Text of MN HF 435 (2025)

1.1 A bill for an act​ 1.2 relating to corrections; requiring the commissioner of corrections to house only​ 1.3 biological female inmates at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee;​ 1.4 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 243.90.​ 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​ 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 243.90, is amended to read:​ 1.7 243.90 MINNESOTA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-SHAKOPEE.​ 1.8 (a) There is established the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee at Shakopee,​ 1.9 Minnesota, in which may be placed persons only biological females committed to the​ 1.10 commissioner of corrections by the courts of this state who, in the opinion of the​ 1.11 commissioner, may benefit from the programs thereat. The general control and management​ 1.12 of the facility shall be under the commissioner.​ 1.13 (b) If the commissioner is housing any inmates at the facility who are not biological​ 1.14 females on the effective date of this section, those inmates must be transferred to another​ 1.15 facility within seven days of enactment. This paragraph expires on January 1, 2026.​ 1.16 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.​ 1​ Section 1.​ REVISOR KLL/CH 25-03051​ 01/30/25 ​ State of Minnesota​ This Document can be made available​ in alternative formats upon request​ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES​ H. F. No. 435​ NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​ Authored by Franson and Novotny​ 02/13/2025​ The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy​