Bill > HF544

This bill expands the list of individuals who are ineligible for earned incentive release credit and rehabilitation program benefits under the Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act. Specifically, the bill adds several serious criminal offenses to the existing list of disqualifying crimes, including labor trafficking, sex trafficking, prostitution-related offenses, various degrees of criminal sexual conduct, criminal sexual predatory conduct, and sexual extortion. Previously, only those serving life sentences, those with indeterminate sentences from before April 30, 1980, and those subject to good time laws were excluded from these programs. The new provisions mean that individuals convicted of these specified sexual and trafficking-related crimes will no longer be eligible for earned incentive release credits or certain rehabilitation benefits. The bill takes effect the day after it is enacted, and it amends two sections of Minnesota Statutes (244.45 and 244.46, subdivision 4) to implement these changes, reflecting a legislative intent to restrict rehabilitation opportunities for individuals convicted of these particularly serious sexual and trafficking-related offenses.

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