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Charles Thayer testified about the 2024 murder of his mother and urged lawmakers to support mandatory reporting so potentially dangerous noncitizen offenders can be considered for deportation. David Zimmer of the Center of the American Experiment testified in support, arguing that cooperation with federal partners is a routine and appropriate law‑enforcement practice. \"This spirit of cooperation runs both ways and it serves as the foundation for law enforcement,\" Zimmer said.

Opposition testimony came from a broad coalition of legal services, victims' advocates, health and public‑safety professionals, local officials and immigrant‑rights groups. Ben Gleichel of the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota said the bill \"will make all people residing in Minnesota less safe\" by discouraging victims and witnesses — particularly undocumented survivors of domestic violence or trafficking — from contacting police. The Advocates for Human Rights, represented by Madeline Lohman, warned the bill would give traffickers an additional tool to intimidate victims and hamper investigations.

Several speakers, including Lillian Carcamo and David Campana of the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs, recounted personal stories of domestic abuse and said survivors avoided police because of immigration fears. Todd Barnett, Minneapolis commissioner of community safety, testified that Minneapolis's long‑standing separation ordinance, which generally restricts asking about immigration status, was designed to build trust and that the bill would reduce community trust and public safety in his city.

Professor Anna Patratz Acosta of Mitchell Hamline School of Law testified about conflicts with federal privacy laws, saying House File 16's language did not adequately protect health and school records and could conflict with HIPAA and FERPA. Hennepin County Senior Assistant County Attorney Edder Castillo said the bill would divert law‑enforcement and prosecutorial resources and could make victims less willing to testify, complicating prosecutions.

Committee members asked questions about the bill’s scope and data issues. Several members noted the complexity of immigration status and raised concerns about unintended effects on public safety; others said the measure is narrowly targeted at people accused of enumerated violent offenses. The transcript records the long public record of testimony; committee action recorded earlier in the item's presentation shows the chair moved the bill with recommendation to re‑refer it to Elections, Finance and Government Operations, but the transcript does not record a final committee vote on the bill during the hearing.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25 - Part 1","oneSentenceSummary","Representative Reimer presented House File 16 on March 12; the chair moved to refer the bill, which would require reporting certain noncitizen arrestees to ICE and constrain local noncooperation policies, to the House Elections, Finance and Government Operations Committee.","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},6637151,"Committee backs bill to make fentanyl exposure of children a felony and refers it to Children and Families panel",1017,78000,1095000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2589181-f60c78f058eff70acd4bb7a17a3a2747&start=78&end=1095","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2589181-f60c78f058eff70acd4bb7a17a3a2747/thumbnail_78000.jpg","/articles/6637151/Minnesota/Committee-backs-bill-to-make-fentanyl-exposure-of-children-a-felony-and-refers-it-to-Children-and-Families-panel","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6637151-d3dd750bdad555c9d47b4480cbd70fde/orig.mp4?Expires=1771040393&Signature=GCUJRUNBRVMmZKeJUZMh3w3-4LsmJlxjBgkK3KaVeEJNtN2rI-1WLtz~l714vIHEWIe-MoaK3bjAoCVzD6udBMkCXQlEijiw1GA5Z2pKgO5Hkc07dVS2NtYHckUBixq05esOFu7RtmPe27BcQFo4M6lt2G3HYlCAG4VRjZA19scCfKxn-KCDMNjVZuycT6rIaqzcScsLtH34XWwig-f4iOMDjQNJpdXWrsQaqLa-W2eYrDm8~D6mqq83x-r4~j4kuGBbIOieQKzdGfXIZ47VxqV3lufUlksBJPdADT6gDVI042hSUKEUa5ZlLqneP6gK7limzq6oHra7IQIg6LCCGA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Steve Knudson, author of House File 897, told the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee on March 12 that the bill, as amended, would align criminal penalties for exposing children and vulnerable adults to fentanyl with existing law on methamphetamine exposure. The committee adopted an author's amendment and re‑referred the bill to the House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee.

Supporters said the change closes a gap in state law and cited recent child deaths linked to fentanyl. Sebastian Mesa, an assistant county attorney in Aitkin County, said, \"152.137 makes it a felony to expose a child or vulnerable adult to methamphetamine, and it struck me as rather peculiar that a drug as dangerous as fentanyl ... would not fit under that same legislative scheme.\" Mesa described cases in which children were exposed to fentanyl left in living areas and said prosecutors have been limited in charging under current law.

Jeff Potts, executive director of the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, told the committee that fentanyl remains a major contributor to overdose deaths. \"In 2023, there were still 1,338 overdose deaths, 919 of those related to opioids,\" Potts said, adding that preliminary 2024 data suggest many of those fatalities were linked to fentanyl and that fentanyl is frequently found mixed into other seized drugs. Paul Ostrow, chair of Fentanyl Free Communities and a retired prosecutor, said infant exposures have risen sharply: \"Infant exposure to fentanyl increased by 449 percent between 2020 and 2023.\" He and other advocates emphasized pairing enforcement with treatment and harm‑reduction measures such as wider availability of naloxone.

Representative Knudson said the bill responds to recommendations from the Minnesota County Attorneys Association and that the DE1 amendment adds fentanyl to the statute text and defines fentanyl consistent with chapter 152.137, subdivision 25. Representative Lee Muller asked whether the bill should include an exception for medically prescribed fentanyl; Knudson said the sponsors could consider language similar to the exception in a bill that had been pulled from the agenda.

The committee adopted the DE1 amendment by voice vote and then voted to re‑refer House File 897 to the Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee. No fiscal details or sentencing changes beyond aligning exposure penalties with the existing methamphetamine provision were included in committee discussion recorded on the transcript.

The bill packet submitted to members includes a letter from the Minnesota County Attorneys Association and media material referenced by the author; proponents cited Minnesota Department of Health statistics on nonfatal overdoses and several local child fatality cases included in the packet.","Representative Steve Knudson, author of House File 897, told the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee on March 12 that the bill, as amended, would align criminal penalties for exposing children and vulnerable adults to fentanyl with existing law on methamphetamine exposure.",{"_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},6637149,"Committee adopts amendment to modernize jail reporting law, sends House File 772 to Human Services panel",737,1116000,1853000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2589181-f60c78f058eff70acd4bb7a17a3a2747&start=1116&end=1853","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2589181-f60c78f058eff70acd4bb7a17a3a2747/thumbnail_1116000.jpg","/articles/6637149/Minnesota/Committee-adopts-amendment-to-modernize-jail-reporting-law-sends-House-File-772-to-Human-Services-panel","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6637149-25b516de14a9f6127fe6cfbbd16b3f4a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771040393&Signature=aVFWkE0Ac8FFqnmTxC~mJKyeHQu7A1Clb6BSIXHpPzQQ1cagtUoGAe9phUu~clLLjz2i2P~aU50SYlgsssfgCxgdXaNm3sywA5Qx1eIXHTptJ72guIKp-HcE6GhuO30B3Pwe0Gp7vEgTXcqxwmRP7fR0xO4bSozTwHMloOV-9xDrxYMDrUDcPa8-dRdX-1AYGErw4gVsrgOah9lnF32YD3SJajum-rm405P-g3b-irV55XrqbkKPlj6NfG-e~gfvaM0QOvrYxbhzxymXSz1trd5-SOuIBQcbIzTvyDNOjcC2278sAR2d3fmSPUfMtUfjLb-yNvn-RUyUvRI4ixEfNw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Chair Swazinski presented House File 772 to the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee on March 12 as an update to an older statute that governs reporting by correctional facilities. The bill’s A1 author’s amendment removed the word \"undocumented\" from specified lines and modernized references to which facilities are covered; the committee adopted the A1 amendment and re‑referred the bill to the Human Services Finance and Policy Committee.

Representative Swazinski said the law dated from 1927 and the amended bill expands coverage from two named state prisons to all 11 state correctional facilities and separates language that previously grouped persons convicted of felonies with persons committed for mental illness. \"One of the main reasons this bill is before you is because we just don't actually know if state and local correctional facilities are complying with current state law,\" Swazinski said; the bill’s language requires verification of compliance.

Julia Decker, policy director for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, testified in opposition. She said the bill risks creating erroneous or discriminatory notifications to federal immigration authorities and noted that immigration status and authorizations are legally complex. \"We are concerned that the amended language of HF 772 creates real possibilities for erroneous and potentially discriminatory notifications about people in state custody,\" Decker said, and urged the committee to vote no.

Edder Castillo, a senior assistant county attorney at the Hennepin County Attorney's Office, said HF 772 could make it harder for prosecutors to negotiate guilty pleas. Castillo testified that by forcing jail and prison reporting to ICE, the bill could encourage noncitizen defendants to go to trial rather than accept plea terms that include jail or prison time, which would increase trial loads and require more victim and officer testimony. \"By making it more difficult to obtain plea agreements on jail or prison time, HF 772 will increase trial loads for prosecutors ... and it would increase the risk that violent and dangerous offenders will be acquitted at trial,\" Castillo said.

The committee adopted the A1 amendment by voice vote and then voted to re‑refer House File 772, as amended, to the Human Services Finance and Policy Committee. Testimony and member remarks raised federalism concerns, administrative burdens for local officials asked to assess immigration status, and the impact on prosecutorial practice; sponsors said the measure mainly seeks to confirm compliance with existing law rather than create new immigration enforcement duties.","House File 772, a statutory update that changes how state and local correctional facilities report certain noncitizen inmates to federal authorities, had its author's A1 amendment adopted and was re‑referred to the Human Services Finance and Policy Committee. Testimony included opposition from immigrant legal services and concerns from county","actionData","errors"]

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Heated testimony for and against House File 16 after sponsor moves to refer bill on reporting to ICE

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Committee adopts amendment to modernize jail reporting law, sends House File 772 to Human Services panel