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Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity recesses into closed session to review St. Paul cyberattack; officers elected
Summary
The Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity elected officers Aug. 27 and recessed into a closed session under Minnesota Statutes 3.885, Subd. 5 to receive an overview of the City of St. Paul cybersecurity attack; the commission did not return to open session and adjourned during the closed session.
Representative Kristin Bahner called the Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity to order on Aug. 27, 2025, and a quorum was present. The commission approved minutes from Nov. 22, 2024, and held nominations: Senator Melissa Wiklund was elected chair, Representative Jim Nash was elected vice chair and Senator Eric Lucero was elected secretary.
The agenda listed an overview from the City of St. Paul on its recent cybersecurity attack, with presenters named in the minutes as Mayor Melvin Carter; Jaime Wascalus, Director of the Office of Technology and Communications and Chief Information Officer for the City of St. Paul; Maj. Gen. Stefanie Horvath, Chief Information Security Officer, City of St. Paul; and Mike Sand, Deputy Director of Saint Paul Emergency Management. Representative Bahner announced the commission intended to recess into a closed session under Minnesota Statutes 3.885, Subd. 5 to receive that overview, saying discussion in open session could compromise the cybersecurity of the state and other entities.
Representative Bahner moved that the commission go into closed session; the motion prevailed. The minutes record that Representative Bahner recessed the meeting "at 10:32 AM" for the closed session and that the commission did not reconvene in open session, adjourning during the closed session. The transcript also records the meeting being called to order at 1:08 PM; the minutes do not explain the apparent discrepancy in the recorded times.
No substantive details from the closed session are included in the public minutes. The action items recorded in open session are the approval of the Nov. 22, 2024 minutes and the elections of chair, vice chair and secretary; the motion to enter closed session is recorded as prevailing. The minutes do not list any votes by name beyond the motions noted, nor do they record any public Q&A or presentation content from the City of St. Paul.
