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  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
  H. F. No.  20
02/06/2025     Authored by Niska, Duran, Engen, Perryman, Zeleznikar and others
  The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
02/17/2025     Adoption of Report: Placed on the General Register
  Read for the Second Time
02/20/2025     Calendar for the Day
  Read for the Third Time
  Bill was not passed
  Bill was laid on the Table
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to government data practices; clarifying the classification of certain data
1.3maintained by the attorney general; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
1.413.65, subdivision 1.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.65, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7Subdivision 1. Private data. The following data on individuals created, collected and
1.8maintained by the Office of the Attorney General are private data on individuals:
1.9(a) the record, including but not limited to, the transcript and exhibits of all disciplinary
1.10proceedings held by a state agency, board or commission, except in those instances where
1.11there is a public hearing;
1.12(b) communications and noninvestigative files regarding administrative or policy matters
1.13which do not evidence final public actions;
1.14(c) consumer complaint data, other than those data classified as confidential, including
1.15consumers' complaints against businesses and follow-up investigative materials;
1.16(d) investigative data, obtained in anticipation of, or in connection with litigation or an
1.17administrative proceeding where the investigation is not currently active; and
1.18(e) data collected by the Consumer Division of the Attorney General's Office in its
1.19administration of the home protection hot line including: the name, address, and phone
1.20number of the consumer; the name and address of the mortgage company; the total amount
1.21of the mortgage; the amount of money needed to bring the delinquent mortgage current;
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2.1 the consumer's place of employment; the consumer's total family income; and the history
2.2 of attempts made by the consumer to renegotiate a delinquent mortgage.
2.3     EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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