Bill > HF1354

This bill proposes comprehensive changes to various public safety policies in Minnesota, addressing multiple areas including school safety, driving regulations, correctional facilities, victim services, and reporting requirements. The bill requires schools to provide violence prevention training annually, mandating that students learn to identify warning signs of potential harm and understand how to report threats, including through an anonymous reporting system. It enhances penalties for driving without a valid license, introducing graduated fines and potential gross misdemeanor charges for repeat offenders. The legislation also improves reporting requirements for active shooter incidents and threats in schools, mandating that schools file detailed reports with the Minnesota Fusion Center. Additionally, the bill introduces provisions to improve care in correctional facilities, such as requiring facilities to continue providing prescribed medications to incarcerated individuals and establishing more robust reporting mechanisms for deaths and unusual occurrences. The bill expands victim notification rights, particularly for domestic abuse and sexual assault cases, and includes children's advocacy centers as eligible for certain fine proceeds. It also clarifies conditions for considering a person missing and endangered, authorizes local governments to conduct criminal background checks in specific contexts, and limits the scope of video disclosure in officer-involved death investigations. The bill includes several effective dates, with most provisions becoming active in 2025, and is named in part after Larry R. Hill to recognize medical reforms in correctional facilities.

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