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Superintendent Evans told the committee the BCA has a full-time team that processes data-practices requests and redactions but the volume of body camera and bystander video often requires redacting private or irrelevant footage before posting. \"What this bill does is it doesn't change the data classification of any of the information… We will still put everything else up that we normally would, including the video that captures the incident and what led up to it. It would simply be what we refer to… extraneous video, meaning other video that doesn't actually [pertain] to the incident itself,\" Superintendent Evans said.

Muller said the bill aims to get the most pertinent information to the public within the statutory 30 days while allowing other footage to be processed through standard data-practices requests. The committee renewed Muller's motion to re-refer House File 13 54 to Judiciary; the motion carried by voice vote. No roll-call tally is recorded in the committee minutes.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25","oneSentenceSummary","House File 1354 would narrow the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s automatic public-posting requirements for officer-involved death investigations to prioritize footage and documents directly tied to the incident, the Public Safety Committee heard on March 5, 2025.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature MN, Minnesota","taxId",77817,"location","Minnesota","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6649761,"Panel hears proposal for mandatory minimums and consecutive sentences for repeat violent offenders",291,4004000,4295000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2512945-8f1eee5c15170f45e4dbd4ce50814e1e&start=4004&end=4295","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2512945-8f1eee5c15170f45e4dbd4ce50814e1e/thumbnail_4004000.jpg","/articles/6649761/Minnesota/Panel-hears-proposal-for-mandatory-minimums-and-consecutive-sentences-for-repeat-violent-offenders","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6649761-79c9242d8330232059b5f07482844fa4/orig.mp4?Expires=1771166513&Signature=fd1-IRG4ftzYd~9C3Qh34xCkPT7YutYVAUNE3Yaq9PPRaWyXEwbyRNZaGHdxRe6jkZ37Oirf~N-Ve8wdkfQ33fSUhGoh-8cd~bwYMTtXXWi9K30UsA4ccS3jLL1E8AemAW7iGa9RXrNfHglvkh3TOu3AzPBA6QyPmcT1-Mj~jGrOjPo2jRc00EfwCLfwVF87CT0OWzizMY0fqKkbawM02IYvY-yiGKFceIWqjlQxSMXROuya~8SwsrZFoGUjriMrVCZ1~4YcmVYvfKTawpBHZKY-URoIu6Ec9~H0K0VigNtUX8XDccTk7CrqcEkJ7Emg7PBOrVFIh4B~t3FioOPgCw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Matt Hudson presented House File 765 to the House Public Safety Committee, saying the bill would add mandatory prison terms and aggravated durational departures for some repeat violent offenders.

David Zimmer, Public Safety Policy Fellow with the Center of the American Experiment, testified in support and cited statistics he said show rising felony sentencing rates and a higher share of repeat offenders being sentenced. \"House File 765 helps reestablish appropriate consequences for chronic and violent offenders and I urge you to vote yes on this bill,\" Zimmer told members.

Kendall Qualls also spoke in favor, reflecting concerns about violent crime trends in Minneapolis and urging stronger consequences.

Opponents and some committee members pushed back on the evidence and policy trade-offs. Representative Feist said statewide violent crime trends do not match the statistics cited by the bill’s supporters and urged relying on broader data before changing sentencing policy. Representative Lee Muller and Representative Greta Hollins stressed the importance of prevention and rehabilitation, and asked whether victim-advocacy groups had been consulted; Hudson said he had not engaged victim-advocates directly but thought the bill’s aim was intuitive.

Members debated whether tougher sentencing will reduce recidivism or whether it will create downstream human- and fiscal-costs. Representative Hudson argued the measure is aimed at a narrow population — defendants with three violent felony convictions — and that stronger consequences are needed for public protection. The committee laid House File 765 over for further consideration and stakeholder consultation.","House File 765, introduced by Representative Matt Hudson, would add mandatory minimum prison terms and allow aggravated durational departures and consecutive sentencing for certain repeat violent offenders.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6649771,"House committee hears bill to increase penalties for politically motivated arson",208,95000,303000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2512945-8f1eee5c15170f45e4dbd4ce50814e1e&start=95&end=303","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2512945-8f1eee5c15170f45e4dbd4ce50814e1e/thumbnail_95000.jpg","/articles/6649771/Minnesota/House-committee-hears-bill-to-increase-penalties-for-politically-motivated-arson","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6649771-838b9c9a073a4c4f19d6057ac7f933e2/orig.mp4?Expires=1771166513&Signature=CqNWmkhEj0TD6nlljDHbMvI3WmSKpyzJrRUStiSOOGCT5lUqfgoUdjKCO3mPx0BoKzM7HBJf7s2667egJLoRJzPq4i6hKRBgT6QdsHq7UWSx7t-RpJaXKyHiVPWWhihNc~QihVjRt0QhP2A-CA1wER~52IJEWiiapFuCS5gGRJFElty-nRkguX2fedHpl4Bg3YPeWw7tG9iNyU-B-GgAXimcb5-FfvyImaDwIp1zSHqHjF0g3vPdn-MQP8MWw~bbh7i6MkU1KUMsEdfYtRyPGjat1N5dheiRATZAG7LXUORUGc3DPAXu22ocE1pmfNWMYRoeZv7mBVwUBFIza61oCg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Matt Hudson introduced House File 767 to the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee on March 5, 2025, proposing an enhanced first-degree arson penalty when a fire damages a building that houses a political organization or when the offense was committed ‘‘in whole or substantial part’’ to make a political statement.

The bill, Hudson said, responds to a January arson that damaged offices housing three conservative organizations. \"When your intention in committing an offense against somebody else is to keep them from being able to freely exercise their First Amendment rights, that's the heart of what this bill gets at,\" Representative Matt Hudson said.

Supporters who testified described the January incident as a targeted attack. Kendall Qualls, founder of Take Charge and a resident of Medina, said his office and two neighboring conservative groups were firebombed in the dead of night; he told the committee that the attack displaced multiple businesses and left staff and interns fearful. \"We were targeted to be silenced,\" Qualls said. Bill Walls of the Center of the American Experiment described the scene to committee members: \"You walk in, you see the hallway. It's just completely black and charred.\" Walls said the FBI and ATF have investigated but the suspects remain at large.

Committee members pressed the bill's authors and testifiers on constitutional and practical questions. Representative Carlie Pinto asked why the bill would impose a higher penalty for a single action—such as burning a T-shirt—if the defendant's motive is political, arguing that differential punishment tied to expressive motive raises First Amendment concerns. \"Why are we gonna punish that more?\" Pinto asked. Representative Hudson responded that actions endangering others can be regulated even when expressive, and that the bill targets conduct intended to chill speech rather than protected expression.

Several members raised the bill's scope and potential for overbreadth. Representative Lee Muller and Representative Greta Hollins warned that vague definitions of \"political\" or \"political organization\" could allow prosecutorial discretion to expand charges in ways the committee had not intended. Representative Johnson and others urged drafting a definition or guardrails to avoid incidental enhancements where the political organization merely happened to be located in a building that was damaged.

Representative Novotny and others discussed parallels to hate crime statutes and federal law; Representative Engen cited Texas v. Johnson and Title 18 U.S.C. 247 to argue that courts have distinguished protected symbolic acts from property destruction and that statutes can lawfully consider motive when the underlying act is criminal.

Hudson told the committee he is open to narrowing language and to working with colleagues and prosecutors on definitions and implementation. Because a fiscal note had not yet been received, and amid the constitutional and drafting questions raised, the committee laid House File 767 over for further work.

The committee record shows extensive debate over constitutional limits, the precise wording of the enhancement, and practical prosecutorial issues; no final vote on the bill occurred at the March 5 hearing.

Looking ahead, Hudson said he would work with colleagues and prosecutors on a narrower definition of political motive and on drafting guardrails to avoid incidental charging where a nonpolitical arson happens to damage a building that houses a political organization.","Representative Matt Hudson introduced House File 767 to the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee on March 5, 2025, proposing an enhanced first-degree arson penalty when a fire damages a building that houses a political organization or when the offense was committed \"in whole or substantial part\" to make a political statement.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6649766,"Committee forwards bill to remove statute of limitations for first-degree arson to general register",206,3024000,3230000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2512945-8f1eee5c15170f45e4dbd4ce50814e1e&start=3024&end=3230","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2512945-8f1eee5c15170f45e4dbd4ce50814e1e/thumbnail_3024000.jpg","/articles/6649766/Minnesota/Committee-forwards-bill-to-remove-statute-of-limitations-for-first-degree-arson-to-general-register","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6649766-40bdd4af53f4a1896c097b3e382a2baf/orig.mp4?Expires=1771166513&Signature=c-h60OJqFDSe8PWEI1n3chS4tWfKeNeQ~rlnRg2H7VJAXSbhC9cqSUgNS-lRcS8K9JHUrRglbxsUX52Cjsu~QPTD7X4838yA7KIfcdxTTp57uxFx~t9NtLPa3ZmTAKpA7V7zB3DyGd9SMeNyNCl5Ku6etLpZVOJfqrY7ZwiY2gTz7XsL4Htwmd7XKPpcGaMxTGDaafb3EfPum3ZgwLuqGq5WzY546z8XhaITyLqVwmDO~mZbwkzaKCGL4MNK-aTLhMiZY0xc81945UxfY9Zsc9W-cKwDVeVEmttbyVDLOrQ3-TrZDPNDL8AjPklee02TM-5S5HWjcJNYNmphS0Rnig__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Matt Hudson told the House Public Safety Committee that House File 764 would remove the five-year statute of limitations for first-degree arson.

Hudson said incidents can take years to investigate and cited the January attack on offices housing multiple political organizations as an example where suspects remain unidentified. \"I don't think if we discover who they were and have the evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they were responsible for these crimes five years from now … that should prevent us from seeking justice,\" Hudson said.

Kendall Qualls, whose organization was displaced by the January fire, apologized for earlier heated remarks in the hearing and urged passage to allow longer pursuit of suspects. \"This bill only because the uncertainty of this crime ... leaves people that have been victimized once to live with that victimization on an ongoing basis,\" Qualls said.

Bill Walls said his organization and donors have established a reward fund — public testimony said the fund could reach as much as $100,000 — to encourage tips. Prosecutors and some committee members pressed for consultation with arson investigators and the fire marshal about evidence-retention and operational implications of removing a statute of limitations. Representative Johnson said removing the limitation could create long-term storage burdens for departments that retain fire debris and other evidence.

Nonpartisan staff and the author said the bill places no explicit new retention duties on investigative agencies; decisions about evidence disposition remain subject to departmental policy. Representative Lee Muller suggested that extending, rather than eliminating, the limit might be a compromise; several members asked the author to consult with arson investigators. The author said the bill will not affect the January case retroactively — committee members noted the bill’s effective date or status means it would not apply to that incident if the limitations period had already expired.

Vice Chair Novotny called a voice vote. The motion to re-refer House File 764 to the General Register carried by voice vote; the committee record shows no roll-call tally.","House File 764, carried by Representative Matt Hudson, would eliminate the statute of limitations for first-degree arson. After testimony from affected organizations and debate about investigative and evidence-retention challenges, the committee recommended the bill to the General Register by voice vote.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6649756,"Committee moves bill to expand endangered missing-persons definition to General Register",188,5638000,5826000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2512945-8f1eee5c15170f45e4dbd4ce50814e1e&start=5638&end=5826","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2512945-8f1eee5c15170f45e4dbd4ce50814e1e/thumbnail_5638000.jpg","/articles/6649756/Minnesota/Committee-moves-bill-to-expand-endangered-missing-persons-definition-to-General-Register","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6649756-801fc2f05535ed3fb22ae5bacb5dd714/orig.mp4?Expires=1771166513&Signature=IN5dUEisNT8pyz42ohEZVY5luQO6rDH8iNVM22fMptQhK-k2Cz27rDRwdSQG1XVdKV8t9Yp4CRtdaYwFFF8ACxXVgqVVqZoTEwT5-XC9pXwyjXtkrbb1GPVNcMSwjW4rRddTUeG2R8jeqvcOievscM2RpbCWXWwfk8uxgENxh8roa7Qc2HvmD6XiE6TbXR8IlACJvl9UlRrqfFNZM8g1AdviJstAahg0AtwOlG~qeoqC-FyWUAq2gKO6bFzc2fZgD2hnTu4blkUDMkr3XtYCwofaa4XzI3UgNeX~J57b18zMv0Og46Jh~8KW7iaILj5tNI3KY9DXCC4R7kHFEK--oA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Vice Chair Witte presented House File 1401 to the House Public Safety Committee on March 5, 2025. The bill would expand the definition of \"endangered\" within Minnesota’s missing and endangered persons program to explicitly include people with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and traumatic brain injury.

Representative Zelensky (Zalem in testimony) and other supporters said the change clarifies when law enforcement and the public-alert system should be used. \"We all have heard the stories of a loved one being missing due to one of these conditions,\" Representative Zalem said, adding that Minnesota’s aging population makes timely alerts important.

Superintendent Evans and representatives of law enforcement associations provided background and technical support in committee testimony; the sheriff’s association and the NPPOA offered letters of support, committee staff said. The BCA superintendent (testifying later on a different bill) and law-enforcement supporters said that faster, clearer access to alerts helps first responders locate missing people with cognitive impairment.

Vice Chair Witte renewed his motion to re-refer House File 1401 to the General Register. The committee approved the motion by voice vote; the record shows bipartisan support and no roll-call tally.","House File 1401 would broaden Minnesota's missing and endangered persons program to include people with Alzheimer's, dementia and traumatic brain injury. The bill drew bipartisan support and endorsements from law-enforcement organizations; the committee re-referred the bill to the General Register by voice vote.","actionData","errors"]

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