Minnesota HF3827: Grants from Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to local law enforcement clarified as reimbursements, law related to recording of crimes updated, process for determining how certain criminal records are ineligible for sealing established, and court required to provide order for protection for access by law enforcement.

What the bill says

A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying certain grants from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to local law enforcement as reimbursements; updating law related to recording of crimes; establishing process for determining how certain criminal records are ineligible for sealing; requiring court to provide orders for protection for access by law enforcement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 299C.05; 299C.065; 299C.46, subdivision 6; 609A.015, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 609.2334, subdivision 11…

From the engrossed text, April 20, 2026:

A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying certain grants from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to local law enforcement as reimbursements; updating law related to recording of crimes; establishing process for determining how certain criminal records are ineligible for sealing; requiring court to provide orders for protection for access by law enforcement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 299C.05; 299C.065; 299C.46, subdivision 6; 609A.015, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 609.2334, subdivision 11; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.12. Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.05, is amended to read: 299C.05 CRIME DATA COLLECTION. It shall be the duty of this division to collect, and preserve as a record of the bureau, information concerning the number and nature of offenses known to have been committed in the state, of the legal steps taken in connection therewith from the inception of the complaint to the final discharge of the defendant, and such other information as may be useful in the study of crime and the administration of justice. new text begin [ADDED: The information shall be provided in a form prescribed by the superintendent. ] new text end The information so collected and preserved shall include such data as may be requested by the United States Department of Justice, at Washington, under its national system of crime reporting. …