| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to public safety; establishing the crime of fleeing in a motor vehicle and |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 failing to obey certain traffic laws; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 609.487, by adding a subdivision. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.487, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 3a.Fleeing officer; failure to obey signs.Whoever flees or attempts to flee by |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9means of a motor vehicle a peace officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of an official |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10duty, and the perpetrator knows or should reasonably know the same to be a peace officer, |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11and who in the course of fleeing in a motor vehicle does any of the following is guilty of a |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13of a fine of not more than $10,000 or both: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (1) fails to obey signs, signals, or markings in violation of section 169.06, subdivision |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.154, 4a, 4b, 5, 6, 7, or 8; or |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (2) fails to keep on the proper side of the road in violation of section 169.18. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18committed on or after that date. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 20 | 20 | | REVISOR KLL/MI 25-0062111/15/24 |
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| 21 | 21 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 23 | 23 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 24 | 24 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 25 | 25 | | H. F. No. 144 |
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| 26 | 26 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | Authored by Duran01/22/2025 |
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| 28 | 28 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy |
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