Bill > SF1372

This bill requires the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission to create and maintain a comprehensive, publicly accessible online database of criminal sentencing information. The searchable website will include detailed data from sentencing court documents, such as sentencing worksheets and orders, while ensuring that only public data is disclosed. Users will be able to search and filter information using multiple fields, including case number, defendant name, offense date, judicial district, county, year of sentencing, judge, specific crime, criminal history score, offense severity, sentence type (executed or stayed), sentence length, and details about sentencing guideline departures. The database will allow users to perform complex searches across multiple fields, sort results, generate aggregated reports, and download data. The bill also appropriates funding in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to develop and maintain this database, with a specified base funding level established for fiscal year 2028 and subsequent years. The goal appears to be increasing transparency in criminal sentencing by providing the public with detailed, easily accessible sentencing information.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1372&ssn=0&y=2025