For Immediate Release:
May 20, 2013 Contact: Mark Haase, 612-819-0738

Legislature Limits Access to Delinquency Records

St. Paul, MN— On May 18^th the Minnesota Senate voted unanimously to limit public access to electronic records of 16 and 17 year-olds charged with a felony, following a previous House vote of 120-13. The measure, House File 392, now goes to the Governor who is expected to sign it into law. The bill’s chief authors were representative Carly Melin of Hibbing and Senator Ron Latz of St. Louis Park.

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For Immediate Release:
May 13, 2013 Contact: Mark Haase, 612-819-0738

GOVERNOR MARK DAYTON SIGNS Ban the box for private employers

St. Paul, MN— Today Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed into law legislation called “Ban the Box” by advocates because it requires employers to remove the question, including check box, about criminal records from employment applications. Under the change employers will only be able to ask about criminal records once they have selected applicants for interviews. Senate File 523 passed the House May 8th on a strongly bipartisan vote of 107-26, and the Senate had already passed it April 20^th with a bipartisan vote of 44-16. The law will become effective January 1^st of 2014.

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