Upcoming Meeting(s)

Commission Meeting

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Minnesota Department of Corrections – ETC Building
               1450 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN 55108 – Remote Access Optional*
 
Instructions on monitoring the meeting remotely.
Option 1: By Internet
    If you are asked for the event number and password, they are 2488 377 1649 and qtVz2BCXT28 (78892229 when dialing from a phone or video system)
Option 2: Join by Phone
    The U.S. long-distance telephone number is +1-415-655-0003. The access code is 248 837 71649
 
AGENDA
1. Call to Order & Roll Call
2. Adoption of Draft Meeting Agenda (Action)
3. Approval of Draft Minutes (Action)
4. Review of Public Hearing Record (Discussion) [A&G] [B&D] [C&F] [E1] [E2] [E3]
5. Proposed Modifications to the 2025 Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines and Commentary (Action)
6. Draft 2026 Report to the Legislature (Discussion)
    B. Recommendations to the Legislature
    C. Report's Organization and Text
7. Executive Director's Report (Discussion)
8. Public Input [comment]
9. Adjournment
 
THE MINNESOTA SENTENCING GUIDELINES COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., in the Minnesota Senate Building, Room 1100, 95 University Ave. W., Saint Paul, MN 55155. The public hearing was held to consider proposed modifications to the 2025 Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines and Commentary resulting from the Commission’s comprehensive review. 
 
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 November 25, 2025. 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, December 18, 2025, with meeting details to be posted on the Commission’s web site. If adopted, the proposed modifications will be submitted to the Legislature by January 15, 2026. Unless the Legislature by law provides otherwise, such modifications will take effect August 1, 2026, and will apply as provided in Guidelines 3.G.
  
* 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 November 21, 2025.
 
 
2025 MSGC Regular Meeting Calendar (updated February 14, 2025)
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