Section 1 provides that the names of persons requesting notification of a change of custody status of an arrested, detained, or confined person are private data under Minnesota Statutes section 13.02, subdivision 12.

Sections 2, 4, 5, and 7 are technical, updating statutes by replacing the term for the crime of “harassment” with the crime of “stalking.”  (Laws 2010, chapter 299, made changes to the law to distinguish civil harassment orders from criminal stalking.) 

Section 3 adds the crime of stalking to the definition of “violent crime” under section 611A.036, which prohibits employer retaliation when an employee takes time off from work to attend criminal proceedings.

Sections 6 and 8 update obsolete references to the Department of Corrections and replaces them with the Office of Justice Programs in the Department of Public Safety.  Classify as private data on individuals all identifying information regarding a victim, including, but not limited to, the notice provided custodial authority regarding an arrested person’s release.

Section 9 requires the Department of Public Safety to convene a working group by August 1, 2013, to study how restitution is currently being requested, ordered, and collected in Minnesota, to include the Department of Corrections, city and county prosecuting agencies, statewide crime victim coalitions, the Minnesota Judicial Branch, county probation departments, the Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act counties, and the Minnesota Board of Public Defenders.  Requires the Commissioner of Public Safety to file the report with the Legislature by an unspecified date in January 2015.