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SF5266 • 2026

Process establishment to vacate an order any time based on error or false information

Process establishment to vacate an order any time based on error or false information

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Abeler, Fateh
Last action
2026-05-06
Official status
Introduction and first reading
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.

Process establishment to vacate an order any time based on error or false information

Process establishment to vacate an order any time based on error or false information

What This Bill Does

  • Process establishment to vacate an order any time based on error or false information

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-06 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Process establishment to vacate an order any time based on error or false information

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to civil commitment; establishing a process to vacate an order any time

based on error or false information; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota

Statutes, chapter 253B.

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

Section 1.

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[253B.30] POST CIVIL COMMITMENT RELIEF.

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(a) An aggrieved party subject to a court order issued under this chapter on or after

January 1, 2015, may file a petition at any time to vacate the order if the order was issued

in error or relied on false or erroneous information. The court must grant the petition and

vacate the order if the petitioner demonstrates by a preponderance of the evidence that the

order was issued in error or relied on false or erroneous information.

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(b) An aggrieved party may appeal an order issued under this section as in other civil

cases by filing an appeal at any time after an order is issued under this section.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective August 1, 2026.

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