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This bill requires the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission to record each of its meetings both visually and audibly and then make those recordings publicly accessible through the commission's website or via a link on their website. The bill modifies an existing statute that outlines the commission's responsibilities for modifying and improving sentencing guidelines, adding this new transparency requirement. Currently, the commission is already required to submit annual reports to legislative committees detailing any modifications to sentencing guidelines, but this bill adds the additional mandate of recording and publishing meeting recordings. The new requirement will take effect the day after the bill is signed into law, allowing immediate implementation of the public recording and access provisions. The goal appears to be increasing transparency around how criminal sentencing guidelines are developed and modified, giving the public greater insight into the commission's decision-making processes.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1370&ssn=0&y=2025