SF 4473

03/05/26  REVISOR  DTT/MI  26-07447  as introduced
  SENATE
  STATE OF MINNESOTA
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION  S.F. No. 4473
  (SENATE AUTHORS: KREUN, Seeberger and Mann)
  DATE       D-PG  OFFICIAL STATUS
  03/17/2026      6740 Introduction and first reading
  Referred to Health and Human Services
  04/07/2026      7918 Author added Mann
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to child care; modifying requirements for child care centers to use video
1.3security cameras; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 142B.68,
1.4subdivision 2.
1.5      BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6Section 1. SHORT TITLE.
1.7This act may be cited as "Harvey's Law."
1.8Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 142B.68, subdivision 2, is amended
1.9      to read:
1.10Subd. 2. Applicability. (a) Beginning July 1, 2026, a licensed child care center must
1.11     have video security cameras in public and shared areas of its facility as provided under
1.12     subdivision 3 and comply with the requirements of this section if the center is required to
1.13     post a maltreatment investigation memorandum under section 142B.16, subdivision 5, or
1.14     142B.18, subdivision 6. A center must comply with the requirements under this section
1.15     within six months of when the maltreatment investigation memorandum is posted and must
1.16     maintain compliance for four years after the memorandum is required to be posted.
1.17(b) Beginning July 1, 2027, a licensed child care center that received child care assistance
1.18     program funds under chapter 142E, great start compensation support payments under section
1.19     142D.21, early learning scholarships under section 142D.25, or a combination thereof in
1.20     the previous calendar year must have video security cameras in public and shared areas of
1.21     its facility as provided under subdivision 3 and comply with the requirements of this section.
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