Public Safety Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Kelly Moller
Location: Capitol 120
Agenda:

Chair Moller will have the gavel.

HF 3465 (Liebling) Enhanced penalties for theft from a vulnerable adult established.

HF 3782 (Moller) Disclosure of chemical irritants used in certain buildings required.

HF XXXX (Moller) Enforcement of judicially ordered firearm restrictions in domestic violence cases *pending re-referral on March 9th. 2026. A bill number will be updated upon introduction. A PDF of the bill language is included below.

HF 391 (Scott) Enforcement of judicially ordered firearms restrictions provided for abusing parties.

HF 3946 (Moller) Definition of domestic abuse modified for purposes of obtaining an order for protection, law enforcement agencies required to report information in domestic abuse cases, authorizing certain arrests for suspected nonfelony domestic abuse, other domestic abuse provisions modified, and money appropriated.

HF 2976 (Hollins) Mitigated departures provided for certain offenders who have been victims, presentence investigation reports required to include certain information, certain offenders who have been victims allowed to apply for a pardon or for clemency, and Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission directed to include an additional mitigating factor.

HF 3350 (Pinto) Lifetime firearms ban on persons who are convicted of certain misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor domestic assault offenses established.

Items may be taken up in any order, items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.

TESTIMONY: Requests for in-person testimony must be submitted to the Committee Administrator of this hearing, Ellen.McDaniel@house.mn.gov, by 3:00 PM, March 9th, 2026. Testimony is limited. The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair and is subject to change. Please plan accordingly.

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Chair: Rep. Paul Novotny
Location: Capitol 120
Agenda:

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes

3. HF 3489 (Bennett) Field trip policy established, reporting to licensing boards required, and criminal offense of grooming established. Note: The Committee will only consider the sections in the bill (Sections 3, 6, 8, 9, and 10) that are in the Public Safety Committee’s jurisdiction.

4. HF 3990 (Novotny) Provisions for employment or occupation due to conviction of a crime changed.

5. HF 3825 (Repinski) 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.

6. HF 3826 (Witte) Definition of identity modified for purposes of identity theft crime, authority of financial crimes and fraud section of Bureau of Criminal Apprehension expanded, changes to administrative subpoenas made, and statutes of limitation altered.

7. HF 3827 (Duran) Grants from Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to local law enforcement clarified as reimbursements, law related to recording of crimes updated, process for determining how certain criminal records are ineligible for sealing established, and court required to provide order for protection for access by law enforcement.

8. HF 3822 (Hudson) Penalty for misconduct of public officer or employee enhanced.

9. Adjourn

Agenda note: Bills may be added or removed from the agenda. Agenda items may be taken up in any order at the discretion of the Chair and to accommodate schedules.

Testimony: Written testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to john.hultquist@house.mn.gov, the Committee Administrator for this hearing, no less than 24 hours prior to the start of the committee hearing. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints. Amendments and committee documents will be posted in advance of the hearing.

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This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.