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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So the purpose of this bill is to make sure that the BCA is still posting that important information,
- So the purpose of this bill is to make sure that the BCA is still posting that important information,
- So the purpose of this bill is to make sure that the BCA is still posting that important information,
- We have a team of nine people that do only data practices requests at the BCA now, so a full-time team
- now so a practices requests at the BCA now so a full-time<01:42:15.760>
team <01:42:16.040>
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Transcript Highlights:
- Even though the BCA has anonymous threat reporting system that's free.
- Even<00:57:45.280>
though <00:57:45.400>the <00:57:45.520>BCA <00:57:46.120>has - Even though the BCA has anonymous threat reporting<00:57:47.560>
system <00:57:47.920>that's - I would bet that most schools are not aware that the BCA has a free anonymous threat reporting system
- that most schools are not aware<01:00:20.640>
that <01:00:20.800>the <01:00:20.920>BCA
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- waste, abuse, um, we would also report those to the Office of Legislative Auditor and then the new BCA
- then<00:32:15.360>
the <00:32:15.600>new, <00:32:16.240>um, <00:32:16.720>BCA - Auditor and then the new, um, BCA Auditor and then the new, um, BCA criminal<00:32:18.240>
apprehension
Keywords:
natural resources, environment, sustainability, conservation, outdoor recreation, land acquisition, real property, trust fund, commissioner approval, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, conservation easement, land purchase, state land, public lands, property acquisition, value assessment, tax assessed value, Metropolitan Council, Board of Water and Soil Resources
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/18/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And also the BCA, their crime lab, being able to process that evidence quickly really helps the criminal
- important.<00:04:49.600>
And <00:04:49.840>also <00:04:50.400>the <00:04:50.639>BCA - And also the BCA, their crime important.
- And also the BCA, their crime lab,<00:04:52.160>
being <00:04:52.479>able <00:04:52.639>
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Prioritizing Public Safety – Senator Warren Limmer Apr 14th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/13/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- If you receive threats online, turn it over to Capital Security, the State Patrol, it goes to the BCA
- it<00:03:04.480>
goes <00:03:04.640>to <00:03:04.720>the <00:03:04.879>BCA - We now have a full-time threat investigator at the BCA because of the ongoing issues that we have with
- to be assessed by the BCA. to be assessed by the BCA.
- because of the investigator at the BCA because of the ongoing<02:00:09.679>
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- or did the BCA were any referred<00:46:48.000>
to <00:46:48.160>the <00:46:48.240>BCA - of that 100 that you referred to the BCA of that 100 that you did?
- Cases are referred to the BCA when intentional cases of fraud are suspected or identified.
- So, of those 46, we're not sure how many were actually then filed from the BCA, but I think that's a
- Cases are referred to the BCA when intentional cases of fraud are suspected or identified.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Fraud Committee Members Press Conference 5/15/26
Transcript Highlights:
- While law enforcement agencies from the FBI and the BCA have investigated at different times on different
- That could be the BCA, that could be the county, that could be a city, that could be whatever the Inspector
- That could be the BCA, that could be the county, that could be a city, that could be whatever the Inspector
Summary:
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee Chair Kristen Robbins opened the meeting by explaining that the committee’s majority report had been released after the minority declined to file a minority report, though the minority later issued a statement. She said the report reflects two years of work aimed at exposing fraud, strengthening internal controls, and creating a whistleblower portal, mnfraud.com, which will remain open during the interim to receive and review tips.
Robbins and several Republican members described the report as documenting how fraud in Minnesota began with earlier CCAP-related schemes and then expanded into Feeding Our Future and other programs, including housing stabilization, autism services, sober homes, adult day care, assisted living, non-emergency medical transportation, and interpretive services. They argued that fraud was enabled by weak oversight, a culture of inaction, and retaliation against whistleblowers, and said the report includes findings and recommendations for future reforms. Members also highlighted bipartisan bills already passed to strengthen whistleblower protections, internal controls, and fraud reporting.
Representative Pam Altendorf and others praised the report and said it exposed widespread misuse of public funds, citing housing stabilization and autism services as examples of programs with rapidly growing costs and weak oversight. Representative Isaac Schultz said the committee had uncovered “industrial-scale” fraud and that the state had failed to hold agencies accountable. He and Robbins said the new Office of Inspector General, created by legislation passed this session and set to begin in January, will have broad authority to investigate public dollars and, later, police powers; they also noted a salary-setting provision for the office would be added to a state government bill. The members said the next governor will need to change the culture of state agencies and enforce accountability.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/16/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- The actual process is separate from our agency as it is all conducted through the BCA.
- BCA.
- The BCA first conducted through the BCA.
- The BCA first runs<00:48:10.880>
a <00:48:11.040>statewide <00:48:11.520>check, < - that for partnerships advised the BCA that for partnerships and<00:49:18.880>
corporate <00:49
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/05/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- peace officers, and there is an increasing trend overall on assaults on law enforcement, according to BCA
- assaults on law enforcement<00:03:02.480>
according <00:03:02.800>to <00:03:02.959>BCA - <00:03:03.519>
data <00:03:04.080>data enforcement according to BCA data data enforcement - according to BCA data data and<00:03:05.239>
local <00:03:05.599>reporting <00:03:06.040
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 1/21/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It was reported last year BCA data showed that in 2017 there were 419 assaults on officers on the job
- cases involving United States armed forces personnel, expanding the investigative authority of the BCA
- Expanding the investigative authority of the BCA ensures that incidents occurring on Minnesota state-owned
- <01:26:28.360>
in <01:26:28.520>our <01:26:28.719>communities According to the BCA
Summary:
The Public Safety Committee held its first meeting of the session, opened with a quorum present, and reviewed basic decorum expectations and committee procedures. Members and staff introduced themselves and described their districts and backgrounds. The chair said the committee would focus on protecting victims and preventing crime, and that the first presenters would be law enforcement groups as subject-matter experts.
The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association testified first, warning of serious recruitment, retention, and retirement pressures in law enforcement. The group cited survey data showing most members would not recommend the profession to family, rising assaults on officers, a shortage of roughly 1,000 officers statewide, and more than 2,000 officers nearing retirement eligibility. They also urged continued funding for POST Board training reimbursements and described broader concerns about anti-police rhetoric and public policy. The presentation was interrupted by a disruptive outburst in the room, after which the committee returned to order.
The Minnesota Sheriffs Association then outlined its 2025 priorities: expanding mental health treatment beds and revisiting the 48-hour law, making the Fandino-Castile training fund permanent, updating drone/UAV statutes for missing-person searches, training, and evidence preservation, requiring permit-to-carry holders to report name changes, expanding BCA authority for sexual assault investigations on state-owned military facilities, replacing aging public safety radios in the ARMER system, and strengthening employer background-check response requirements. Members asked questions about mental health capacity, UAV uses, and officer assaults; witnesses said the state needs more beds, staff, and support for both short-term crisis stabilization and longer-term treatment. The Minnesota Police Chiefs Association closed by echoing concerns about recruitment and retention, supporting the $6 million POST training reimbursement fund, and calling for tougher penalties for fleeing police, auto theft, and violent crime. No votes or formal actions were taken."}】【。assistant to=final 天天中彩票大奖json 天天中彩票追号json ఇలా to=final 彩神争霸快三 to=final 手机天天彩票 ்ந்து result 彩票平台招商 ્યો क्ता ંડ {
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/24/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- We worked hard with the BCA to address the main issue that's in the letter from the Commissioner of Public
- hard<00:02:49.200>
with <00:02:49.640>um <00:02:50.519>the <00:02:50.640>BCA - packet um we worked hard with um the BCA packet um we worked hard with um the BCA to<00:02:51.640
- Lines 1.9 through 1.10 clarify that the BCA and the AG are authorities to which the IG can refer matters
- hey you know we says to uh some the BCA hey you know we got<00:53:36.839>
some <00:53:37.040><
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 1 - 04/17/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, is anyone from the BCA or Department of Public Safety that would be willing to give a testimony on
- Uh, is anyone from the BCA or Department of Public Safety that would be willing to give a testimony on
- Uh, is anyone from the BCA or Department of Public Safety that would be willing to give a testimony on
- Uh, is anyone from the BCA or Department of Public Safety that would be willing to give a testimony on
- Uh, is anyone from the BCA or Department of Public Safety that would be willing to give a testimony on
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Debate on bringing up a semiautomatic military-style assault weapons bill 3/26/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- bill that basically requires social media platforms to report behaviors to the Fusion Center at the BCA
- Does the BCA have a role to play?
- <00:24:37.760>
Does <00:24:37.920>the <00:24:38.040>BCA <00:24:38.720>have - Does the BCA have a role to Safety? Does the BCA have a role to play?
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We're in the throes of that with the BCA and have inquiry into the FBI right now. Thank you, Mr.
- and and uh have qu inquiry into the BCA and and uh have qu inquiry into the uh<01:10:02.000>
FBI< - How many of those went to the BCA? And of those, how many are resolved?
- the counties how many of those went to the counties how many of those went to the<01:29:44.560>
BCA - and then of those how many are the BCA and then of those how many are resolved<01:29:49.400>
oh
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Transcript Highlights:
- and even to share evidence with the BCA, and in fact denied the BCA access to the locations and sites
- provisions uh requires that the uh BCA provisions uh requires that the uh BCA uh<01:36:52.400>
- co-investigate with the BCA. co-investigate with the BCA.
- The BCA use-of-force investigation provision I think is a good provision.
- The BCA use-of-force investigation provision I think is a good provision.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes bill requiring safeguards for underage social media users - Pt. 2 5/12/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, just to be clear, what it does is it requires social media companies to report to the BCA when there
- ><00:49:36.880>
to <00:49:37.359>report Asked social media companies to report to the BCA - committed to no legislation about guns to the point where you are having objections to META reporting to BCA
- committed to no legislation about guns to the point where you are having objections to META reporting to BCA
Summary:
The House took up House File 4138, a bill aimed at limiting harmful social media features for children and requiring social media companies to report potential mass-shooting threats to the BCA. Members first reconsidered and then adopted the Smith amendment (A13), while a proposed amendment to that amendment (A18) failed on a 67-67 tie. Representative Bonner then introduced a technical amendment (A14) but withdrew it after explaining it needed further work to avoid liability and legal problems. The bill was then read for third reading as amended.
Debate centered on the bill’s approach to child safety online. Supporters, including Representatives Scott, Eng, Feist, Greenman, and Gilman, argued that social media is addictive, harmful to children’s mental health, and too often exploits kids, and they said the bill is an important bipartisan first step. Several members also emphasized that parents should be involved, though some questioned whether parents can realistically understand the technology and legal terms well enough to make informed decisions. Representative Leeing raised concerns about location privacy, parental consent, possible liability waivers, and whether the bill should instead restrict addictive features for all children rather than only those whose parents consent.
The discussion also broadened to related public-safety issues. Representative Greenman contrasted the difficulty of advancing this bill with the Legislature’s inability to move gun-related provisions, arguing that organized interests like the gun lobby and big tech are blocking stronger protections for children. Representative Bonner later described specific cases of children harmed through social media, including sextortion and fentanyl-related deaths, to argue that the bill does not yet cover all vulnerable youth and should be strengthened. No final vote on passage is included in the transcript excerpt, but the amended bill advanced to third reading.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
State official protective services 3/2/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm guessing they might not be real comfortable at the BCA thinking that no one was in charge that morning
- I'm guessing they might not be real comfortable at the BCA thinking that no one was in charge that morning
- I'm guessing they might not be real comfortable at the BCA thinking that no one was in charge that morning
- They might not be real comfortable at the BCA thinking that no one was in charge that morning or throughout
Summary:
House File 3791 was laid over for possible inclusion later, with Rep. Green and Rep. Noor presenting it as a response to rising threats against Minnesota elected officials and public officers. They cited increased threat reports, the June 2025 killings of Speaker Emeritus Melissa Hortman and her husband, the shootings of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, and other recent threats as evidence that current protective resources are insufficient. The bill would create a state officials protective services unit within the State Patrol, provide security and threat-assessment services for principal state officials, and require reporting on credible threats. Rep. Noor said the proposal would be triggered by leadership when there is a credible threat, would include legislators and constitutional officers, and would be funded at about $3.98 million in FY 2027 with an ongoing base of $3.25 million, with some ability to contract with local law enforcement for support in official-capacity situations.
Members raised concerns about scope, jurisdiction, and cost. Rep. Olsen argued the bill was not narrow enough and worried it could allow Capitol Security to provide home or event security too broadly, rather than limiting the work to the Capitol and catastrophic incidents. Rep. Joy offered an A1 amendment to use existing funds instead of adding new spending, saying local sheriffs and police already handle many situations. That amendment failed on a voice vote. Rep. Olson then moved an A2 amendment focused on clarifying who should be in charge of protection at home and how local law enforcement would be involved; discussion centered on whether Capitol Security, State Patrol, or local agencies should lead response and how credible threats would be determined.
Supporters of the bill, including Rep. Green and Rep. Muir, said the events of June 14 showed the need for a dedicated, coordinated protective service and that local responses were uneven across jurisdictions. Rep. Muir described delayed or inconsistent police responses after the attacks and said lawmakers need a more reliable system to keep members and their families safe. Rep. Keagle also testified about personal threats and harassment at home, including a prank pizza delivery that made her fear someone knew when she was home. The committee did not take final action on the bill beyond laying it over, and the A1 amendment failed; discussion on the A2 amendment and the bill’s details continued.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on HF2432 5/16/25
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- section<00:19:41.600>
within <00:19:41.919>the section within the section within the BCA - 00:19:44.880>
on <00:19:45.120>line <00:19:45.600>181 <00:19:46.080>for BCA - Under on beginning on line 181 for BCA.
- that our staff remain employed and can deliver the essential services in both the corrections, DPS, BCA
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extra <01:17:04.719>position <01:17:05.040>in <01:17:05.280>the BCA
Summary:
The conference committee met late on Friday evening to discuss the Public Safety and Judiciary budget agreement, beginning with a brief exchange among members about concerns that the executive branch had been delaying the committee’s work by waiting to approve legislative decisions. Members emphasized that the legislature should retain its independence while still allowing normal collaboration with the governor’s office. The committee then moved through several outstanding policy items and adopted them without opposition, including the A38 amendment addressing data-sharing concerns involving disability-related information, a study of firefighting services by the state fire marshal, and an A46 amendment governing access to unredacted portable recording system data in collision investigations, with guardrails on disclosure and use.
The committee next reviewed the spreadsheet and budget targets. Fiscal staff explained the judiciary side of the agreement, including funding for court operating costs, a one-time Justice Partner Access Program appropriation, forensic exam rate increases, guardian ad litem funding, public defense, human rights, the competency attainment board, the cannabis expungement board, and fee increases for civil filings and motions. On the public safety side, staff described the target as well as the discretionary items funded, including nonprofit security grants, BCA staffing changes, fire marshal initiatives, a 10-year arson statute of limitations, prosecutor training grants, legal representation for children, E911 funding for critical infrastructure, Philando Castile Training Fund support, corrections-related savings from the Stillwater phased closure and sentence-to-serve elimination, a mandatory minimums task force, a victims of crime account transfer, a decommissioning study, in-service use-of-force training, and extensions of several expiring appropriations. The committee also noted a correction to a spreadsheet label related to the Stillwater closure item.
After the spreadsheet walkthrough, the committee took testimony from Chief Justice Natalie Hudson and State Court Administrator Jeff Shorban on behalf of the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Hudson thanked the committee for its work and said the agreement covers some unavoidable costs, including insurance, lease expenses, forensic examiner pay, and the new access system, but argued it does not adequately address the judiciary’s most urgent problem: staffing and judicial compensation. She said court employees are leaving for better-paying jobs, judicial salaries are frozen for two years, and applicant pools for judgeships have declined, especially in greater Minnesota. She also said the judicial branch was not meaningfully consulted on the budget target and urged lawmakers to recognize the courts as a constitutional obligation rather than a discretionary program.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/34
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- asked to speak briefly to you about a bonding request for additional space, critically needed for the BCA
- The first is to complete construction for a new BCA laboratory and investigative regional office in Mankato
- When I first started at the BCA, there was one agent that did digital evidence examination part-time.
- devices on every single investigation we're conducting right now from our financial crimes unit at the BCA
- Reports of this kind of materials being coming into the BCA labs to be gone over, and most of those,
Summary:
The committee approved the March 22, 2024 minutes and then took up House File 3761, the Safety Through Support Act, with a motion to lay the bill over. Representative Lee Finke said the bill is intended to improve re-entry outcomes and public safety by expanding prison visitation, including mentoring and access for mental health and medical professionals, and by creating a task force to support rehabilitation and re-entry. Testifiers in support included Holly Bot, who described how family visits helped her through incarceration and later into successful re-entry and business ownership, and Zeke Caliguri, who argued that consistent visitation and community connection are essential to humanity, rehabilitation, and reducing recidivism. Elliot Bhai of NAMI Minnesota also supported the bill, framing visitation as a form of needed mental health support in prisons.
Members raised several concerns and suggestions. Representative Hudson questioned the bill’s strip-search limitation language, asking what would count as a credible, documented security concern, and also worried the task force could create discriminatory access or favor certain viewpoints. Representative Finke said she did not view a conviction as making someone permanently a security risk and said the task force was meant to ensure meaningful visitation for everyone, not to enable discrimination. Representative Hollins and Representative N. supported the bill’s overall goals while suggesting language could be tightened and noting that maintaining outside ties helps people return as productive members of society. Representative Witte asked about the Department of Corrections commissioner’s presence, and the chair said questions for him could wait for a later bill.
Representative Mu asked about the fiscal note and the research behind the bill. Staff said a fiscal note had been requested but not yet signed off by the LBO, which was one reason the bill was being laid over. Finke said she could share the visitation study and noted that the bill responds to research linking visitation to lower recidivism; she also said remote visitation data shows value but can be costly. After closing remarks emphasizing that visitation is “medicine” and that most incarcerated people will return to the community, the chair renewed the motion and laid over House File 3761. The committee then moved on to House File 4959, with a motion to re-refer it to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.