1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; clarifying eligibility for certain expungements or
1.3 resentencings involving past cannabis crimes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
1.4 section 609A.06, subdivision 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609A.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 3.Eligibility; cannabis offense.(a) A person is eligible for an expungement or
1.8resentencing to a lesser offense if:
1.9 (1) the person was convicted of, or adjudication was stayed for, a violation of any of the
1.10following a first-, second-, third-, fourth-, or fifth-degree controlled substance crime involving
1.11the sale or possession of marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols:
1.12 (i) section 152.021, subdivision 1, clause (6);
1.13 (ii) section 152.021, subdivision 2, clause (6);
1.14 (iii) section 152.022, subdivision 1, clause (5), or clause (7), item (iii);
1.15 (iv) section 152.022, subdivision 2, clause (6);
1.16 (v) section 152.023, subdivision 1, clause (5);
1.17 (vi) section 152.023, subdivision 2, clause (5);
1.18 (vii) section 152.024, subdivision (4); or
1.19 (viii) section 152.025, subdivision 2, clause (1) under Minnesota Statutes 2023
1.20Supplement, section 152.021, 152.022, 152.023, 152.024, or 152.025, or a previous version
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1094
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Hollins and Stephenson02/17/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy
Adoption of Report: Placed on the General Register as Amended04/01/2025
Read for the Second Time 2.1of those or any other statutes criminalizing the possession, sale, transportation, or cultivation
2.2of marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols;
2.3 (2) the offense did not involve a dangerous weapon, the intentional infliction of bodily
2.4harm on another, an attempt to inflict bodily harm on another, or an act committed with the
2.5intent to cause fear in another of immediate bodily harm or death;
2.6 (3) the act on which the charge was based would either be a lesser offense or no longer
2.7be a crime after August 1, 2023; and
2.8 (4) the person did not appeal the conviction, any appeal was denied, or the deadline to
2.9file an appeal has expired.
2.10 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, a "lesser offense" means a nonfelony offense if the
2.11person was charged with a felony.
2.12 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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