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HF 135MINNESOTASession 2025-2026State Billdead

Did Not Advance

Minnesota House Bill 135 Requires Consecutive Sentencing for Local Inmate Assaults on Sheriffs

Original title: Consecutive sentences required for assaults committed by certain inmates of local facilities.

Last action · April 10, 2025: Author added ZeleznikarSponsors: Andrew Myers and 2 others

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What This Bill Proposed

Minnesota House Bill 135 requires inmates in local correctional facilities who assault a county sheriff or deputy to serve their assault sentences consecutively to any existing or prior sentences, starting August 1, 2025. Such inmates also forfeit time-served credit toward the new assault sentence.

Why it matters

Extends mandatory consecutive sentencing and eliminates time-served credit specifically for local facility inmates convicted of assaulting sheriffs or deputy sheriffs, aligning local jail rules closer to existing state prison inmate provisions.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Local correctional facility inmates

Inmates who assault a county sheriff or deputy must serve assault sentences consecutively and cannot receive time-served credit toward that new sentence.

Directly affected

County sheriffs and deputy sheriffs

Victims of assaults covered under the expanded consecutive sentencing requirement.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is affected by this bill?

Inmates housed in local correctional facilities such as county jails, work farms, or workhouses who are convicted of assaulting a county sheriff or sheriff's deputy.

Do inmates receive credit for time served toward the new assault sentence?

No, the inmate is not entitled to credit against the sentence imposed for the assault for time served in confinement for the earlier sentence.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.

Procedural history

2 actions

Apr 10, 2025House
Author added Zeleznikar
Feb 10, 2025HouseIntroduced
Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy

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Lobbying Activity

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Full breakdown

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Connected Entities

Centennial Office Building, Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Minnesota Legislature and 2 more

locationCentennial Office Building“Location of the Office of the Revisor of Statutes”Map →

OrganizationOffice of the Revisor of Statutes“Publishing agency for Minnesota statutes”Map →

OrganizationMinnesota Legislature“Legislative body passing the act”Map →

locationSt. Paul“City where the Centennial Office Building is located”Map →

OrganizationMinnesota House of Representatives“Originating legislative body”Map →

Sources

Open source document

www.revisor.mn.gov

Analysis Score

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Significance20
Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
Controversy25
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Entertainment5
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