Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton vetoed all budget bills presented at the end of the 2011 regular legislative session. 

Latest Major Action: 5/24/11 - Veto by Governor. 

The Public Safety and Judiciary Conference Committee report included a last-minute provision to mandate the commissioner of public satety to enter into an agreement with the federal Department of Homeland Security to implement the "Secure Communities" program. The bill also includes significant cuts to civil legal services, including severe restrictions to the availability of free legal services in immigration and other cases involving federal jurisdiction. S.F. 958 incorporates the many policy provisions included in the House version of the bill, H.F. 440.

Read Governor Dayton's May 24 veto letter.

Latest Major Action: 5/24/11 - Veto by Governor. 

S.F. 760, passed by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, makes dramatic cuts to Minnesota's Medical Assistance program and seeks to eliminate eligibility for state funded medical assistance for many immigrants and refugees in Minnesota.

Read Governor Dayton's May 24 veto letter.

Latest Major Action: 1/31/11 - None. 

HF 64, a bill for an act designating English as Minnesota's official language, was introduced by Rep. Steve Drazkowski (R-28B) on January 10, 2011. S.F. 175, introduced January 31, 2011, is the Senate companion.

Latest Major Action: 1/31/11 - None. Referred to State Government and Veterans Committee.

S.F. 175, a bill for an act designating English as Minnesota's official language, was introduced on January 31, 2011, as a companion to H.F. 64. Original authors of the Senate bill are Ingebrgtsen (R-11), Hoffman (R-10), Dahms (R-21), Pederson (R-15), and Gazelka (R-12). 

Latest Major Action: 2/7/11 - Referred to Judiciary Police and Finance. 

H.F. 152 would create a crime for the criminal possession or sale of identification documents under Minnesota statute. Authors Tony Cornish (R-24B) and Andrea Kieffer (R-56B) introduced this bill on January 20, 2011. The Senate companion is S.F. 108.

The bill was passed by the Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance Committee at a hearing on Thursday, February 3, 2011, and was laid over by the House Judiciary Committee on March 8, 2011, for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.

Latest Major Action: 1/24/11 - Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety. 

S.F. 108 creates a crime of criminal possession or sale of identification documents. The bill, introduced on January 24, 2011, is authored by Senators Gretchen Hoffman (R-10), Scott Newman (R-18), John Harrington (D-67), and Michael Jungbauer (R-48). The companion to this bill is H.F. 152. 

Latest Major Action: April 17, 2012. Placed on the Calendar of the Day. 

This bill could be taken up at any time. If voted to pass the House, it proceeds to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

H.F. 358, Immigration law enforcement noncooperation ordinances and policies prohibited, and immigration-related data use provided, was introduced in the House on February 3, 2011. Representatives Bob Barret (R-17B) and Mike Benson (R-30B) co-authored the legislation to prohibit cities and police departments from adopting community policing ordinances and policies designed to build trust with immigrant and refugee crime victims and witnesses.

Latest Major Action: 2/24/11 - Referred to Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance. 

H.F. 691, Law enforcement officers required to record the country of citizenship and immigration status of felon arrestees, and peace officers required to report suspected immigration violations by felon arrestees, was introduced on February 24, 2011, by Rep. Steve Smith (R-33A).

Latest Major Action: 3/311 - Referred to Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance. 

H.F. 810, introduced March 3, 2011, requires that foreign-born inmates serving felony sentences be returned to their home countries after one-half of their executed sentence has been served if a treaty authorizes such transfers with the inmate's country of nationality.