| 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 residential protesting; proposing |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. [609.73] RESIDENTIAL PROTESTING. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subdivision 1.Residential protesting.A person who protests before or about the |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7residence or dwelling of any person, except when the residence or dwelling is used as a |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8place of business, commits residential protesting and may be sentenced as provided in |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9subdivision 2. This section does not prohibit the peaceful protesting of the place of holding |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10a meeting or assembly on premises commonly used to discuss subjects of general public |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11interest. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 Subd. 2.Penalty.(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), a person who |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person violates this section: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (1) after a previous conviction under this section; or |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (2) when the person is the subject of any of the following court orders directing the |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17person to cease or avoid the harassment of an occupant of the residential building or to have |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18no contact with an occupant of the residential building, and the respondent knows of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19order: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (i) an order for protection issued under section 518B.01; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (ii) a restraining order issued pursuant to section 609.748; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR KLL/VJ 25-0505303/19/25 |
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| 24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 2809 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authored by Hudson, Novotny, Niska, Demuth, Rarick and others03/26/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy 2.1 (iii) a domestic abuse no contact order issued pursuant to section 629.75; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2 (iv) a condition of pretrial release issued pursuant to rule 6.02 of the Rules of Criminal |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3Procedure; or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4 (v) a temporary restraining order or other injunction issued pursuant to rule 65 of the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5Rules of Civil Procedure. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7committed on or after that date. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 39 | 39 | | REVISOR KLL/VJ 25-0505303/19/25 |
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