Bill > HF1728

This bill requires the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission to create and maintain a comprehensive, publicly accessible online database containing detailed criminal sentencing information. The database must include data from sentencing worksheets, orders, and departure reports, while ensuring that only public data is displayed. Users will be able to search and filter information using multiple fields such as case number, defendant name, offense date, judicial district, county, year of sentencing, judge, specific crime, criminal history score, offense severity, sentence type and 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. To support this initiative, the bill appropriates funding for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to develop and maintain the database, with a specified base budget for continued maintenance in subsequent fiscal years. The goal appears to be increasing transparency in criminal sentencing by providing the public with easy access to detailed sentencing information.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1728&ssn=0&y=2025