1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; increasing the penalty for tampering with a motor vehicle;
1.3 establishing a crime for riding in a vehicle when the person reasonably should
1.4 have known that a vehicle was taken without permission; amending Minnesota
1.5 Statutes 2024, section 609.546.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.546, is amended to read:
1.8 609.546 MOTOR VEHICLE TAMPERING.
1.9 A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who intentionally:
1.10 (1) rides in or on a motor vehicle knowing when the person knows or reasonably should
1.11know that the vehicle was taken and is being driven by another without the owner's
1.12permission; or
1.13 (2) tampers with or enters into or on a motor vehicle without the owner's permission.
1.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
1.15committed on or after that date.
1Section 1.
REVISOR KLL/VJ 25-0186601/03/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 139
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Repinski01/22/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy