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Committee approves Department of Corrections technical omnibus; adds federal law‑enforcement exemption and merges American Indian programming change
Summary
House File 16‑59, a DOC technical omnibus, was recommended to the general register after testimony describing statutory cleanups including a federal law‑enforcement exemption and CSAC membership updates.
House File 16‑59, a technical omnibus for the Department of Corrections, was presented by Deputy Commissioner Safia Khan and recommended to the general register after committee consideration. The bill includes several administrative and statutory updates intended to align statutes with current DOC practice.
Khan described four primary changes: explicitly exempting federal law enforcement officers (such as U.S. Marshals) from a protective‑agent licensing requirement when they transport incarcerated individuals; updating and consolidating statewide community supervision reporting dates; expanding the Community Supervision Advisory Council (CSAC) to include judicial branch members and broaden public-member representation; and repealing Minnesota Statutes 253.21 and 253.23, which were described as outdated requirements related to Stillwater and St. Cloud prisons and transfers to state hospitals.
Representative Curran sponsored the bill and noted that the A1 amendment adds the language from Representative Keeler's HF12‑65 to combine related DOC policy updates into a single vehicle. The committee adopted the A1 amendment by voice vote; Representative Curran renewed the motion and the committee recommended House File 16‑59 as amended to the general register.
Ending: The technical omnibus advances to the general register; the inclusion of HF12‑65 language consolidates DOC policy changes in a single bill for further floor consideration.
