Minnesota 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF1744 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/28/2025

                    1.1	A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to public safety; authorizing expanded use of tracking devices for fleeing​
1.3 motor vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626A.35, by adding​
1.4 a subdivision.​
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626A.35, is amended by adding a subdivision​
1.7to read:​
1.8 Subd. 2c.Exception; fleeing motor vehicles.The prohibition under subdivision 1 does​
1.9not apply to the use of a mobile tracking device on a fleeing motor vehicle. For purposes​
1.10of this subdivision, "flee" has the meaning given in section 609.487, subdivision 1.​
1.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes​
1.12committed on or after that date.​
1​Section 1.​
REVISOR KLL/CH 25-04173​02/20/25 ​
State of Minnesota​
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES​
H. F. No.  1744​
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
Authored by Stier, Novotny, Joy, Repinski, Duran and others​03/03/2025​
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy​