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HF4317 • 2026

Peace officer access to surplus badges provided.

Peace officer access to surplus badges provided.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Nash, Novotny, Witte, Stier, Duran
Last action
2026-04-07
Official status
Committee report, to adopt as amended
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Peace officer access to surplus badges provided.

Peace officer access to surplus badges provided.

What This Bill Does

  • Peace officer access to surplus badges provided.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-07 House

    Committee report, to adopt as amended

  2. 2026-03-16 House

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

Official Summary Text

Peace officer access to surplus badges provided.

Current Bill Text

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relating to public safety; providing access to surplus badges for certain peace

officers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.

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

Section 1.

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[626.881] SURPLUS BADGES.

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(a) Notwithstanding section 15.054 or 471.3459, a chief law enforcement officer may

provide at no cost a surplus badge used by a peace officer, to:

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(1) the person to whom the badge had been issued when the person was initially hired

or during the course of the person's employment. The person may be currently employed

or retired. The person must be in good standing or have retired from the agency in good

standing; or

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(2) the spouse or child of a deceased peace officer.

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(b) A surplus badge provided under this section is decommissioned and may not be used

by a peace officer in the performance of their duties.

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(c) For purposes of this section, "surplus badge" means a badge that bears any seal before

May 11, 2026, or the badge of a person who is retired bearing any seal.

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