Upcoming Meeting(s)
Public Hearing
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Minnesota Department of Corrections, Afton Room – ETC Building
1450 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN 55108 – Remote Access Optional*
Instructions on monitoring the public hearing remotely will be posted prior to the public hearing.
Public Hearing Notice: State Register Volume 50, Number 50
The public hearing is being held to consider proposed modifications to the 2025 Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines and Commentary resulting from: (A) Legislative amendments to crime laws affecting the Sentencing Guidelines enacted in the 2026 Regular Session; (B) other conforming amendments to crime laws affecting the Sentencing Guidelines enacted in the 2026 Regular Session; and (C) technical amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines. The specified effective date of all proposed modifications is August 1, 2026, unless otherwise specified.
A complete copy of these proposed amendments will be posted on the Commission’s web site from June 15 through July 21, 2026.
If you would like to testify about the proposed modifications, you must register your name, address, telephone number, and the names of any individuals or associations that you represent in connection with the hearing.
Please email your registration information to staff at sentencing.guidelines@state.mn.us. You may also call staff at 651-296-0144.
The Commission will hold the record open for five calendar days after the public hearing to accept written comment. Written materials must be received no later than July 21, 2026. Any person who wishes to provide a written statement may do so in one of three ways:
• By personally delivering the written statement to Commission staff at the public hearing;
• By sending the written statement by United States Mail to Minn. Sentencing Guidelines Commission, 658 Cedar Street, Suite G-58, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155; or
• By emailing the written statement to sentencing.guidelines@state.mn.us.
After the written comment period ends, the proposed modifications are subject to final action by the Commission at its meeting on Thursday, July 23, 2026, with meeting details to be posted on the Commission’s web site. If adopted, modifications will take effect August 1, 2026, unless otherwise specified, and will apply as provided in Guidelines section 3.G.
Commission Meeting
Thursday, July 23, 2026
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Minnesota Department of Corrections, Afton Room – ETC Building
1450 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN 55108 – Remote Access Optional*
Related materials and instructions on monitoring the meeting remotely will be posted prior to the meeting.
* Some Commission members may participate by interactive technology. Minnesota law provides, "If telephone or interactive technology is used to conduct a meeting, the entity, to the extent practical, shall allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location." Minn. Stat. § 13D.015, subd. 4. Refer to the MSGC web site or contact staff as soon as possible to make arrangements for such monitoring. In compliance with Minn. Stat. § 13D.015, this notice was posted on the MSGC web site on June 5, 2026.
For general information, visit our General Information page.
For information regarding previous Commission meetings, visit our Previous Meetings page.