SF4949 • 2026

Strip searches limitation in state correctional facilities

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Oumou Verbeten, Clark
Last action: 2026-04-07
Official status: Introduction and first reading
Effective date: Not listed

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Strip searches limitation in state correctional facilities

What This Bill Does

Strip searches limitation in state correctional facilities

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Bill History

2026-04-07 House
Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Strip searches limitation in state correctional facilities

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to corrections; limiting strip searches in state correctional facilities;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 243.48, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 243.48, is amended by adding a subdivision

to read:

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Subd. 3.

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Search of incarcerated person incident to contact with visitor.

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The chief

executive officer of a state correctional facility may, pursuant to rules adopted by the

commissioner, authorize the use of a body scanner or other minimally invasive methods to

screen an incarcerated person before or following a meeting with a visitor. A strip search

of an incarcerated person before or following a meeting with a visitor is prohibited unless

there is a credible, documented security concern to justify a strip search.

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