SF4680 • 2026

Failure to report theft, embezzlement, or unlawful use of public funds criminal penalties in certain cases provision

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Kreun, Seeberger, Coleman, Housley, Gustafson
Last action: 2026-03-23
Official status: Introduction and first reading
Effective date: Not listed

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Failure to report theft, embezzlement, or unlawful use of public funds criminal penalties in certain cases provision

What This Bill Does

Failure to report theft, embezzlement, or unlawful use of public funds criminal penalties in certain cases provision

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Bill History

2026-03-23 House
Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Failure to report theft, embezzlement, or unlawful use of public funds criminal penalties in certain cases provision

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A bill for an act

relating to crime; providing criminal penalties for the failure to report theft,

embezzlement, or unlawful use of public funds in certain instances; amending

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.456, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.456, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Legislative auditor.

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(a)
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Whenever an employee or officer of the state, University

of Minnesota, or other organization listed in section
3.971, subdivision 6
, discovers evidence

of theft, embezzlement, or unlawful use of public funds or property, the employee or officer

shall, except when to do so would knowingly impede or otherwise interfere with an ongoing

criminal investigation, promptly report in writing to the legislative auditor a detailed

description of the alleged incident or incidents.

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(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to crimes

committed on or after that date.

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