the preference of the BCA as this moves forward.
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Transcript Highlights:
- The Department of Public Safety, the first line, line three, BCA SAMSA band certificate of ownership
- contractors with BCA ongoing costs, that 484,000 reflects the new language.
- it updates the DOC and BCA it updates the DOC and BCA appropriations<00:03:41.320>
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administration And the cost of the BCA administration And the cost of the BCA - <00:04:38.960>
ongoing <00:04:39.400>costs, with BCA ongoing costs, with BCA ongoing
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- to merge with their over to the BCA to merge with their financial<00:42:19.040>
crimes <00:42: - section within the BCA. section within the BCA.
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in <00:43:49.760>with <00:43:49.920>the formed unit within BCA - Um it uh<00:44:24.000>
the <00:44:24.240>BCA <00:44:24.800>does <00:44:25.040> - does excel at its mission of uh the BCA does excel at its mission of critical<00:44:27.040>
work<
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 02/18/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- crimes and fraud section at the BCA crimes and fraud section at the BCA dedicated<01:21:45.400><
- and the Commerce Fraud Bureau into one new Financial Crimes and Fraud Section at the BCA.
- Also, it requires state agencies to report suspected criminal fraud to the BCA, along with the OAG, so
- our particular role when it the BCA our particular role when it comes<01:24:01.679>
to <01:24: - along with the OA so that we can the BCA along with the OA so that we can coordinate<01:25:30.119>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House committee hears 'Take It Back Act' 4/30/26
Transcript Highlights:
- She said much of that work comes through the Department’s normal work, including work with the BCA and
- Under the executive order issued in October, every agency that suspects fraud being submitted to the BCA
- type of fraud that's being submitted to type of fraud that's being submitted to the<00:10:35.040>
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to <00:10:36.000>report <00:10:36.320>to <00:10:36.360>the the BCA - also has to report to the the BCA also has to report to the Department<00:10:36.880>
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Summary:
The committee heard House File 5040, the “Take It Back Act,” presented by Representative Anderson. The bill, as amended by the DE1 amendment, would impose a 100% tax on amounts a person is convicted of stealing through fraud against Minnesota public programs, with the stated goal of recovering taxpayer dollars. Anderson said the measure is bipartisan, has many co-authors, and was developed with the Department of Revenue to ensure it could be administered without undue burden.
Joanna Bears of the Department of Revenue testified in support of the bill’s administration and thanked the authors for working with the department. She explained that the bill has two parts: a conviction-based tax that would be assessed after a fraud conviction, and a penalty piece tied to fraud identified through the department’s existing review and tip processes. In response to member questions, Bears said the department already receives tips and information from other agencies, reviews them carefully, and would use the bill as another tool to address public fund fraud. Members also asked about timing, restitution, and whether the bill could be misused by bad-faith tips; Anderson and Bears said the conviction-based portion is not tip-driven and that the bill is intended to be administered legally and efficiently.
Representative Smith asked about the relationship to the Fraud Restitution Fund and whether the bill would apply to private-sector tax fraud. Bears said restitution would likely be collected first depending on statutory priority, and clarified that the new 100% penalty would apply only to public fund fraud, not general tax fraud, and only to the fraudulent public-fund amount. Representative Witty and others expressed support for the bill as a tool to combat fraud. At the end of the hearing, Representative Anderson renewed her motion to lay over House File 5040, as amended, for possible inclusion in the omnibus tax bill, and the chair indicated that was the plan.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair West took the bill to the Judiciary Committee and through work with both DHS and the BCA.
- So what this language does is it gets the data that the BCA does have around who is being arrested for
- Chair West took the bill to the Judiciary Committee and through work with both DHS and the BCA.
- Chair West took the bill to the Judiciary Committee and through work with both DHS and the BCA.
- And so I think at this time the plan is to withdraw this amendment for now. ...that the BCA does have
Bills:
HF2436
Keywords:
child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26 - Part 2
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- to address some BCA policy bill designed to address some of<00:42:49.440>
the <00:42:49.599>- So, we're examining the right number of items when it comes into our evidence laboratory at the BCA.
- our evidence uh laboratory at the BCA. our evidence uh laboratory at the BCA.
- <00:55:59.119>
The The first bill is Representative Witte's House File 3826, which is a BCA- This was also a BCA bill specifying that data that the BCA is required to collect must be transmitted
Bills:
HF2354, HF3407, HF4359, HF4192, HF3356, HF3695, HF1597, HF3155, HF3871, HF4437, HF4446, HF3990
Keywords:
medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, ghost guns, unserialized firearms, 3D-printed guns, 3D printer firearms, CNC milling, home-built firearms, firearm serialization, serial numbers, unfinished frame, unfinished receiver, ghost gun ban, gun control, firearm design files, CAD files, digital gun blueprints
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Transcript Highlights:
- President, this is the BCA policy bill designed to make technical corrections and clarify existing statutory
- It also updates language to reflect current practices and ensures that the BCA has the tools needed to
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correct <00:56:02.800
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House fraud committee reviews HF3542 2/23/26
Transcript Highlights:
- just need to be careful and probably get law enforcement perspective on this too, whether it's the BCA
- just need to be careful and probably get law enforcement perspective on this too, whether it's the BCA
- question: have we, Representative Hudson, have you gotten technical or otherwise feedback from the BCA
- uh technical or otherwise feedback from uh technical or otherwise feedback from the<00:14:55.040>
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office <00:14:57.600>um <00:14:57.760>from <00:14:58.000>the the BCA
Summary:
House File 3542 was heard in committee and moved forward with a recommendation to be re-referred to the Children, Families, Finance, and Policy Committee. The bill would change current law so that the commissioners of Human Services and Children, Youth, and Families must disclose the existence of an investigation, rather than may disclose it, with the stated goal of increasing transparency to the public and legislature.
Members and agency officials discussed concerns that mandatory disclosure could tip off subjects of investigations, especially in fraud cases, allowing them to destroy evidence, coordinate stories, or otherwise interfere. The Department of Human Services and the Inspector General said disclosure can compromise investigations and noted that providers are typically notified when payments are reduced, suspended, or withheld, though federal law can sometimes require delayed notice. Representative Pinto offered an A2 amendment to require disclosure within 30 days unless it would compromise an investigation, but it was rejected.
Representative Hudson then offered an oral amendment stating that disclosure would be required if the commissioner has taken action to reduce, suspend, or withhold payments to the subject of the investigation. The chair waived the rule to allow the oral amendment, and it was adopted. Staff clarified that the bill would only require disclosure of the existence of an investigation, not underlying details, and would not address trade secret redactions. After the amendment, the committee approved the motion to re-refer the bill.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/20/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- remedies act, I support that and the BCA remedies act, I support that and the BCA participation<
- I don't know that BCA surveillance is pretty pervasive.
- The BCA does not do investigations and provide recommendations to prosecutors.
- Um, did BCA show up to the scene?
- Um, did BCF show BCA show up shooting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on HF2432 5/13/25
Transcript Highlights:
- We continue to work with the Minnesota BCA, who is investigating Carter's case. who have lost their sons
- We continue to work with the Minnesota<00:05:08.880>
BCA <00:05:09.440>who <00:05:09.680 - >
is <00:05:09.919>investigating Minnesota BCA who is investigating Minnesota BCA who is
Summary:
The Public Safety and Judiciary Conference Committee met on May 13, 2025, with a quorum present and heard emotional testimony on Senate File 281, the coercion crime bill. Jamie Bumth testified about her son Carter’s death by suicide after being targeted in an online sextortion scheme, describing how the perpetrator groomed, shamed, and extorted him and urging lawmakers to hold offenders accountable and better protect children online. Members thanked her for sharing her story, and the committee then moved on without further discussion of that item.
The committee next adopted several agreed-upon policy items. It approved Article 4, R17 House language, which extends consecutive sentencing to local jail inmates who assault a sheriff’s correctional officer, mirroring existing law for state correctional inmates and limiting the scope to first- through fourth-degree assault. The motion passed unanimously.
Members also adopted Article 5, R1 Senate language with changes: replacing “preserve and protect” with “document,” removing a disputed provision related to fleeing individuals for future work, and inserting “active” so the language refers to facilitating the active search for a missing person. The committee then adopted the A3 amendment concerning felony murder resentencing, clarifying that when eligible individuals are resentenced, the predicate felony or lesser-included offense is redesignated for the felony murder charge while preserving the original conviction date, and applying the clarification to resentencings from August 1, 2023. All motions passed, and the committee adjourned after concluding its formal agenda.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 4/13/26
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, next step, we have Drew Evans from the BCA. Good morning.
- The first is to increase funding to the BCA Financial Crimes and Fraud Section.
- The first is to increase funding to the BCA Financial Crimes and Fraud Section.
- allegations of fraud that go to the BCA allegations of fraud that go to the BCA are<00:43:39.200
- , that they're saying would go to BCA, that they're saying would go to BCA, that<00:58:05.080>
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Transcript Highlights:
- It will also allow the BCA, if they're hearing about these things, to be able to follow up. with local
- Actually, the BCA already has an app, but it is not really known about.
- get training on active shooter threats, and so they would just be told then that they also have this BCA
- Very regular and rigorous reporting, and the BCA will have the form, a short form they can fill out and
- send to the BCA.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/10/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- We have three large divisions at the BCA.
- a small amount of ongoing assistance to our new combined financial crimes and fraud section at the BCA
- Right now, when an individual is entered as missing, they pass through the BCA, but the information is
- Right now, when an individual is entered as missing, they pass through the BCA, but the information is
- this is a fairly realistic for the BCA this is a fairly realistic rendition<00:27:53.799>
of <
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- And now we listen to BCA.
- This is a BCA bill. It's not a BCA bill. It's a business bill. So that mean BCA supports it?
- Well, uh... manufacturing Alabama BCA.
- Nah, Nah, Nah, tell<01:10:51.920>
BCA, tell BCA, tell BCA, all<01:10:53.920>the <01:10: - believe that BCA would be with this. believe that BCA would be with this.
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with a prayer by Pastor Jeremy Ward and the Pledge of Allegiance led by Sophia Woods. A quorum was established with 27 senators present, and the Senate adopted routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with the previous day’s journal, and allow bills and committee reports to be introduced throughout the day. The chamber also referred Executive Message 69, appointing Brandy Williams to the Alabama Fire College and Personnel Standards and Education Commission, to the Committee on Confirmations.
The Senate received several Judiciary Committee reports. House Bills 41 and 149 and Senate Bills 230, 87, 169, 238, and 233 were reported favorably, with amendments on Senate Bills 87, 169, and 233. Those measures received second reading and were placed on the calendar for the next legislative day. The Senate also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 31, commending Mackenzie Grace Stigel, and Senate Joint Resolution 32, recognizing the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science for its national ranking; guests from the school were welcomed in the gallery.
The Rules Committee report was then adopted by a 33-0 vote, setting a special order calendar that included Senate Bill 71 on administrative rules, along with several other bills on dredging, county subdivisions, legislative matters, public corruption, rural hospital investment, minority affairs, campaign finance, and natural resources. The chamber then took up Senate Bill 71, the “sound science” bill, which would limit state agencies from adopting environmental rules more stringent than federal law and require science-based standards where federal law is absent. Senator Coleman-Madison offered an amendment to preserve stronger scientific and causal standards, arguing the bill could weaken protections in heavily burdened communities; the amendment failed on a roll call vote of 25 nays to 1 yea. Senators then continued debating the bill’s effect on ADEM’s authority, emergency rulemaking, federal standards, and environmental enforcement in Alabama.