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HF4177 • 2026

Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit funding increased, and money appropriated.

Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit funding increased, and money appropriated.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Frazier, Moller, Hollins, Luger-Nikolai, Rehrauer, Greenman, Curran
Last action
2026-04-09
Official status
Author added Curran
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit funding increased, and money appropriated.

Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit funding increased, and money appropriated.

What This Bill Does

  • Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit funding increased, and money appropriated.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-09 House

    Author added Curran

  2. 2026-03-12 House

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

Official Summary Text

Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit funding increased, and money appropriated.

Current Bill Text

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relating to public safety; increasing funding for the Independent Use of Force

Investigations Unit; appropriating money.

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

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BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION; INDEPENDENT USE OF

FORCE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT; APPROPRIATION.
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$550,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner

of public safety to increase funding for the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's Independent

Use of Force Investigations Unit, created under Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.80. The

commissioner must use the money to hire two additional special agents and one additional

criminal intelligence analyst to work solely on cases assigned to the Independent Use of

Force Investigations Unit. This appropriation is in addition to the money appropriated for

this purpose in Laws 2025, chapter 35, article 2, section 3, subdivision 3.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective July 1, 2026.

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