Inmates requirement to complete restitution payments before being placed on supervision abatement status

A bill for an act

relating to corrections; requiring inmates to complete restitution payments before

being placed on supervision abatement status; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025

Supplement, section 244.46, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 244.46, subdivision 1, is amended

to read:

Subdivision 1.

Adopting policy for earned compliance credit; supervision abatement

status.

(a) The commissioner must adopt a policy providing for earned compliance credit

and supervision abatement status, including the circumstances under which an individual

may receive earned compliance credits and transition to supervision abatement status.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in the act, once the time served on active supervision

plus earned compliance credits equals the total length of the supervised release term or, if

applicable, the aggregate length of the supervised release term and conditional release term,

the individual is eligible for supervision abatement status. However, the commissioner must

not place the individual on supervision abatement status for the remainder of the supervised

or conditional release term if the commissioner determines that doing so would present a

risk to public safety, after weighing factors including the individual's stability, behavior, or

overall adjustment while on supervision. For individuals with lifetime terms of conditional

release, the commissioner shall not place the individual on supervision abatement status

unless the time served on active supervision plus earned compliance credits equals at least

ten years.
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An individual is not eligible for supervision abatement status until the individual

pays all court-ordered restitution.
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