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Jeffrey Edblad, Commission Chair  •  Kelly Lyn Mitchell, Executive Director

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COMMISSION MEETINGS

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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