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Minnesota · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HF 3990: Public safety; policy provided for public safety, correctional facilities, investigations, Department of Public Safety data, controlled substances, crime victims, orders for protection, private detective and protective agent licensure, employment disqualifications, sentence adjustments, expungement relief, domestic abuse-related crimes and data, use of chemical irritants, crimes of coercion, retail theft, identity theft, and fraud; reimbursements provided; "battered women" term replaced in statute where it appears; criminal penalties provided; reports required; and rulemaking required.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HF 3990 is a bill introduced in the Minnesota House on March 5, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Public safety; policy provided for public safety, correctional facilities, investigations, Department of Public Safety data, controlled substances, crime victims, orders for protection, private detective and protective agent licensure, employment disqualifications, sentence adjustments, expungement relief, domestic abuse-related crimes and data, use of chemical irritants, crimes of coercion, retail theft, identity theft, and fraud; reimbursements provided; "battered women" term replaced in statute where it appears; criminal penalties provided; reports required; and rulemaking required. Primary sponsor: Paul Novotny (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 23, 2026): HF indefinitely postponed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic-Farmer-Labor 2 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Paul NovotnyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse30B
Brion CurranCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse36B
Kelly MollerCo-sponsorDemocratic-Farmer-LaborHouse40A

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. HF indefinitely postponed
  2. Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
  3. Referred to Chief Clerk for comparison with SF4760
  4. Second reading
  5. Committee report, to adopt as amended
  6. Author added Curran
  7. Motion prevailed
  8. Motion to re-refer Public Safety Finance and Policy
  9. Author added Moller
  10. Second reading
  11. Committee report, to adopt
  12. Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to State Government Finance and Policy

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source