Bills affecting Formerly incarcerated or family of in Minnesota — 2026 session

Various retirement statutes modifications to include references to the local government probation and telecommunicator retirement plan

Local government probation and telecommunicator retirement plan establishment

Minnesota State Retirement System probation and telecommunicator retirement subplan establishment

Local government probation and telecommunicator retirement plan established, money transferred, and money appropriated.

Probation and telecommunicator retirement subplan administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System established, various retirement statutes revised to include references to the probation and telecommunicator retirement subplan, and money appropriated.

Local government probation and telecommunicator retirement plan retirement references revised.

Certain actions by public officers and employees clarified to constitute misconduct, penalty for repeated misconduct increased, statute of limitations increased, and offense of public misconduct made ineligible for automatic expungement.

Persons on probation or parole access to certain mental health services authorization

Public safety; policy provided for public safety, correctional facilities, investigations, Department of Public Safety data, controlled substances, crime victims, orders for protection, private detective and protective agent licensure, employment disqualifications, sentence adjustments, expungement relief, domestic abuse-related crimes and data, use of chemical irritants, crimes of coercion, retail theft, identity theft, and fraud; reimbursements provided; "battered women" term replaced in statute where it appears; criminal penalties provided; reports required; and rulemaking required.

Judge required to inquire whether victim has been notified of plea and sentencing hearings, victim protected from identification in prosecutor's petition for sentence adjustment, victim notification of defendant eligibility for automatic expungement expanded, and other crime victim provisions modified.

Unreduced early retirement annuity authorized for probation agency employees, and employee contributions increased for probation agency employees increased beginning January 1, 2026.

Crimes committed after unlawful reentry of for the benefit of a transnational crime organization penalty increase

Persons on probation or parole allowed to access certain mental health services.

Penalty for certain crimes committed after unlawful reentry or for the benefit of a transnational crime organization increased.

Unreduced early retirement annuity for probation agency employees authorization; probation agency employee contributions increase authorization