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HF3910 • 2026

Authority for certain federal agents to perform arrests under state law removed.

Authority for certain federal agents to perform arrests under state law removed.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Hollins, Moller, Agbaje, Curran, Gottfried, Reyer, Virnig, Kozlowski, Sencer-Mura, Berg, Howard, Freiberg, Keeler, Feist, Frazier, Pursell, Johnson, P., Greene, Momanyi-Hiltsley, Lee, F., Lee, K., Xiong, Pérez-Vega, Gomez, Greenman, Falconer
Last action
2026-03-02
Official status
Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Authority for certain federal agents to perform arrests under state law removed.

Authority for certain federal agents to perform arrests under state law removed.

What This Bill Does

  • Authority for certain federal agents to perform arrests under state law removed.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-02 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Authority for certain federal agents to perform arrests under state law removed.

Current Bill Text

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relating to public safety; removing the authority for certain federal agents to perform

arrests under state law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.30,

subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.34, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.30, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Who may arrest.

An arrest may be made:

(1) by a peace officer under a warrant;

(2) by a peace officer without a warrant;
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(3) by an officer in the United States Customs and Border Protection or the United States

Citizenship and Immigration Services without a warrant;

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(4)
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(3)
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by a private person.

A private person shall aid a peace officer in executing a warrant when requested to do

so by the officer.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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Sec. 2.
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REPEALER.
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Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.34, subdivision 2,

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is repealed.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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APPENDIX

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 26-06631

629.34 WHEN ARREST MAY BE MADE WITHOUT WARRANT.

Subd. 2.

United States Customs and Border Protection, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services officer.

An officer in the United States Customs and Border Protection or the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services may arrest a person without a warrant under the circumstances specified in clauses (1) and (2):

(1) when the officer is on duty within the scope of assignment and one or more of the following situations exist:

(i) the person commits an assault in the fifth degree, as defined in section
609.224
, against the officer;

(ii) the person commits an assault in the fifth degree, as defined in section
609.224
, on any other person in the presence of the officer, or commits any felony;

(iii) the officer has reasonable cause to believe that a felony has been committed and reasonable cause to believe that the person committed it; or

(iv) the officer has received positive information by written, teletypic, telephonic, radio, or other authoritative source that a peace officer holds a warrant for the person's arrest; or

(2) when the assistance of the officer has been requested by another Minnesota law enforcement agency.