HF 1367 Minnesota House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judicial review of child maltreatment occurring outside of Minnesota allowed, and local welfare agency responsibility for assessing or investigating alleged maltreatment occurring outside of state provided.

This bill requires Minnesota's local welfare agencies to assess or investigate child maltreatment reports that occurred in another state or country if either the alleged perpetrator or the child resides in Minnesota. It clarifies that such cases are treated as if they occurred within Minnesota for reporting and investigation purposes. The bill amends Minnesota Statutes sections 256.045 (judicial review procedures) and adds a new provision to 260.14 (local welfare agency responsibilities). This change directly affects Minnesota welfare agencies and families involved in cross-state maltreatment cases where Minnesota residents are connected to the incident.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Last action May 14, 2025

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Introduction → 1st Engrossment · 4 edits · Mar 24, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was updated from its introduction to its first engrossment version, reflecting a new legislative date and a revision of the bill's title to specify that amendments apply to subdivisions 2 and 3 of a statute rather than just subdivision 7. The core policy changes redefine when local welfare agencies must investigate child maltreatment cases involving sexual abuse, sex trafficking, neglect, physical abuse, or labor trafficking that occurred outside Minnesota, shifting the criteria from the residence of the perpetrator or child to the location where the maltreatment was determined or the child's residence.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed and clarified by specifying that amendments apply to subdivisions 2 and 3 of Minnesota Statutes 260E.14, and by changing the jurisdictional trigger for out-of-state maltreatment cases from the residence of the parties involved to the location where the maltreatment was determined.

TECHNICAL

The bill title and amendment references were updated to specify that changes apply to subdivisions 2 and 3 of Minnesota Statutes 260E.14 instead of just subdivision 7.

ELIGIBILITY

The criteria for investigating out-of-state sexual abuse cases changed from requiring the perpetrator or child to reside in Minnesota to requiring the maltreatment to be determined in Minnesota or the child to reside in Minnesota.

REQUIREMENT

New requirements were added for local welfare agencies to investigate allegations of sex trafficking and labor trafficking involving children.

The definition of who triggers an investigation for neglect and physical abuse was expanded to include cases where the abuse occurred outside Minnesota but the child resides in Minnesota.

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Committee

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt

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Mar 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Children and Families Finance and Policy

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Feb 24, 2025

Introduced

Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

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1 primary · 2 co-sponsors