“I’m sure they’ll find a way to move that policy bill through the Senate,” he said.

Hottinger, who said he and other senators will amend that provision on to a larger crime bill later in the session, called it “ridiculous” that the most severe charge available to the Nicollet County attorney in the recent escape is “conspiracy to destroy public property.” The four escapees, one of whom was still at large Tuesday night, broke a window as part of the escape.