Minnesota legislation · 94th Legislature 2025-2026
Minnesota HF3496: Supervision abatement status policy modified relating to corrections.
Status: In committee, April 21, 2026
What the bill says
A bill for an act relating to corrections; modifying the supervision abatement status policy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 244.46, subdivision 1.
From the engrossed text, April 7, 2026:
A bill for an act relating to corrections; modifying the supervision abatement status policy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 244.46, subdivision 1. Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 244.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read: Subdivision 1. Adopting policy for earned compliance credit; supervision abatement status. (a) The commissioner must adopt a policy providing for earned compliance credit and supervision abatement status, including the circumstances under which an individual may receive earned compliance credits and transition to supervision abatement status.new text begin [ADDED: The policy must include consideration of an individual's effort to pay restitution to the extent known to the supervising agency and must provide that an individual who has the ability to pay restitution but engages in willful nonpayment is not eligible to transition to supervision abatement status.] new text end (b) Except as otherwise provided in the act, once the time served on active supervision plus earned compliance credits equals the total length of the supervised release term or, if applicable, the aggregate length of the supervised release term and conditional release term, the individual is eligible for supervision abatement status. However, the commissioner must not place the individual on supervision abatement status for the remainder of the supervised or conditional release term if the commissioner determines that doing so would present a risk to …
Sponsors
- Bobbie Harder (R) · primary sponsor
- Paul Novotny (R)
- Elliott Engen (R)
Latest actions
- : Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
- : Introduction and first reading
- : Received from House
- : Bill was passed vote: 134-0
- : Third reading
- : House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 20, 2026
- : Author added Engen
- : Second reading
- : Committee report, to adopt as amended
- : Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy
Votes
- CALENDAR FOR THE DAY - Passage (April 20, 2026): 134 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HF3496?
- HF3496 is a bill in the Minnesota Legislature (94th Legislature 2025-2026): Supervision abatement status policy modified relating to corrections.
- What does HF3496 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act relating to corrections; modifying the supervision abatement status policy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 244.46, subdivision 1.
- What is the status of HF3496?
- In committee as of April 21, 2026. Latest action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety (April 21, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF3496?
- Bobbie Harder (R), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HF3496?
- On the Minnesota Legislature website: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?f=HF3496&y=2025&ssn=0&b=house
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