Commission Meeting Information
Next Scheduled Commission Meeting
- June Commission meeting date will be announced ASAP
- Time: 2:00 to 4:00 p.m
- Place: Minnesota Department of Corrections
- 1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 200
St. Paul, MN 55108 (Google Map)
2013 Tentative Commission Meeting Dates and Calendar
2013 Calendar with Tentative Commission Meeting Dates
- July 18
- August 15
- September 19
- October 17
- November 21
- December 19
General Commission Meeting Information
- The Commission generally meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 2:00 p.m.
- Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held at the Department of Corrections, Orville Pung Conference Rooms 2 and 3: 1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 200; St. Paul.
- All meetings are open to the public.
- If you require special accommodations to attend, please contact the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission as soon as possible by phone (651-296-0144) or e-mail: sentencing.guidelines@state.mn.us
- If you would like to receive Commission meeting agendas via e-mail, please contact us at: sentencing.guidelines@state.mn.us
Past Commission Meeting Materials
Since 2013, some meeting materials are archived after the meeting:
2013 Past Meeting Materials
Approved Meeting Minutes
Meeting minutes below are organized chronologically, with most recent date at the top.To skip to a particular year, please select:
Meeting minutes are available for previous years upon request. Please contact MSGC if you wish to obtain minutes from a meeting prior to 2009.
2013 Approved Meeting Minutes
- April 18, 2013
- Expungement and Guidelines Criminal History
- Attempt or Conspiracy Offenses that Carry Mandatory Minimums
- Outcomes Study: First- and Second-Degree Controlled Substance Offenders
- February 21, 2013
- Questions Answered from November 2012 Meeting Presentation (follow-up presentation)
- Technical Modifications to the Guidelines
- Renumbering Theft Offenses
- Changes to Appendix 1 and 2
- Expungement and Guidelines Criminal History
- Mandatory Minimum for Subsequent Sex Offenders
2012 Approved Meeting Minutes
- December 20, 2012
- Approval of 2013 Report to the Legislature
- Electronic Worksheet System (EWS) Redesign
- Presentation: Toward Zero Deaths Program, Jean Ryan, Office of Traffic Safety,
Department of Transportation
- Presentation: Statewide Drug Court Evaluation, Katie Schurrer, State Court
Administrators Office
- November 15, 2012
- 2011 Sentencing Practices Data Presentation
- Felon in Possession of a Dangerous Weapon Discussion
- First- and Second-Degree Controlled Substance Offenses Discussion
- Discussion of Guidelines Validation Project
- Presentation of Departures Data
- Identifying Substantive Issues from the Guidelines Revision Project
- June 14, 2012
- Consecutive Sentencing Decision for New and Amended Offenses Enacted by 2012 Legislature
- Determining Offense Date for Aggregate Offenses
- Guidelines Revision Project
- Assessing an “Adult Traffic Court Offense” for Custody Status and Criminal History Purposes
- Guidelines Validation Project
- May 17, 2012
- Presentation: What works in Corrections? Evidence from Minnesota, Grant Duwe, Dept. of Correction
- New and Amended Crimes Enacted by the 2012 Legislature
- Possible Non-Legislative Modifications to the Guidelines
2011 Approved Meeting Minutes
- December 15, 2011
- Presentation from the Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
- Approval of the 2012 Report to the Legislature
- Non-Felony Sentence for Felony Conviction
- Other Business
- Recognition of Service, Judge Cleary
- Executive Committee Membership
- 2012 Meeting Dates
- November 17, 2011
- Update from Executive Director
- 2010 Sentencing Data Overview
- Draft 2012 Report to the Legislature
- Other Business
- September 15, 2011
- Update from Executive Director
- EBP 101 - An Overview of Correctional Evidence-Based Practices (Jason Anderson)
- Sentencing Guidelines Revision Project
- Other Business
- July 28, 2011
- Update from Executive Director
- Approval of 2011 Sentencing Guidelines and Commentary
- Discussion of Special Legislation Relating to Prostitution Offenses
- Other Business
- June 16, 2011
- Update from Executive Director
- Summary of Non-Legislative Modifications to the Guidelines
- Possible Legislative Modifications to the Guidelines
- Other Business
April 21, 2011
- Update from Executive Director
- Non-Legislative Modifications
- Technical Modifications to the Guidelines
- January 20, 2011
- Update from Interim Executive Director
- Discussion of Vacant Executive Director Position
2010 Approved Meeting Minutes
- November 18, 2010
- Update from Executive Director
- Approval of Annual Report to the Legislature
- Presentation of Certificate in Recognition of 30-Year Anniversary
- October 21, 2010
- Update from Executive Director
- Overview of 2009 MSGC Monitoring Data
- Possible Modifications to the Guidelines: Custody Status Point and Adding Offense to Permissive Consecutive List
- July 22, 2010
- Update from Executive Director
- Approval of Modifications to the Guidelines: Legislative, Non-Legislative, and Technical
- May 20, 2010
- Update from Executive Director
- Legislative Update
- Proposed Modifications to the Guidelines
- March 18, 2010
- Update from Executive Director
- Possible Technical Modifications to the Guidelines
- New Sentencing Practices Data Report
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2009 Approved Meeting Minutes
- December 10, 2009
- Update from Executive Director
- Approval of proposed modifications effective August 1, 2010
- Moving certain prostitution offenses to Sex Offender Grid, effective August 1, 2010
- November 19, 2009
- Update from the Executive Director
- Review 2010 Report to the Legislature
- September 17, 2009
- Severity level ranking for first-degree riot
- Discussion of moving prostitution offenses to the Sex Offender Grid
- Recent MN Supreme Court decisions
- July 23, 2009
- Technology grant application & acceptance
- Accept or reject proposed modifications to the Guidelines
- June 11, 2009
- Legislative update
- Review legislative amendments affecting the Guidelines - Move to public hearing
- Review draft non-legislative modifications - Move to public hearing
- April 23, 2009
- Legislative update
- Proposed non-legislative modifications to the Guidelines
- Proposed modifications to simplify the Guidelines
- February 19, 2009
- Budget & legislative updates
- Race project
- Technical modifications to the Guidelines
- January 15, 2009
- Discussion and approval of the 2009 Juvenile Out-of-State Placement Report
- Review updated firearms report forms
- Consecutive sentencing for attempted offenses
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