Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to public safety; increasing penalty for theft of motor vehicle; amending
3	3	1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.52, subdivision 3.
4	4	1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
5	5	1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.52, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
6	6	1.6 Subd. 3.Sentence.Whoever commits theft may be sentenced as follows:
7	7	1.7 (1) to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than
8	8	1.8$100,000, or both, if the property is a firearm, or the value of the property or services stolen
9	9	1.9is more than $35,000 and the conviction is for a violation of subdivision 2, paragraph (a),
10	10	1.10clause (3), (4), (15), (16), or (19), or section 609.2335, subdivision 1, clause (1) or (2), item
11	11	1.11(i); or
12	12	1.12 (2) to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than
13	13	1.13$20,000, or both, if any of the following circumstances exist:
14	14	1.14 (i) the value of the property or services stolen exceeds $5,000, or if; or
15	15	1.15 (ii) the property stolen was:
16	16	1.16 (A) an article representing a trade secret,;
17	17	1.17 (B) an explosive or incendiary device, or;
18	18	1.18 (C) a controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II pursuant to section 152.02 with the
19	19	1.19exception of marijuana; or
20	20	1.20 (D) a motor vehicle; or
21	21	1Section 1.
22	22	REVISOR KLL/EH 25-0186501/07/25
23	23	State of Minnesota
24	24	This Document can be made available
25	25	in alternative formats upon request
26	26	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
27	27	H. F. No. 64
28	28	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
29	29	Authored by Schwartz01/22/2025
30	30	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy 2.1 (3) to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more
31	31	2.2than $10,000, or both, if any of the following circumstances exist:
32	32	2.3 (a) (i) the value of the property or services stolen is more than $1,000 but not more than
33	33	2.4$5,000; or
34	34	2.5 (b) (ii) the property stolen was a controlled substance listed in Schedule III, IV, or V
35	35	2.6pursuant to section 152.02; or
36	36	2.7 (c) (iii) the value of the property or services stolen is more than $500 but not more than
37	37	2.8$1,000 and the person has been convicted within the preceding five years for an offense
38	38	2.9under this section, section 256.98; 268.182; 609.24; 609.245; 609.247; 609.522; 609.53;
39	39	2.10609.582, subdivision 1, 2, or 3; 609.625; 609.63; 609.631; or 609.821, or a statute from
40	40	2.11another state, the United States, or a foreign jurisdiction, in conformity with any of those
41	41	2.12sections, and the person received a felony or gross misdemeanor sentence for the offense,
42	42	2.13or a sentence that was stayed under section 609.135 if the offense to which a plea was
43	43	2.14entered would allow imposition of a felony or gross misdemeanor sentence; or
44	44	2.15 (d) (iv) the value of the property or services stolen is not more than $1,000, and any of
45	45	2.16the following circumstances exist:
46	46	2.17 (i) (A) the property is taken from the person of another or from a corpse, or grave or
47	47	2.18coffin containing a corpse; or
48	48	2.19 (ii) (B) the property is a record of a court or officer, or a writing, instrument or record
49	49	2.20kept, filed or deposited according to law with or in the keeping of any public officer or
50	50	2.21office; or
51	51	2.22 (iii) (C) the property is taken from a burning, abandoned, or vacant building or upon its
52	52	2.23removal therefrom, or from an area of destruction caused by civil disaster, riot, bombing,
53	53	2.24or the proximity of battle; or
54	54	2.25 (iv) (D) the property consists of public funds belonging to the state or to any political
55	55	2.26subdivision or agency thereof; or
56	56	2.27 (v) the property stolen is a motor vehicle; or
57	57	2.28 (4) to imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than
58	58	2.29$3,000, or both, if the value of the property or services stolen is more than $500 but not
59	59	2.30more than $1,000; or
60	60	2.31 (5) in all other cases where the value of the property or services stolen is $500 or less,
61	61	2.32to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000,
62	62	2Section 1.
63	63	REVISOR KLL/EH 25-0186501/07/25 3.1or both, provided, however, in any prosecution under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clauses
64	64	3.2(1), (2), (3), (4), (13), and (19), the value of the money or property or services received by
65	65	3.3the defendant in violation of any one or more of the above provisions within any six-month
66	66	3.4period may be aggregated and the defendant charged accordingly in applying the provisions
67	67	3.5of this subdivision; provided that when two or more offenses are committed by the same
68	68	3.6person in two or more counties, the accused may be prosecuted in any county in which one
69	69	3.7of the offenses was committed for all of the offenses aggregated under this paragraph.
70	70	3.8 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
71	71	3.9committed on or after that date.
72	72	3.10 Sec. 2. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
73	73	3.11 The revisor of statutes, in consultation with the House Research Department and the
74	74	3.12Office of Senate Counsel, Research and Fiscal Analysis, shall make cross-reference changes
75	75	3.13to Minnesota Statutes, section 609.52, in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.
76	76	3Sec. 2.
77	77	REVISOR KLL/EH 25-0186501/07/25