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Capitol security advisory committee chaired by Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan met fewer than the four times a year state law requires in each year from 2019 to 2024, per its annual reports

Confidence: Confirmed · 12 sourcesMinnesota · Oct 12, 2026

Subject of this story

Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security (Minnesota)

Peggy Flanagan, Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

What happened

Minnesota Statutes 299E.04 requires the Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security to meet at least quarterly and names the lieutenant governor as its chair. The committee's own annual reports list 2 meetings in 2019, 3 in 2020, 3 in 2021, 2 in 2022, 1 in 2023 and 2 in 2024, so none of the six years reached four. KTTC, counting meeting minutes rather than annual reports, reported (Sept 18, 2025) 14 meetings from 2019 through 2024 against at least 24 required, with four in 2021 as the one year at the requirement. KSTP separately reported on July 15, 2025 that, per the committee's own annual reports, it had not met four times a year in any year back to at least 2019. DPS Commissioner Bob Jacobson said of the committee's 2024 meetings, 'They did not meet their four times.' Flanagan did not accept KSTP's interview request. Her office said the committee advises but has no authority to implement Capitol security changes, and, after the Aug 20, 2025 meeting, Flanagan told reporters 'we will make sure that we're meeting with greater frequency.' Per the committee's 2026 annual report it met five times in 2025 (the first, April 25, before the June 14, 2025 shootings of Minnesota legislators), and DPS lists 2026 meetings on Jan 7, Jan 13, Apr 20 and Sept 14. No sanction or finding by an enforcement body is reported.

Sources (12)

Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security annual report (Jan 15, 2021), Minnesota Department of Public SafetyIn 2020, the Advisory Committee met on January 8, August 10 and December 15.

Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security annual report (Jan 15, 2020), Minnesota Department of Public SafetyIn 2019, the Advisory Committee met on May 13 and August 14.

Minnesota Statutes 299E.04 - Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security (Office of the Revisor of Statutes)The advisory committee shall meet at least quarterly ... The lieutenant governor shall serve as the chair of the committee.

Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security annual report (Jan 15, 2025), Minnesota Department of Public SafetyIn 2024, the Advisory Committee met on January 23 and September 23.

Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security annual report (2024), Minnesota Department of Public SafetyIn 2023, the Advisory Committee met on August 3.

Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security annual report (2023), Minnesota Department of Public SafetyIn 2022, the Advisory Committee met on January 21 and August 24

Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security annual report (Jan 15, 2022), Minnesota Department of Public SafetyIn 2021, the Advisory Committee met on January 22, February 2 and March 5.

Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security 2026 annual report, Minnesota Department of Public SafetyIn 2025, the Advisory Committee met on April 25, August 20, September 22, October 27, and November 21.

Minnesota Department of Public Safety - ACCAS reports and meeting informationACCAS meets quarterly to assess Minnesota State Capitol security status.

KTTCThe records show under Flanagan's watch, ACCAS met a total of 14 times from 2019 through 2024. State law says the number should have been at least 24.

KTTC"They did not meet their four times," DPS Commissioner Bob Jacobson said of the committee's 2024 meetings.

KSTPAccording to the committee's own annual reports, it hasn't met four times a year in any year dating back to at least 2019.

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