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Scribe said his office is asked to assist many local jurisdictions that lack trained fire investigators and that modern arson investigations increasingly depend on electronic evidence such as doorbell and security camera footage and financial records. “A lot of what we see for our investigations is not necessarily just made at the scene,” Scribe said, describing the time needed to obtain electronic data and subpoenas.

The issue matters because, Scribe said, his office identified investigations that involve patterns of incidents spanning roughly eight years; under a five‑year limitation, the earliest incidents could be time‑barred for criminal charging. “We have currently about a handful of investigations that involve potential links to arson situations or connections that span an 8 year period,” he said. He added that many jurisdictions rely on the state fire marshal’s investigators because local departments often have no dedicated, trained fire investigator.

Nonpartisan staff and committee members sought legal clarity about which offenses the proposal would affect. Nonpartisan counsel (Mr. Johnson) told the committee that first‑degree arson is codified at Minnesota Statutes section 609.561 and covers arson of dwellings and other buildings under certain circumstances. Johnson said the proposal as presented applies only to first‑degree arson, not to lower degree arson offenses.

Committee members discussed competing considerations. One member expressed concern that a longer limitations period could leave individuals subject to prolonged uncertainty and make defense more difficult as evidence, memories and witnesses age. Another member said victims of serial arson can be denied restitution and justice if earlier incidents fall outside the limitations period and emphasized the importance of aligning criminal time limits with victims’ interests.

Scribe told the committee he had spoken with the Minnesota chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators and was told insurance companies commonly retain evidence and the ability to file claims for approximately 10 years; he said aligning the criminal statute with that civil timeframe could help investigators and prosecutors pursue both civil and criminal remedies where appropriate.

No formal committee vote on the arson limitations was recorded during Scribe’s testimony. Committee members asked follow‑up questions and thanked the fire marshal for the briefing. The committee later proceeded to other items on its agenda.

Ending: The committee left the record open for questions and moved on to other testimony; members did not adopt a change to the arson statute at this hearing.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Conference Committee on HF2432 5/8/25","oneSentenceSummary","State Fire Marshal Dan Scribe told the Public Safety and Judiciary Conference Committee on May 8 that extending the statute of limitations for first‑degree arson from five to 10 years would help investigators and prosecutors assemble complex cases that can span multiple years.","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},6558605,"Votes at a glance: Conference committee adopts multiple same/similar policy provisions",4660,49000,4709000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3238185-b126d59c256fc6a8e91f6cc82c3ccccd&start=49&end=4709","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3238185-b126d59c256fc6a8e91f6cc82c3ccccd/thumbnail_49000.jpg","/articles/6558605/Minnesota/Votes-at-a-glance-Conference-committee-adopts-multiple-samesimilar-policy-provisions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6558605-bf6f0a003b9324e0afacf0a0024ec4c1/orig.mp4?Expires=1774939563&Signature=lEN9zB5XhtHAVvMA20Skd4pgz7N2oGsFbDdJ-qpORTE4et~cZ7lNIEf0trAyuXffUNKb5QLs~Kh48ubIUeQpBMYdKmkTbMcNqjb~jGC8vN739Obka3fb~ZPI4nNL0t9bFot7WBzY4UsFCrfcTG0Y2PRfb7U7nd9jJ6vpBv2BEg726PCXZaN0GwZozZA8aOoYYEiNmgxih8GkMJLiLIP~lRnXVf3X-vXCbkohbVcLckiqlbNjvoyIrhtdPcjjTGSpQXfRvIVCnhoNmUIgudxIpOBfjHjwOpkQe5GNXH7P2~V7D67kC98RsO2XE3jC75YlqBRcpnc9JCPrxUte4CYmIA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Public Safety and Judiciary Conference Committee on May 8 adopted a series of same‑or‑similar policy provisions and technical side‑by‑side language by voice votes. Committee members characterized most of the items as noncontroversial or technical and recorded voice‑vote approvals with the motions prevailing. The committee repeatedly stated that nonpartisan staff would make technical adjustments where necessary.

Votes recorded during the hearing (motion text, mover and outcome):

- Adopt article 4, House language lines 39.1–39.99 (requires Department of Corrections to have a supply of Narcan in facilities). Mover: Chair Novotny. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 4, Senate language lines 63.6–66.26 (Senate File 1905 language noted: excludes water pipe fluid when measuring weight of a drug mixture). Mover: Senator Umuver Beighton. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 5, Senate language lines 91.17–92.2 (adds dementia, Alzheimer’s and traumatic brain injury to missing and endangered persons; Senate language also includes autism). Mover: Chair Novotny. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 5, Senate language lines 100.3–101.9 (requires concealed‑carry permit holders to notify chief law enforcement agency of name change within 30 days). Mover: Chair Novotny. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 5, Senate language lines 103.11–103.13 (fire code repealer; Senate File 1578 referenced). Mover: Senator Seberg. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 6, House language lines 15.27–19.26 (domestic abuse advocate disclosure provisions). Mover: Chair Moeller. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 7, House language lines 20.21–24.8 (office of justice/grama policy language ensuring victim notification when certain actions are declined). Mover: Senator Umuvera Baynton. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 7, Senate language lines 116.14–117.5 (expands victim assistance program eligibility to include children’s advocacy centers — House File/line references in transcript). Mover: Senator Clark. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 7, Senate language lines 118.19–121.12 (language from Senate File 1907 as amended: requires notification to crime victims when an offender files a letter of apology). Mover: Senator Umuvera Baynton. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 8, House language lines 1.1–2.15 (DOC collaboration with Minnesota Indian Affairs Council to modernize American Indian cultural programming). Mover: Chair Moeller. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 10, House language (court policy bill; transcript described as \"court's policy bill\"). Mover: Chair Scott. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 11, House language lines 84.18–86.2 (expands protection of parent contact information in school directories; House File 101 cited). Mover: Chair Liebling. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 11, House language lines 89.17–89.32 (ODMAP bill from the Office of Addiction and Recovery; House File 1429 referenced). Mover: Chair Liebling. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 11, Senate language lines 164.12–166.2 (definition of \"public official\" for small cities aligned with chapter 13.43; Met Council separation deferred for testimony). Mover: Chair Scott. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 11, Senate language lines 174.1–174.17 (BCA policy on posting officer‑involved death videos; limits posting of unrelated videos). Mover: Chair Moeller. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 12, Senate language (mortgage foreclosure provisions including Senate File 1962 and language from Senator Pappas; and provisions addressing excess sheriff receipts after foreclosure tied to Senate File 2338/House File 1027). Mover: Senator Westlund. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 13, House language (statewide Office of Appellate Counsel clarifying it is under the executive branch; House File 1862 cited). Mover: Chair Scott. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 13, House language lines 26.15–27.22 (narrower definition of \"custodian\" consistent with prior bill House File 2781). Mover: Senator Umuvera Baynton. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 13, Senate language lines 213.28–219.8 (orders for protection for vulnerable adults; effective date inserted: 01/01/2026). Mover: Senator Westland. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Adopt article 14, House language (school safety bill — budget neutral provisions requiring students be informed of anonymous threat reporting systems and reporting to BCA fusion center; House File 1901 referenced). Mover: Chair Moeller. Outcome: approved (voice vote; motion prevails).

- Additional motions adopted later in the hearing: Chair Mueller moved to adopt DOC same‑or‑similar technical and budget‑neutral policy provisions (including swatting statute adjustments and community supervision items) and to adopt DPS budget‑neutral policy provision on charter school fees (locations in side‑by‑sides cited). Outcome: approved (voice votes; motions prevailed).

Notes on procedure and voting: Most motions were approved by voice vote with the committee chair calling for aye/ opposed and the clerk recording \"motion prevails.\" Where a specific Senate or House file number was mentioned in testimony it is noted above; where the transcript did not provide a bill number, the motion description follows the committee’s wording. If specific vote tallies or roll‑call votes were required they were not recorded in the transcript provided; all actions in the hearing were recorded as voice votes and the motions were declared to have prevailed.

Ending: After completing the listed adoptions, the committee took testimony on other items and then adjourned for the day.","The Public Safety and Judiciary Conference Committee adopted multiple same‑or‑similar policy provisions by voice vote during its May 8 meeting, approving a package of technical and policy changes from House and Senate positions.",{"_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},6558611,"Hennepin County attorney’s office supports administrative subpoena power for wage‑theft investigations",525,2997000,3522000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3238185-b126d59c256fc6a8e91f6cc82c3ccccd&start=2997&end=3522","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3238185-b126d59c256fc6a8e91f6cc82c3ccccd/thumbnail_2997000.jpg","/articles/6558611/Minnesota/Hennepin-County-attorneys-office-supports-administrative-subpoena-power-for-wagetheft-investigations","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6558611-918e9b5ab8e804c7d0571e1e0f96529c/orig.mp4?Expires=1774939563&Signature=PTQicC9M8~kzS8cmP09B4Igq6bBiVx~Qychl826e8WjFdmjuVnI~cyUKsVDelSYi1o4E37a-JqsR3c8hh9BtBYSEVjwLiPXKs3E1J~qqZyLFV1dxssa0nasnoFCrKGXh4Ag19ZUVzpp6z5bMZU19k9MNbmMLJ5JKhQHvXfOXI~BFiQk8n5hIpN-45WS1qeRaFMMl1LDAAydCdW5ENryk5RjKTWwxM-ggBkuY31xAARBdNyBbbEdHfWy67Otl-~yqKLYCJA02zxJm85aKs~ZUeP6i2pUtbJr1yFkaHEIpAiZDEsi8IGN9xV1WJexzQZeQ6daGBkuhK3gObJQLhfDceA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Alex Halverson, senior attorney and head of the Worker Protection Unit in the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, told the Public Safety and Judiciary Conference Committee on May 8 that adding wage theft to the list of offenses subject to administrative subpoena authority would improve investigations and conserve law‑enforcement resources.

Halverson said the office already has administrative subpoena authority for certain classes of financial and fraud offenses and that expanding that authority would let county attorneys obtain routine third‑party records — payroll, bank and phone records — directly from institutions. “The administrative piece of it allows us to get what are typically noncontroversial documents from third‑party sources, like banks,” Halverson said, adding that doing so can free law enforcement to focus on violent crime and other pressing matters.

He described the usual process: referrals arrive from law enforcement agencies such as the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which will have started an investigation; the county attorney’s office then performs additional workups and can pursue broader financial‑crime expertise. Halverson said wage‑theft cases frequently involve record collection and iterative coordination with law enforcement and that administrative subpoenas would streamline that work.

Committee members asked about scope and safeguards. Nonpartisan proceedings noted the statutory reference at issue (section cited in the hearing as 388.23). Halverson said the bill’s language aims to reach employers and “other persons or business entities” who are the subject of a wage‑theft investigation, so the office can obtain records even when an employer has misclassified workers as independent contractors or uses third‑party bookkeepers or payroll vendors.

Nancy Haas, representing the Minnesota County Attorneys Association, told the committee the association’s criminal law committee reviewed the proposal and the association supports the language; Haas said several other states have granted similar local powers.

Committee members discussed the “other person” phrase, noting it could expand scope to third parties and prompting questions about limits. Halverson said existing statutory safeguards (he referenced subdivision c in the statute as written) already limit the kinds of private records that can be compelled and that prosecutions still require appropriate probable cause and, where necessary, judicial process.

No committee vote on the amendment was recorded at this hearing. Halverson and others said the change would be used iteratively with law enforcement and that the administrative tool would not replace warrants in appropriate cases.

Ending: The committee heard supportive testimony from county‑attorney representatives and did not take immediate floor action on the draft amendment.","A senior Hennepin County attorney told the conference committee that adding wage theft to the list of offenses that can be investigated using administrative subpoenas would let county attorneys obtain routine third‑party records (bank, payroll) without burdening local law enforcement. County attorneys' association counsel voiced organizational",{"_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},6558615,"Metropolitan Council seeks explicit inclusion under Minnesota Government Data Practices Act",231,2672000,2903000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3238185-b126d59c256fc6a8e91f6cc82c3ccccd&start=2672&end=2903","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3238185-b126d59c256fc6a8e91f6cc82c3ccccd/thumbnail_2672000.jpg","/articles/6558615/Minnesota/Metropolitan-Council-seeks-explicit-inclusion-under-Minnesota-Government-Data-Practices-Act","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6558615-b9207abf5426639f25fadc09331d3921/orig.mp4?Expires=1774939563&Signature=Eg1ZI5TW5uFZgl4qxVDmGpnmKksrZeukQWkPZ2isses0L3ZsXpJZU5nFF5f~ki75OSpUScAutvG1RxbKN-G5mMaRI5E-KrLP6Cpfym74jwqKA3892snmeG5fUhhAaYC1pur5CPGeURLJhRE~qax~wgMnp8snFB3t2Gv58TOiu4gKzACqDp6PCueGD0grO5~Qxo4rTt9k6Z10bWPUuh~l5b1ZTaGfgtdR7CGrK7dlxumNWxIXVy5zpmDE4JoXiVM-uqK4Oem2Vu5aZAJvQCIP8ogR-~sPYFQ2l3lzSKiknxyaOEZyLl5l60BVmSXKaBzRF3lEy6kpMuK1nkedQvA7dA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Judd Shetnan, government affairs director for the Metropolitan Council, told the Public Safety and Judiciary Conference Committee on May 8 that the Met Council asked the Legislature to amend the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act to make certain council leaders subject to the state’s public‑data rules.

Shetnan said the change followed a high‑profile staff separation last summer that generated multiple data‑practices requests. Council counsel determined the position in question was not clearly covered by the statute’s definition of a public official, and the council concluded that council members, the council chair and executive staff should be explicitly included. “In order to be transparent, we brought a bill forward in order to correct that and have the Metropolitan Council and our leadership be subject to the same laws,” Shetnan said.

The witness noted the Met Council requested the change to align its treatment with legislative intent and said the proposal was carried in house legislation by Representatives Quam and Freiberg and included in the house position before the conference committee. Committee members generally welcomed the request; one member commended the council’s decision to seek transparency and to be subject to the Data Practices Act.

Shetnan concluded by thanking the committee for its consideration and said the council appreciated inclusion in the house position. No committee vote was recorded on this item during the hearing.

Ending: The committee thanked the witness and moved on to the next item on the agenda.","A Met Council official told the conference committee the council asked the Legislature to clarify that the council chair, council members and certain executive staff are public officials under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act after a high‑profile employee separation triggered public records requests.","actionData","errors"]

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State fire marshal urges extending arson statute of limitations from five to 10 years

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Hennepin County attorney’s office supports administrative subpoena power for wage‑theft investigations

Metropolitan Council seeks explicit inclusion under Minnesota Government Data Practices Act