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1	1		1.1 A bill for an act
2	2		1.2 relating to public safety; providing that data held by law enforcement agencies
3	3		1.3 regarding the person or entity that posted bail are public; requiring notice to the
4	4		1.4 agency having custody of the arrested or detained person when bail or a bond is
5	5		1.5 posted; establishing mandatory minimum sentences for certain sex trafficking
6		-	1.6 offenses; requiring the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission to maintain
7		-	1.7 a publicly searchable database; requiring legislative approval of proposed changes
8		-	1.8 to the Sentencing Guidelines; requiring county attorneys to record and report the
9		-	1.9 reason for dismissing charges; requiring the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines
10		-	1.10 Commission to report information on dismissals to the legislature; requiring county
11		-	1.11 attorneys to post information on dismissals to a publicly accessible website; creating
12		-	1.12 liability and vicarious liability for trespass to critical infrastructure; creating a
13		-	1.13 crime for recruiting or educating individuals to trespass on or damage critical
14		-	1.14 infrastructure; enhancing the penalty for assaulting a police officer; establishing
15		-	1.15 the crime of fleeing in a motor vehicle and failing to obey certain traffic laws;
16		-	1.16 prohibiting being in a stolen motor vehicle; increasing penalties for obstructing
17		-	1.17 trunk highway, airport, or transit traffic; eliminating the requirement that a vehicle
18		-	1.18 be unoccupied when law enforcement attach a tracking device; authorizing the
19		-	1.19 expanded use of tracking devices for fleeing motor vehicles; imposing criminal
20		-	1.20 penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.82,
21		-	1.21 subdivision 2; 244.09, subdivision 11, by adding subdivisions; 609.2231,
22		-	1.22 subdivision 1; 609.322, subdivision 1; 609.487, by adding a subdivision; 609.52,
23		-	1.23 by adding a subdivision; 609.594, subdivision 2; 609.6055, subdivision 2; 609.74;
24		-	1.24 609.855, subdivision 2; 626A.35, subdivision 2b, by adding a subdivision; 629.53;
25		-	1.25 629.67; 629.70; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters
26		-	1.26 388; 604.
27		-	1.27BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
28		-	1.28 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.82, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
29		-	1.29 Subd. 2.Arrest data.The following data created or collected by law enforcement
30		-	1.30agencies which document any actions taken by them to cite, arrest, incarcerate or otherwise
31		-	1.31substantially deprive an adult individual of liberty shall be public at all times in the
32		-	1.32originating agency:
	6	+	1.6 offenses; requiring persons subject to stays of adjudication in criminal sexual
	7	+	1.7 conduct cases to register as predatory offenders; requiring the Minnesota Sentencing
	8	+	1.8 Guidelines Commission to maintain a publicly searchable database; requiring
	9	+	1.9 legislative approval of proposed changes to the Sentencing Guidelines; requiring
	10	+	1.10 county attorneys to record and report the reason for dismissing charges; requiring
	11	+	1.11 the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission to report information on
	12	+	1.12 dismissals to the legislature; requiring county attorneys to post information on
	13	+	1.13 dismissals to a publicly accessible website; creating liability and vicarious liability
	14	+	1.14 for trespass to critical infrastructure; creating a crime for recruiting or educating
	15	+	1.15 individuals to trespass on or damage critical infrastructure; enhancing the penalty
	16	+	1.16 for assaulting a police officer; establishing the crime of fleeing in a motor vehicle
	17	+	1.17 and failing to obey certain traffic laws; prohibiting being in a stolen motor vehicle;
	18	+	1.18 increasing penalties for obstructing trunk highway, airport, or transit traffic;
	19	+	1.19 eliminating the requirement that a vehicle be unoccupied when law enforcement
	20	+	1.20 attach a tracking device; authorizing the expanded use of tracking devices for
	21	+	1.21 fleeing motor vehicles; imposing criminal penalties; appropriating money; amending
	22	+	1.22 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.82, subdivision 2; 243.166, subdivisions 1b,
	23	+	1.23 2; 244.09, subdivision 11, by adding subdivisions; 609.2231, subdivision 1;
	24	+	1.24 609.322, subdivision 1; 609.487, by adding a subdivision; 609.52, by adding a
	25	+	1.25 subdivision; 609.594, subdivision 2; 609.6055, subdivision 2; 609.74; 609.855,
	26	+	1.26 subdivision 2; 626A.35, subdivision 2b, by adding a subdivision; 629.53; 629.67;
	27	+	1.27 629.70; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 388; 604.
	28	+	1.28BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
	29	+	1.29 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.82, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
	30	+	1.30 Subd. 2.Arrest data.The following data created or collected by law enforcement
	31	+	1.31agencies which document any actions taken by them to cite, arrest, incarcerate or otherwise
33	32		1Section 1.
34		-	REVISOR KLL H0007-3HF7 ~~THIRD~~ ENGROSSMENT
	33	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT
35	34		State of Minnesota
36	35		This Document can be made available
37	36		in alternative formats upon request
38	37		HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
39	38		H. F. No. 7
40	39		NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
41	40		Authored by Novotny, Niska, Duran, Perryman, Engen and others02/06/2025
42	41		The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy
43	42		Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law02/13/2025
44		-	Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy02/20/2025
45		-	Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means03/17/2025 2.1 (a) time, date and place of the action;
46		-	2.2 (b) any resistance encountered by the agency;
47		-	2.3 (c) any pursuit engaged in by the agency;
48		-	2.4 (d) whether any weapons were used by the agency or other individual;
49		-	2.5 (e) the charge, arrest or search warrants, or other legal basis for the action;
50		-	2.6 (f) the identities of the agencies, units within the agencies and individual persons taking
51		-	2.7the action;
52		-	2.8 (g) whether and where the individual is being held in custody or is being incarcerated
53		-	2.9by the agency;
54		-	2.10 (h) the date, time and legal basis for any transfer of custody and the identity of the agency
55		-	2.11or person who received custody;
56		-	2.12 (i) the date, time and legal basis for any release from custody or incarceration, including,
57		-	2.13to the extent known, the identity of any person or entity who posted bail or a bond to secure
58		-	2.14the release of the individual who was held in custody for a crime against a person listed in
59		-	2.15section 611A.031 or a crime of violence as defined in section 629.725;
60		-	2.16 (j) the name, age, sex and last known address of an adult person or the age and sex of
61		-	2.17any juvenile person cited, arrested, incarcerated or otherwise substantially deprived of
62		-	2.18liberty;
63		-	2.19 (k) whether the agency employed a portable recording system, automated license plate
64		-	2.20reader, wiretaps or other eavesdropping techniques, unless the release of this specific data
65		-	2.21would jeopardize an ongoing investigation;
66		-	2.22 (l) the manner in which the agencies received the information that led to the arrest and
67		-	2.23the names of individuals who supplied the information unless the identities of those
68		-	2.24individuals qualify for protection under subdivision 17; and
69		-	2.25 (m) response or incident report number.
70		-	2.26 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
71		-	2.27 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.09, is amended by adding a subdivision to
72		-	2.28read:
73		-	2.29 Subd. 6a.Publicly searchable database.(a) The commission shall maintain a public
74		-	2.30website with a searchable database that provides the public with information on criminal
	43	+	Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy02/20/2025 2.1substantially deprive an adult individual of liberty shall be public at all times in the
	44	+	2.2originating agency:
	45	+	2.3 (a) time, date and place of the action;
	46	+	2.4 (b) any resistance encountered by the agency;
	47	+	2.5 (c) any pursuit engaged in by the agency;
	48	+	2.6 (d) whether any weapons were used by the agency or other individual;
	49	+	2.7 (e) the charge, arrest or search warrants, or other legal basis for the action;
	50	+	2.8 (f) the identities of the agencies, units within the agencies and individual persons taking
	51	+	2.9the action;
	52	+	2.10 (g) whether and where the individual is being held in custody or is being incarcerated
	53	+	2.11by the agency;
	54	+	2.12 (h) the date, time and legal basis for any transfer of custody and the identity of the agency
	55	+	2.13or person who received custody;
	56	+	2.14 (i) the date, time and legal basis for any release from custody or incarceration, including,
	57	+	2.15to the extent known, the identity of any person or entity who posted bail or a bond to secure
	58	+	2.16the release of the individual who was held in custody for a crime against a person listed in
	59	+	2.17section 611A.031 or a crime of violence as defined in section 629.725;
	60	+	2.18 (j) the name, age, sex and last known address of an adult person or the age and sex of
	61	+	2.19any juvenile person cited, arrested, incarcerated or otherwise substantially deprived of
	62	+	2.20liberty;
	63	+	2.21 (k) whether the agency employed a portable recording system, automated license plate
	64	+	2.22reader, wiretaps or other eavesdropping techniques, unless the release of this specific data
	65	+	2.23would jeopardize an ongoing investigation;
	66	+	2.24 (l) the manner in which the agencies received the information that led to the arrest and
	67	+	2.25the names of individuals who supplied the information unless the identities of those
	68	+	2.26individuals qualify for protection under subdivision 17; and
	69	+	2.27 (m) response or incident report number.
	70	+	2.28 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
	71	+	2.29 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 243.166, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
	72	+	2.30 Subd. 1b.Registration required.(a) A person shall register under this section if:
75	73		2Sec. 2.
76		-	REVISOR KLL H0007-3HF7 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 3.1sentences stayed or imposed by the courts. The website must not include information that
77		-	3.2is not public data, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 8a.
78		-	3.3 (b) The website required under paragraph (a) must contain all the information transmitted
79		-	3.4from the sentencing court to the commission including information in the sentencing
80		-	3.5worksheet transmitted pursuant to section 609.115, subdivision 2a, and the sentencing order
81		-	3.6and departure report, if any, sent pursuant to rule 27.03 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
82		-	3.7Data received by the commission must be entered into separate fields in the database.
83		-	3.8 (c) The searchable database must allow a user of the website to:
84		-	3.9 (1) search by individual fields, including but not limited to:
85		-	3.10 (i) case number;
86		-	3.11 (ii) defendant name;
87		-	3.12 (iii) date of offense;
88		-	3.13 (iv) the judicial district where the sentence was stayed or imposed;
89		-	3.14 (v) the county where the sentence was stayed or imposed;
90		-	3.15 (vi) the year in which the sentence was stayed or imposed;
91		-	3.16 (vii) the judge who stayed or imposed the sentence;
92		-	3.17 (viii) the crime for which the sentence was stayed or imposed;
93		-	3.18 (ix) the defendant's criminal history score;
94		-	3.19 (x) the severity level of the offense for which a sentence was stayed or imposed;
95		-	3.20 (xi) executed sentences, including the length of sentence imposed and executed;
96		-	3.21 (xii) stayed sentences, including the length of probation ordered and, if applicable, the
97		-	3.22length of sentence imposed but not executed;
98		-	3.23 (xiii) whether the sentence was a departure from the Sentencing Guidelines and, if so,
99		-	3.24whether it was an aggravated durational, aggravated dispositional, mitigated durational,
100		-	3.25mitigated dispositional, or hybrid departure; and
101		-	3.26 (xiv) whether a departure from the Sentencing Guidelines was ordered with prosecutor
102		-	3.27agreement;
103		-	3.28 (2) perform a search using at least two fields;
104		-	3.29 (3) sort by each field;
	74	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 3.1 (1) the person was charged with or petitioned for a felony violation of or attempt to
	75	+	3.2violate, or aiding, abetting, or conspiracy to commit, any of the following, and convicted
	76	+	3.3of or adjudicated delinquent for that offense or another offense arising out of the same set
	77	+	3.4of circumstances:
	78	+	3.5 (i) murder under section 609.185, paragraph (a), clause (2);
	79	+	3.6 (ii) kidnapping under section 609.25;
	80	+	3.7 (iii) criminal sexual conduct under section 609.342; 609.343; 609.344; 609.345; 609.3451,
	81	+	3.8subdivision 3, paragraph (b); or 609.3453;
	82	+	3.9 (iv) indecent exposure under section 617.23, subdivision 3; or
	83	+	3.10 (v) surreptitious intrusion under the circumstances described in section 609.746,
	84	+	3.11subdivision 1, paragraph (h);
	85	+	3.12 (2) the person was charged with or petitioned for a violation of, or attempt to violate, or
	86	+	3.13aiding, abetting, or conspiring to commit any of the following and convicted of or adjudicated
	87	+	3.14delinquent for that offense or another offense arising out of the same set of circumstances:
	88	+	3.15 (i) criminal abuse in violation of Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.2325, subdivision
	89	+	3.161, paragraph (b);
	90	+	3.17 (ii) solicitation, inducement, or promotion of the prostitution of a minor or engaging in
	91	+	3.18the sex trafficking of a minor in violation of section 609.322;
	92	+	3.19 (iii) a prostitution offense in violation of section 609.324, subdivision 1, paragraph (a);
	93	+	3.20 (iv) soliciting a minor to engage in sexual conduct in violation of section 609.352,
	94	+	3.21subdivision 2 or 2a, clause (1);
	95	+	3.22 (v) using a minor in a sexual performance in violation of section 617.246; or
	96	+	3.23 (vi) possessing or disseminating a pornographic work involving a minor in violation of
	97	+	3.24section 617.247;
	98	+	3.25 (3) the person was sentenced as a patterned sex offender under section 609.3455,
	99	+	3.26subdivision 3a; or
	100	+	3.27 (4) the person was charged with or petitioned for, including pursuant to a court martial,
	101	+	3.28violating a law of the United States, including the Uniform Code of Military Justice, similar
	102	+	3.29to an offense or involving similar circumstances to an offense described in clause (1), (2),
	103	+	3.30or (3), and convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for that offense or another offense arising
	104	+	3.31out of the same set of circumstances.
105	105		3Sec. 2.
106		-	REVISOR KLL H0007-3HF7 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 4.1 (4) obtain information grouped or aggregated by each field, where groups or subtotals
107		-	4.2are feasible; and
108		-	4.3 (5) allow the user to download the data into a user-controlled database.
109		-	4.4 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.09, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
110		-	4.5 Subd. 11.Modification.The commission shall meet as necessary for the purpose of
111		-	4.6modifying and improving the guidelines. Any modification which amends the Sentencing
112		-	4.7Guidelines grid, including severity levels and criminal history scores, or which would result
113		-	4.8in the reduction of any sentence or in the early release of any inmate, with the exception of
114		-	4.9a modification mandated or authorized by the legislature or relating to a crime created or
115		-	4.10amended by the legislature in the preceding session, shall be submitted to the legislature by
116		-	4.11January 15 of any year in which the commission wishes to make the change and shall be
117		-	4.12effective on August 1 of that year, unless if the legislature by law provides otherwise adopts
118		-	4.13or amends the modification. All other modifications shall take effect according to the
119		-	4.14procedural rules of the commission. On or before January 15 of each year, the commission
120		-	4.15shall submit a written report to the committees of the senate and the house of representatives
121		-	4.16with jurisdiction over criminal justice policy that describes the commission's activities over
122		-	4.17the previous year and identifies and explains all modifications made during the preceding
123		-	4.1812 months and all proposed modifications that are being submitted to the legislature that
124		-	4.19year.
125		-	4.20 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.09, is amended by adding a subdivision to
126		-	4.21read:
127		-	4.22 Subd. 16.Report on dismissals with agreement of the prosecutor.The Sentencing
128		-	4.23Guidelines Commission shall include in its annual report to the legislature a summary and
129		-	4.24analysis of reports received from county attorneys under section 388.052.
130		-	4.25 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025.
131		-	4.26 Sec. 5. [388.052] REPORT ON CRIMINAL CHARGES AND CASES DISMISSED.
132		-	4.27 (a) In each case where the defendant is charged with a felony, a county attorney who
133		-	4.28dismisses any part of a criminal action pursuant to rule 30.01 of the Rules of Criminal
134		-	4.29Procedure shall record the following information in writing:
135		-	4.30 (1) the name of the defendant;
136		-	4.31 (2) the date of the offense;
137		-	4Sec. 5.
138		-	REVISOR KLL H0007-3HF7 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 5.1 (3) all crimes charged;
139		-	5.2 (4) any charges that were dismissed;
140		-	5.3 (5) the date of dismissal; and
141		-	5.4 (6) any reason for the dismissal.
142		-	5.5 (b) The county attorney shall forward the information recorded under paragraph (a) to
143		-	5.6the Sentencing Guidelines Commission upon forms prescribed by the commission and must
144		-	5.7publish the information on the county attorney's publicly accessible website. Information
145		-	5.8forwarded to the Sentencing Guidelines Commission and posted on the county attorney's
146		-	5.9website must not include identifying information of a victim.
147		-	5.10 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to dismissals
148		-	5.11occurring on or after that date.
149		-	5.12 Sec. 6. [604.135] CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; VICARIOUS LIABILITY.
150		-	5.13 (a) A person who is arrested for or convicted of a violation of section 609.594 or 609.6055
151		-	5.14may be held liable for any damages to personal or real property while trespassing or causing
152		-	5.15damage to the physical property of a critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline.
153		-	5.16 (b) A person or entity that recruits, trains, aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires
154		-	5.17with or otherwise procures another to trespass as described in paragraph (a) may also be
155		-	5.18held vicariously liable for any damages to personal or real property committed by the
156		-	5.19individual arrested or convicted under section 609.594 or 609.6055.
157		-	5.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
158		-	5.21committed on or after that date.
159		-	5.22 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
160		-	5.23 Subdivision 1.Peace officers.(a) As used in this subdivision, "peace officer" means a
161		-	5.24person who is licensed under section 626.845, subdivision 1, and effecting a lawful arrest
162		-	5.25or executing any other duty imposed by law.
163		-	5.26 (b) Whoever physically assaults a peace officer is guilty of a gross misdemeanor felony
164		-	5.27and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine
165		-	5.28of not more than $4,000, or both.
166		-	5.29 (c) Whoever commits either of the following acts against a peace officer is guilty of a
167		-	5.30felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment
168		-	5.31of a fine of not more than $6,000, or both: (1) physically assaults the officer if the assault
169		-	5Sec. 7.
170		-	REVISOR KLL H0007-3HF7 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 6.1inflicts demonstrable bodily harm; or (2) intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily
171		-	6.2fluids or feces at or onto the officer.
172		-	6.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
173		-	6.4committed on or after that date.
174		-	6.5 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.322, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
175		-	6.6 Subdivision 1.Solicitation, inducement, and promotion of prostitution; sex trafficking
176		-	6.7in the first degree.(a) Whoever, while acting other than as a prostitute or patron,
177		-	6.8intentionally does any of the following may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more
178		-	6.9than 25 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $50,000, or both:
179		-	6.10 (1) solicits or induces an individual under the age of 18 years to practice prostitution;
180		-	6.11 (2) promotes the prostitution of an individual under the age of 18 years;
181		-	6.12 (3) receives profit, knowing or having reason to know that it is derived from the
182		-	6.13prostitution, or the promotion of the prostitution, of an individual under the age of 18 years;
183		-	6.14or
184		-	6.15 (4) engages in the sex trafficking of an individual under the age of 18 years.
185		-	6.16 (b) Whoever violates paragraph (a) or subdivision 1a may be sentenced to imprisonment
186		-	6.17for not more than 30 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $60,000, or both, if one
187		-	6.18or more of the following aggravating factors are present:
188		-	6.19 (1) the offender has committed a prior qualified human trafficking-related offense;
189		-	6.20 (2) the offense involved a sex trafficking victim who suffered bodily harm during the
190		-	6.21commission of the offense;
191		-	6.22 (3) the time period that a sex trafficking victim was held in debt bondage or forced or
192		-	6.23coerced labor or services exceeded 180 days; or
193		-	6.24 (4) the offense involved more than one sex trafficking victim.
194		-	6.25 (c) Unless a longer mandatory minimum sentence is otherwise required by law or the
195		-	6.26Sentencing Guidelines provide for a longer presumptive executed sentence, the court shall
196		-	6.27presume that an executed sentence of 120 months must be imposed on an offender convicted
197		-	6.28of violating this section under the conditions described in paragraph (a), and an executed
198		-	6.29sentence of 144 months must be imposed on an offender convicted of violating this section
199		-	6.30under the conditions described in paragraph (b). Sentencing a person in a manner other than
200		-	6.31that described in this paragraph is a departure from the Sentencing Guidelines.
201		-	6Sec. 8.
202		-	REVISOR KLL H0007-3HF7 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 7.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
203		-	7.2committed on or after that date.
204		-	7.3 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.487, is amended by adding a subdivision to
205		-	7.4read:
206		-	7.5 Subd. 3a.Fleeing officer; failure to obey signs.Whoever flees or attempts to flee by
207		-	7.6means of a motor vehicle a peace officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of an official
208		-	7.7duty, and the perpetrator knows or should reasonably know the same to be a peace officer,
209		-	7.8and who in the course of fleeing in a motor vehicle does any of the following is guilty of a
210		-	7.9felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment
211		-	7.10of a fine of not more than $10,000 or both:
212		-	7.11 (1) fails to obey signs, signals, or markings in violation of section 169.06, subdivision
213		-	7.124, 4a, 4b, 5, 6, 7, or 8; or
214		-	7.13 (2) fails to keep on the proper side of the road in violation of section 169.18.
215		-	7.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
216		-	7.15committed on or after that date.
217		-	7.16 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.52, is amended by adding a subdivision to
218		-	7.17read:
219		-	7.18 Subd. 2a.Illegal presence in a stolen motor vehicle.(a) A person who enters into or
220		-	7.19is found in a motor vehicle that the person knows or has reason to know was taken or stolen
221		-	7.20in violation of subdivision 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
222		-	7.21 (b) A person who violates paragraph (a) after being previously convicted or adjudicated
223		-	7.22delinquent for violating paragraph (a) is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
224		-	7.23 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
225		-	7.24committed on or after that date.
226		-	7.25 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.594, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
227		-	7.26 Subd. 2.Prohibited conduct; penalty.(a) Whoever causes damage to the physical
228		-	7.27property of a critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline with the intent to significantly
229		-	7.28disrupt the operation of or the provision of services by the facility, utility, or pipeline and
230		-	7.29without the consent of one authorized to give consent, is guilty of a felony and may be
231		-	7.30sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more
232		-	7.31than $20,000, or both.
233		-	7Sec. 11.
234		-	REVISOR KLL H0007-3HF7 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 8.1 (b) Whoever intentionally recruits, trains, aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires
235		-	8.2with or otherwise procures another to commit a violation of paragraph (a) is guilty of a
236		-	8.3felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of
237		-	8.4a fine of not more than $20,000, or both, if a violation is committed and the person fails to
238		-	8.5make a reasonable effort to prevent the violation.
239		-	8.6 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
240		-	8.7committed on or after that date.
241		-	8.8 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.6055, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
242		-	8.9 Subd. 2.Prohibited conduct; penalty.(a) Whoever enters or is found upon property
243		-	8.10containing a critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline, without claim of right or
244		-	8.11consent of one who has the right to give consent to be on the property, is guilty of a gross
245		-	8.12misdemeanor, if:
246		-	8.13 (1) the person refuses to depart from the property on the demand of one who has the
247		-	8.14right to give consent;
248		-	8.15 (2) within the past six months, the person had been told by one who had the right to give
249		-	8.16consent to leave the property and not to return, unless a person with the right to give consent
250		-	8.17has given the person permission to return; or
251		-	8.18 (3) the property is posted.
252		-	8.19 (b) Whoever enters an underground structure that (1) contains a utility line or pipeline
253		-	8.20and (2) is not open to the public for pedestrian use, without claim of right or consent of one
254		-	8.21who has the right to give consent to be in the underground structure, is guilty of a gross
255		-	8.22misdemeanor. The underground structure does not need to be posted for this paragraph to
256		-	8.23apply.
257		-	8.24 (c) Whoever intentionally recruits, trains, aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires
258		-	8.25with or otherwise procures another to commit a violation of paragraph (a) is guilty of a
259		-	8.26gross misdemeanor if a violation is committed and the person fails to make a reasonable
260		-	8.27effort to prevent the violation.
261		-	8.28 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
262		-	8.29committed on or after that date.
263		-	8Sec. 12.
264		-	REVISOR KLL H0007-3HF7 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 9.1 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.74, is amended to read:
265		-	9.2 609.74 PUBLIC NUISANCE.
266		-	9.3 (a) Whoever by an act or failure to perform a legal duty intentionally does any of the
267		-	9.4following is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, which is a misdemeanor:
268		-	9.5 (1) maintains or permits a condition which unreasonably annoys, injures or endangers
269		-	9.6the safety, health, morals, comfort, or repose of any considerable number of members of
270		-	9.7the public; or
271		-	9.8 (2) except as provided in paragraph (b), interferes with, obstructs, or renders dangerous
272		-	9.9for passage, any public highway or right-of-way, or waters used by the public; or
273		-	9.10 (3) is guilty of any other act or omission declared by law to be a public nuisance and for
274		-	9.11which no sentence is specifically provided.
275		-	9.12 (b) It is a gross misdemeanor for a person to interfere with or obstruct traffic that is
276		-	9.13entering, exiting, or on a freeway or entering, exiting, or on a public roadway within the
277		-	9.14boundaries of airport property with the intent to interfere with, obstruct, or otherwise disrupt
278		-	9.15traffic. This paragraph does not apply to the actions of law enforcement or other emergency
279		-	9.16responders, road or airport authorities, or utility officials, or their agents, employees, or
280		-	9.17contractors when carrying out duties imposed by law or contract. For purposes of this
281		-	9.18paragraph, "airport" means an airport that has a control tower and airline service, and
282		-	9.19"freeway" means any section of a divided highway where the only access and egress for
283		-	9.20vehicular traffic is from entrance and exit ramps.
284		-	9.21 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
285		-	9.22committed on or after that date.
286		-	9.23 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.855, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
287		-	9.24 Subd. 2.Unlawful interference with transit operator.(a) Whoever intentionally
288		-	9.25commits an act that interferes with or obstructs, or tends to interfere with or obstruct, the
289		-	9.26operation of a transit vehicle is guilty of unlawful interference with a transit operator a crime
290		-	9.27and may be sentenced as provided in paragraph (c).
291		-	9.28 (b) An act that is committed on a transit vehicle that distracts the driver from the safe
292		-	9.29operation of the vehicle, restricts passenger access to the transit vehicle, or that endangers
293		-	9.30passengers is a violation of this subdivision if an authorized transit representative has clearly
294		-	9.31warned the person once to stop the act.
295		-	9.32 (c) A person who violates this subdivision may be sentenced as follows:
296		-	9Sec. 14.
297		-	REVISOR KLL H0007-3HF7 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 10.1 (1) to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more
298		-	10.2than $5,000, or both, if the violation was accompanied by force or violence or a
299		-	10.3communication of a threat of force or violence; or
300		-	10.4 (2) to imprisonment for not more than 90 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more
301		-	10.5than $1,000 $3,000, or both, if the violation was not accompanied by force or violence or
302		-	10.6a communication of a threat of force or violence.
303		-	10.7 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
304		-	10.8committed on or after that date.
305		-	10.9 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626A.35, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
306		-	10.10 Subd. 2b.Exception; stolen motor vehicles.(a) The prohibition under subdivision 1
307		-	10.11does not apply to the use of a mobile tracking device on a stolen motor vehicle when:
308		-	10.12 (1) the consent of the owner of the vehicle has been obtained; or
309		-	10.13 (2) the owner of the motor vehicle has reported to law enforcement that the vehicle is
310		-	10.14stolen, and the vehicle is occupied when the tracking device is installed and the stolen
311		-	10.15vehicle is not on private property.
312		-	10.16 (b) Within 24 12 hours of a tracking device being attached to a vehicle pursuant to the
313		-	10.17authority granted in paragraph (a), clause (2), an officer employed by the agency that attached
314		-	10.18the tracking device to the vehicle must remove the device, disable the device, or obtain a
315		-	10.19search warrant granting approval to continue to use the device in the investigation.
316		-	10.20 (c) A peace officer employed by the agency that attached a tracking device to a stolen
317		-	10.21motor vehicle must remove the tracking device if the vehicle is recovered and returned to
318		-	10.22the owner.
319		-	10.23 (d) Any tracking device evidence collected after the motor vehicle is returned to the
320		-	10.24owner is inadmissible.
321		-	10.25 (e) When a peace officer attaches a tracking device to a stolen vehicle pursuant to
322		-	10.26paragraph (a), clause (2), the peace officer must prepare a report that includes the evidence
323		-	10.27relied upon to establish the vehicle was reported stolen, the date and time the device was
324		-	10.28attached to the vehicle, the method used to attach the device to the vehicle, the duration for
325		-	10.29which the tracking device was attached to the vehicle, and an explanation of how the device
326		-	10.30impacted the outcome of the investigation. Reports created under this paragraph must be
327		-	10.31retained as part of the criminal investigation file.
328		-	10Sec. 15.
329		-	REVISOR KLL H0007-3HF7 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 11.1 (f) By August 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, the chief law enforcement officer of an
330		-	11.2agency that obtains a search warrant under paragraph (b), must provide notice to the
331		-	11.3superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension of the number of search warrants
332		-	11.4the agency obtained under this subdivision in the preceding 12 months. The superintendent
333		-	11.5must provide a summary of the data received pursuant to this paragraph in the bureau's
334		-	11.6biennial report to the legislature required under section 299C.18.
335		-	11.7 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626A.35, is amended by adding a subdivision
336		-	11.8to read:
337		-	11.9 Subd. 2c.Exception; fleeing motor vehicles.The prohibition under subdivision 1 does
338		-	11.10not apply to the use of a mobile tracking device on a fleeing motor vehicle. For purposes
339		-	11.11of this subdivision, "flee" has the meaning given in section 609.487, subdivision 1.
340		-	11.12Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.53, is amended to read:
341		-	11.13 629.53 PROVIDING RELEASE ON BAIL; COMMITMENT .
342		-	11.14 A person charged with a criminal offense may be released with or without bail in
343		-	11.15accordance with rule 6.02 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure. Money bail is the property
344		-	11.16of the accused, whether deposited by that person or by a third person on the accused's behalf.
345		-	11.17When money bail is accepted by a judge, that judge shall order it to be deposited with the
346		-	11.18court administrator and shall notify the agency having custody of the arrested or detained
347		-	11.19person or the agency's designee that money bail has been posted, the amount posted, and,
348		-	11.20if the arrested or detained person is being held in custody for a crime against a person listed
349		-	11.21in section 611A.031 or a crime of violence as defined in section 629.725, the identity of the
350		-	11.22person or entity that posted the bail. The court administrator shall retain it until the final
351		-	11.23disposition of the case and the final order of the court disposing of the case. Upon release,
352		-	11.24the amount released must be paid to the accused personally or upon that person's written
353		-	11.25order. In case of conviction, the judge may order the money bail deposit to be applied to
354		-	11.26any fine or restitution imposed on the defendant by the court and, if the fine or restitution
355		-	11.27is less than the deposit, order the balance to be paid to the defendant. Money bail deposited
356		-	11.28with the court or any officer of it is exempt from garnishment or levy under attachment or
357		-	11.29execution.
358		-	11Sec. 17.
359		-	REVISOR KLL H0007-3HF7 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 12.1 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.67, is amended to read:
360		-	12.2 629.67 SURETIES ON BOND, RECOGNIZANCE, OR UNDERTAKING;
361		-	12.3AFFIDAVITS REQUIRED.
362		-	12.4 (a) A personal surety upon any bond, recognizance, or undertaking given to secure the
363		-	12.5appearance of a defendant in a criminal case shall make an affidavit, to be attached to the
364		-	12.6bond, recognizance, or undertaking, stating:
365		-	12.7 (1) the surety's full name;
366		-	12.8 (2) the surety's residence and post office address;
367		-	12.9 (3) whether or not the affiant is surety upon any other bond, recognizance, or undertaking
368		-	12.10in any criminal case, and, if so, stating the name of the principal, the amount of each
369		-	12.11obligation, and the court in which the obligation was given; and
370		-	12.12 (4) the legal description of all real property owned by the surety and specifying as to
371		-	12.13each parcel of property its fair market value, what liens or encumbrances, if any, exist on
372		-	12.14it, and whether or not the property is the surety's homestead or is otherwise exempt from
373		-	12.15execution. The court may require the surety to disclose all or some of the surety's personal
374		-	12.16property by affidavit as required for real property.
375		-	12.17 (b) The court may, in its discretion, by written order endorsed on the bond, recognizance,
376		-	12.18or undertaking, dispense with the affidavit disclosing the surety's real or personal property,
377		-	12.19or any part of it, if the court is satisfied that the surety is worth the amount necessary to act
378		-	12.20as surety on the bond, recognizance or undertaking to secure the defendant in a criminal
379		-	12.21case and is not a professional or habitual bonding agent in criminal cases.
380		-	12.22 (c) The court shall provide the agency having custody of a defendant in a criminal case
381		-	12.23who is charged with a crime against a person listed in section 611A.031 or a crime of
382		-	12.24violence as defined in section 629.725 with a copy of the affidavit identified in paragraph
383		-	12.25(a).
384		-	12.26 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
385		-	12.27Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.70, is amended to read:
386		-	12.28 629.70 AUTHORIZED CORPORATE BONDS AND RECOGNIZANCES.
387		-	12.29 A defendant required to give a bond, recognizance, or undertaking to secure an appearance
388		-	12.30in a criminal case may choose to give a surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking executed
389		-	12.31by a corporation authorized by law to execute bonds, recognizances, or undertakings.
390		-	12.32However, the amount of the bond, recognizance, or undertaking as fixed by the court must
391		-	12Sec. 19.
392		-	REVISOR KLL H0007-3HF7 THIRD ENGROSSMENT 13.1be the same regardless of the kind of bond, recognizance, or undertaking given. When a
393		-	13.2corporation authorized by law to execute bonds, recognizances, or undertakings has given
394		-	13.3a surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking on behalf of a defendant charged with a crime
395		-	13.4against a person listed in section 611A.031 or a crime of violence as defined in section
396		-	13.5629.725, the court shall notify the agency having custody of the defendant or the agency's
397		-	13.6designee that a surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking has been given; the amount of
398		-	13.7the surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking; and the identity of the person or entity that
399		-	13.8posted the surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking.
400		-	13.9 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
401		-	13.10Sec. 20. SEARCHABLE PUBLIC DATABASE; APPROPRIATION.
402		-	13.11 $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general
403		-	13.12fund to the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission to develop and maintain a publicly
404		-	13.13searchable database pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 244.09, subdivision 6a. The
405		-	13.14base for this appropriation is $....... in fiscal year 2028 and thereafter.
406		-	13Sec. 20.
407		-	REVISOR KLL H0007-3HF7 THIRD ENGROSSMENT
	106	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 4.1 (b) A person also shall register under this section if:
	107	+	4.2 (1) the person was charged with or petitioned for an offense in another state similar to
	108	+	4.3an offense or involving similar circumstances to an offense described in paragraph (a),
	109	+	4.4clause (1), (2), or (3), and convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for that offense or another
	110	+	4.5offense arising out of the same set of circumstances;
	111	+	4.6 (2) the person enters this state to reside, work, or attend school, or enters this state and
	112	+	4.7remains for 14 days or longer or for an aggregate period of time exceeding 30 days during
	113	+	4.8any calendar year; and
	114	+	4.9 (3) ten years have not elapsed since the person was released from confinement or, if the
	115	+	4.10person was not confined, since the person was convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for
	116	+	4.11the offense that triggers registration, unless the person is subject to a longer registration
	117	+	4.12period under the laws of another state in which the person has been convicted or adjudicated,
	118	+	4.13or is subject to lifetime registration.
	119	+	4.14 If a person described in this paragraph is subject to a longer registration period in another
	120	+	4.15state or is subject to lifetime registration, the person shall register for that time period
	121	+	4.16regardless of when the person was released from confinement, convicted, or adjudicated
	122	+	4.17delinquent.
	123	+	4.18 (c) A person also shall register under this section if the person was committed pursuant
	124	+	4.19to a court commitment order under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 253B.185, chapter
	125	+	4.20253D, Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 526.10, or a similar law of another state or the
	126	+	4.21United States, regardless of whether the person was convicted of any offense.
	127	+	4.22 (d) A person also shall register under this section if:
	128	+	4.23 (1) the person was charged with or petitioned for a felony violation or attempt to violate
	129	+	4.24any of the offenses listed in paragraph (a), clause (1), or a similar law of another state or
	130	+	4.25the United States, or the person was charged with or petitioned for a violation of any of the
	131	+	4.26offenses listed in paragraph (a), clause (2), or a similar law of another state or the United
	132	+	4.27States;
	133	+	4.28 (2) the person was found not guilty by reason of mental illness or mental deficiency
	134	+	4.29after a trial for that offense, or found guilty but mentally ill after a trial for that offense, in
	135	+	4.30states with a guilty but mentally ill verdict; and
	136	+	4.31 (3) the person was committed pursuant to a court commitment order under section
	137	+	4.32253B.18 or a similar law of another state or the United States.
	138	+	4Sec. 2.
	139	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 5.1 (e) A person also shall register under this section if the person received a stay of
	140	+	5.2adjudication under section 609.095, paragraph (b), for a charge of violating section 243.166;
	141	+	5.3609.342; 609.343; 609.344; 609.345; 609.3451, subdivision 3; 609.3453; 617.246; or
	142	+	5.4617.247, unless the offender is a juvenile and the court finds, on the record, that there is
	143	+	5.5good cause to waive the registration requirement. The assigned corrections agent for a
	144	+	5.6person who is required to register under this paragraph and who was sentenced before July
	145	+	5.71, 2025, must notify the person of the duty to register by July 31, 2025. If the person does
	146	+	5.8not have a corrections agent but has an obligation to register under this section, the bureau
	147	+	5.9must provide notice to the person and the law enforcement authority with jurisdiction over
	148	+	5.10the person's primary address. A person who is required to register under this paragraph and
	149	+	5.11who was sentenced before July 1, 2025, must register within 30 days of receiving notice of
	150	+	5.12the obligation to register. A person who is required to register under this paragraph, was
	151	+	5.13sentenced before July 1, 2025, and was a juvenile at the time of sentencing may petition
	152	+	5.14the sentencing court to waive the registration requirement.
	153	+	5.15 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 243.166, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
	154	+	5.16 Subd. 2.Notice.When a person who is required to register under subdivision 1b,
	155	+	5.17paragraph (a) or (e), is sentenced or becomes subject to a juvenile court disposition order,
	156	+	5.18the court shall tell the person of the duty to register under this section and that, if the person
	157	+	5.19fails to comply with the registration requirements, information about the offender may be
	158	+	5.20made available to the public through electronic, computerized, or other accessible means.
	159	+	5.21Except as provided for in subdivision 1b, paragraph (e), the court may not modify the
	160	+	5.22person's duty to register in the pronounced sentence or disposition order. The court shall
	161	+	5.23require the person to read and sign a form stating that the duty of the person to register under
	162	+	5.24this section has been explained. The court shall make available the signed court notification
	163	+	5.25form, the complaint, and sentencing documents to the bureau. If a person required to register
	164	+	5.26under subdivision 1b, paragraph (a), was not notified by the court of the registration
	165	+	5.27requirement at the time of sentencing or disposition, the assigned corrections agent shall
	166	+	5.28notify the person of the requirements of this section. If a person required to register under
	167	+	5.29subdivision 1b, paragraph (a) or (e), was not notified by the court of the registration
	168	+	5.30requirement at the time of sentencing or disposition and does not have a corrections agent,
	169	+	5.31the law enforcement authority with jurisdiction over the person's primary address shall
	170	+	5.32notify the person of the requirements. When a person who is required to register under
	171	+	5.33subdivision 1b, paragraph (c) or (d), is released from commitment, the treatment facility
	172	+	5.34shall notify the person of the requirements of this section. The treatment facility shall also
	173	+	5.35obtain the registration information required under this section and forward it to the bureau.
	174	+	5Sec. 3.
	175	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 6.1 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.09, is amended by adding a subdivision to
	176	+	6.2read:
	177	+	6.3 Subd. 6a.Publicly searchable database.(a) The commission shall maintain a public
	178	+	6.4website with a searchable database that provides the public with information on criminal
	179	+	6.5sentences stayed or imposed by the courts. The website must not include information that
	180	+	6.6is not public data, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 8a.
	181	+	6.7 (b) The website required under paragraph (a) must contain all the information transmitted
	182	+	6.8from the sentencing court to the commission including information in the sentencing
	183	+	6.9worksheet transmitted pursuant to section 609.115, subdivision 2a, and the sentencing order
	184	+	6.10and departure report, if any, sent pursuant to rule 27.03 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
	185	+	6.11Data received by the commission must be entered into separate fields in the database.
	186	+	6.12 (c) The searchable database must allow a user of the website to:
	187	+	6.13 (1) search by individual fields, including but not limited to:
	188	+	6.14 (i) case number;
	189	+	6.15 (ii) defendant name;
	190	+	6.16 (iii) date of offense;
	191	+	6.17 (iv) the judicial district where the sentence was stayed or imposed;
	192	+	6.18 (v) the county where the sentence was stayed or imposed;
	193	+	6.19 (vi) the year in which the sentence was stayed or imposed;
	194	+	6.20 (vii) the judge who stayed or imposed the sentence;
	195	+	6.21 (viii) the crime for which the sentence was stayed or imposed;
	196	+	6.22 (ix) the defendant's criminal history score;
	197	+	6.23 (x) the severity level of the offense for which a sentence was stayed or imposed;
	198	+	6.24 (xi) executed sentences, including the length of sentence imposed and executed;
	199	+	6.25 (xii) stayed sentences, including the length of probation ordered and, if applicable, the
	200	+	6.26length of sentence imposed but not executed;
	201	+	6.27 (xiii) whether the sentence was a departure from the Sentencing Guidelines and, if so,
	202	+	6.28whether it was an aggravated durational, aggravated dispositional, mitigated durational,
	203	+	6.29mitigated dispositional, or hybrid departure; and
	204	+	6Sec. 4.
	205	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 7.1 (xiv) whether a departure from the Sentencing Guidelines was ordered with prosecutor
	206	+	7.2agreement;
	207	+	7.3 (2) perform a search using at least two fields;
	208	+	7.4 (3) sort by each field;
	209	+	7.5 (4) obtain information grouped or aggregated by each field, where groups or subtotals
	210	+	7.6are feasible; and
	211	+	7.7 (5) allow the user to download the data into a user-controlled database.
	212	+	7.8 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.09, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
	213	+	7.9 Subd. 11.Modification.The commission shall meet as necessary for the purpose of
	214	+	7.10modifying and improving the guidelines. Any modification which amends the Sentencing
	215	+	7.11Guidelines grid, including severity levels and criminal history scores, or which would result
	216	+	7.12in the reduction of any sentence or in the early release of any inmate, with the exception of
	217	+	7.13a modification mandated or authorized by the legislature or relating to a crime created or
	218	+	7.14amended by the legislature in the preceding session, shall be submitted to the legislature by
	219	+	7.15January 15 of any year in which the commission wishes to make the change and shall be
	220	+	7.16effective on August 1 of that year, unless if the legislature by law provides otherwise adopts
	221	+	7.17or amends the modification. All other modifications shall take effect according to the
	222	+	7.18procedural rules of the commission. On or before January 15 of each year, the commission
	223	+	7.19shall submit a written report to the committees of the senate and the house of representatives
	224	+	7.20with jurisdiction over criminal justice policy that describes the commission's activities over
	225	+	7.21the previous year and identifies and explains all modifications made during the preceding
	226	+	7.2212 months and all proposed modifications that are being submitted to the legislature that
	227	+	7.23year.
	228	+	7.24 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.09, is amended by adding a subdivision to
	229	+	7.25read:
	230	+	7.26 Subd. 16.Report on dismissals with agreement of the prosecutor.The Sentencing
	231	+	7.27Guidelines Commission shall include in its annual report to the legislature a summary and
	232	+	7.28analysis of reports received from county attorneys under section 388.052.
	233	+	7.29 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025.
	234	+	7Sec. 6.
	235	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 8.1 Sec. 7. [388.052] REPORT ON CRIMINAL CHARGES AND CASES DISMISSED.
	236	+	8.2 (a) In each case where the defendant is charged with a felony, a county attorney who
	237	+	8.3dismisses any part of a criminal action pursuant to rule 30.01 of the Rules of Criminal
	238	+	8.4Procedure shall record the following information in writing:
	239	+	8.5 (1) the name of the defendant;
	240	+	8.6 (2) the date of the offense;
	241	+	8.7 (3) all crimes charged;
	242	+	8.8 (4) any charges that were dismissed;
	243	+	8.9 (5) the date of dismissal; and
	244	+	8.10 (6) any reason for the dismissal.
	245	+	8.11 (b) The county attorney shall forward the information recorded under paragraph (a) to
	246	+	8.12the Sentencing Guidelines Commission upon forms prescribed by the commission and must
	247	+	8.13publish the information on the county attorney's publicly accessible website. Information
	248	+	8.14forwarded to the Sentencing Guidelines Commission and posted on the county attorney's
	249	+	8.15website must not include identifying information of a victim.
	250	+	8.16 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to dismissals
	251	+	8.17occurring on or after that date.
	252	+	8.18 Sec. 8. [604.135] CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; VICARIOUS LIABILITY.
	253	+	8.19 (a) A person who is arrested for or convicted of a violation of section 609.594 or 609.6055
	254	+	8.20may be held liable for any damages to personal or real property while trespassing or causing
	255	+	8.21damage to the physical property of a critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline.
	256	+	8.22 (b) A person or entity that recruits, trains, aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires
	257	+	8.23with or otherwise procures another to trespass as described in paragraph (a) may also be
	258	+	8.24held vicariously liable for any damages to personal or real property committed by the
	259	+	8.25individual arrested or convicted under section 609.594 or 609.6055.
	260	+	8.26 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
	261	+	8.27committed on or after that date.
	262	+	8Sec. 8.
	263	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 9.1 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
	264	+	9.2 Subdivision 1.Peace officers.(a) As used in this subdivision, "peace officer" means a
	265	+	9.3person who is licensed under section 626.845, subdivision 1, and effecting a lawful arrest
	266	+	9.4or executing any other duty imposed by law.
	267	+	9.5 (b) Whoever physically assaults a peace officer is guilty of a gross misdemeanor felony
	268	+	9.6and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine
	269	+	9.7of not more than $4,000, or both.
	270	+	9.8 (c) Whoever commits either of the following acts against a peace officer is guilty of a
	271	+	9.9felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment
	272	+	9.10of a fine of not more than $6,000, or both: (1) physically assaults the officer if the assault
	273	+	9.11inflicts demonstrable bodily harm; or (2) intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily
	274	+	9.12fluids or feces at or onto the officer.
	275	+	9.13 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
	276	+	9.14committed on or after that date.
	277	+	9.15 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.322, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
	278	+	9.16 Subdivision 1.Solicitation, inducement, and promotion of prostitution; sex trafficking
	279	+	9.17in the first degree.(a) Whoever, while acting other than as a prostitute or patron,
	280	+	9.18intentionally does any of the following may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more
	281	+	9.19than 25 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $50,000, or both:
	282	+	9.20 (1) solicits or induces an individual under the age of 18 years to practice prostitution;
	283	+	9.21 (2) promotes the prostitution of an individual under the age of 18 years;
	284	+	9.22 (3) receives profit, knowing or having reason to know that it is derived from the
	285	+	9.23prostitution, or the promotion of the prostitution, of an individual under the age of 18 years;
	286	+	9.24or
	287	+	9.25 (4) engages in the sex trafficking of an individual under the age of 18 years.
	288	+	9.26 (b) Whoever violates paragraph (a) or subdivision 1a may be sentenced to imprisonment
	289	+	9.27for not more than 30 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $60,000, or both, if one
	290	+	9.28or more of the following aggravating factors are present:
	291	+	9.29 (1) the offender has committed a prior qualified human trafficking-related offense;
	292	+	9.30 (2) the offense involved a sex trafficking victim who suffered bodily harm during the
	293	+	9.31commission of the offense;
	294	+	9Sec. 10.
	295	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 10.1 (3) the time period that a sex trafficking victim was held in debt bondage or forced or
	296	+	10.2coerced labor or services exceeded 180 days; or
	297	+	10.3 (4) the offense involved more than one sex trafficking victim.
	298	+	10.4 (c) Unless a longer mandatory minimum sentence is otherwise required by law or the
	299	+	10.5Sentencing Guidelines provide for a longer presumptive executed sentence, the court shall
	300	+	10.6presume that an executed sentence of 120 months must be imposed on an offender convicted
	301	+	10.7of violating this section under the conditions described in paragraph (a), and an executed
	302	+	10.8sentence of 144 months must be imposed on an offender convicted of violating this section
	303	+	10.9under the conditions described in paragraph (b). Sentencing a person in a manner other than
	304	+	10.10that described in this paragraph is a departure from the Sentencing Guidelines.
	305	+	10.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
	306	+	10.12committed on or after that date.
	307	+	10.13Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.487, is amended by adding a subdivision
	308	+	10.14to read:
	309	+	10.15 Subd. 3a.Fleeing officer; failure to obey signs.Whoever flees or attempts to flee by
	310	+	10.16means of a motor vehicle a peace officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of an official
	311	+	10.17duty, and the perpetrator knows or should reasonably know the same to be a peace officer,
	312	+	10.18and who in the course of fleeing in a motor vehicle does any of the following is guilty of a
	313	+	10.19felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment
	314	+	10.20of a fine of not more than $10,000 or both:
	315	+	10.21 (1) fails to obey signs, signals, or markings in violation of section 169.06, subdivision
	316	+	10.224, 4a, 4b, 5, 6, 7, or 8; or
	317	+	10.23 (2) fails to keep on the proper side of the road in violation of section 169.18.
	318	+	10.24 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
	319	+	10.25committed on or after that date.
	320	+	10.26Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.52, is amended by adding a subdivision to
	321	+	10.27read:
	322	+	10.28 Subd. 2a.Illegal presence in a stolen motor vehicle.(a) A person who enters into or
	323	+	10.29is found in a motor vehicle that the person knows or has reason to know was taken or stolen
	324	+	10.30in violation of subdivision 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
	325	+	10Sec. 12.
	326	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 11.1 (b) A person who violates paragraph (a) after being previously convicted or adjudicated
	327	+	11.2delinquent for violating paragraph (a) is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
	328	+	11.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
	329	+	11.4committed on or after that date.
	330	+	11.5 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.594, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
	331	+	11.6 Subd. 2.Prohibited conduct; penalty.(a) Whoever causes damage to the physical
	332	+	11.7property of a critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline with the intent to significantly
	333	+	11.8disrupt the operation of or the provision of services by the facility, utility, or pipeline and
	334	+	11.9without the consent of one authorized to give consent, is guilty of a felony and may be
	335	+	11.10sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more
	336	+	11.11than $20,000, or both.
	337	+	11.12 (b) Whoever intentionally recruits, trains, aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires
	338	+	11.13with or otherwise procures another to commit a violation of paragraph (a) is guilty of a
	339	+	11.14felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of
	340	+	11.15a fine of not more than $20,000, or both, if a violation is committed and the person fails to
	341	+	11.16make a reasonable effort to prevent the violation.
	342	+	11.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
	343	+	11.18committed on or after that date.
	344	+	11.19Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.6055, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
	345	+	11.20 Subd. 2.Prohibited conduct; penalty.(a) Whoever enters or is found upon property
	346	+	11.21containing a critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline, without claim of right or
	347	+	11.22consent of one who has the right to give consent to be on the property, is guilty of a gross
	348	+	11.23misdemeanor, if:
	349	+	11.24 (1) the person refuses to depart from the property on the demand of one who has the
	350	+	11.25right to give consent;
	351	+	11.26 (2) within the past six months, the person had been told by one who had the right to give
	352	+	11.27consent to leave the property and not to return, unless a person with the right to give consent
	353	+	11.28has given the person permission to return; or
	354	+	11.29 (3) the property is posted.
	355	+	11.30 (b) Whoever enters an underground structure that (1) contains a utility line or pipeline
	356	+	11.31and (2) is not open to the public for pedestrian use, without claim of right or consent of one
	357	+	11Sec. 14.
	358	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 12.1who has the right to give consent to be in the underground structure, is guilty of a gross
	359	+	12.2misdemeanor. The underground structure does not need to be posted for this paragraph to
	360	+	12.3apply.
	361	+	12.4 (c) Whoever intentionally recruits, trains, aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires
	362	+	12.5with or otherwise procures another to commit a violation of paragraph (a) is guilty of a
	363	+	12.6gross misdemeanor if a violation is committed and the person fails to make a reasonable
	364	+	12.7effort to prevent the violation.
	365	+	12.8 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
	366	+	12.9committed on or after that date.
	367	+	12.10Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.74, is amended to read:
	368	+	12.11 609.74 PUBLIC NUISANCE.
	369	+	12.12 (a) Whoever by an act or failure to perform a legal duty intentionally does any of the
	370	+	12.13following is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, which is a misdemeanor:
	371	+	12.14 (1) maintains or permits a condition which unreasonably annoys, injures or endangers
	372	+	12.15the safety, health, morals, comfort, or repose of any considerable number of members of
	373	+	12.16the public; or
	374	+	12.17 (2) except as provided in paragraph (b), interferes with, obstructs, or renders dangerous
	375	+	12.18for passage, any public highway or right-of-way, or waters used by the public; or
	376	+	12.19 (3) is guilty of any other act or omission declared by law to be a public nuisance and for
	377	+	12.20which no sentence is specifically provided.
	378	+	12.21 (b) It is a gross misdemeanor for a person to interfere with or obstruct traffic that is
	379	+	12.22entering, exiting, or on a freeway or entering, exiting, or on a public roadway within the
	380	+	12.23boundaries of airport property with the intent to interfere with, obstruct, or otherwise disrupt
	381	+	12.24traffic. This paragraph does not apply to the actions of law enforcement or other emergency
	382	+	12.25responders, road or airport authorities, or utility officials, or their agents, employees, or
	383	+	12.26contractors when carrying out duties imposed by law or contract. For purposes of this
	384	+	12.27paragraph, "airport" means an airport that has a control tower and airline service, and
	385	+	12.28"freeway" means any section of a divided highway where the only access and egress for
	386	+	12.29vehicular traffic is from entrance and exit ramps.
	387	+	12.30 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
	388	+	12.31committed on or after that date.
	389	+	12Sec. 15.
	390	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 13.1 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.855, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
	391	+	13.2 Subd. 2.Unlawful interference with transit operator.(a) Whoever intentionally
	392	+	13.3commits an act that interferes with or obstructs, or tends to interfere with or obstruct, the
	393	+	13.4operation of a transit vehicle is guilty of unlawful interference with a transit operator a crime
	394	+	13.5and may be sentenced as provided in paragraph (c).
	395	+	13.6 (b) An act that is committed on a transit vehicle that distracts the driver from the safe
	396	+	13.7operation of the vehicle, restricts passenger access to the transit vehicle, or that endangers
	397	+	13.8passengers is a violation of this subdivision if an authorized transit representative has clearly
	398	+	13.9warned the person once to stop the act.
	399	+	13.10 (c) A person who violates this subdivision may be sentenced as follows:
	400	+	13.11 (1) to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more
	401	+	13.12than $5,000, or both, if the violation was accompanied by force or violence or a
	402	+	13.13communication of a threat of force or violence; or
	403	+	13.14 (2) to imprisonment for not more than 90 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more
	404	+	13.15than $1,000 $3,000, or both, if the violation was not accompanied by force or violence or
	405	+	13.16a communication of a threat of force or violence.
	406	+	13.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
	407	+	13.18committed on or after that date.
	408	+	13.19Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626A.35, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
	409	+	13.20 Subd. 2b.Exception; stolen motor vehicles.(a) The prohibition under subdivision 1
	410	+	13.21does not apply to the use of a mobile tracking device on a stolen motor vehicle when:
	411	+	13.22 (1) the consent of the owner of the vehicle has been obtained; or
	412	+	13.23 (2) the owner of the motor vehicle has reported to law enforcement that the vehicle is
	413	+	13.24stolen, and the vehicle is occupied when the tracking device is installed and the stolen
	414	+	13.25vehicle is not on private property.
	415	+	13.26 (b) Within 24 12 hours of a tracking device being attached to a vehicle pursuant to the
	416	+	13.27authority granted in paragraph (a), clause (2), an officer employed by the agency that attached
	417	+	13.28the tracking device to the vehicle must remove the device, disable the device, or obtain a
	418	+	13.29search warrant granting approval to continue to use the device in the investigation.
	419	+	13.30 (c) A peace officer employed by the agency that attached a tracking device to a stolen
	420	+	13.31motor vehicle must remove the tracking device if the vehicle is recovered and returned to
	421	+	13.32the owner.
	422	+	13Sec. 17.
	423	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 14.1 (d) Any tracking device evidence collected after the motor vehicle is returned to the
	424	+	14.2owner is inadmissible.
	425	+	14.3 (e) When a peace officer attaches a tracking device to a stolen vehicle pursuant to
	426	+	14.4paragraph (a), clause (2), the peace officer must prepare a report that includes the evidence
	427	+	14.5relied upon to establish the vehicle was reported stolen, the date and time the device was
	428	+	14.6attached to the vehicle, the method used to attach the device to the vehicle, the duration for
	429	+	14.7which the tracking device was attached to the vehicle, and an explanation of how the device
	430	+	14.8impacted the outcome of the investigation. Reports created under this paragraph must be
	431	+	14.9retained as part of the criminal investigation file.
	432	+	14.10 (f) By August 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, the chief law enforcement officer of an
	433	+	14.11agency that obtains a search warrant under paragraph (b), must provide notice to the
	434	+	14.12superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension of the number of search warrants
	435	+	14.13the agency obtained under this subdivision in the preceding 12 months. The superintendent
	436	+	14.14must provide a summary of the data received pursuant to this paragraph in the bureau's
	437	+	14.15biennial report to the legislature required under section 299C.18.
	438	+	14.16Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 626A.35, is amended by adding a subdivision
	439	+	14.17to read:
	440	+	14.18 Subd. 2c.Exception; fleeing motor vehicles.The prohibition under subdivision 1 does
	441	+	14.19not apply to the use of a mobile tracking device on a fleeing motor vehicle. For purposes
	442	+	14.20of this subdivision, "flee" has the meaning given in section 609.487, subdivision 1.
	443	+	14.21Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.53, is amended to read:
	444	+	14.22 629.53 PROVIDING RELEASE ON BAIL; COMMITMENT .
	445	+	14.23 A person charged with a criminal offense may be released with or without bail in
	446	+	14.24accordance with rule 6.02 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure. Money bail is the property
	447	+	14.25of the accused, whether deposited by that person or by a third person on the accused's behalf.
	448	+	14.26When money bail is accepted by a judge, that judge shall order it to be deposited with the
	449	+	14.27court administrator and shall notify the agency having custody of the arrested or detained
	450	+	14.28person or the agency's designee that money bail has been posted, the amount posted, and,
	451	+	14.29if the arrested or detained person is being held in custody for a crime against a person listed
	452	+	14.30in section 611A.031 or a crime of violence as defined in section 629.725, the identity of the
	453	+	14.31person or entity that posted the bail. The court administrator shall retain it until the final
	454	+	14.32disposition of the case and the final order of the court disposing of the case. Upon release,
	455	+	14.33the amount released must be paid to the accused personally or upon that person's written
	456	+	14Sec. 19.
	457	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 15.1order. In case of conviction, the judge may order the money bail deposit to be applied to
	458	+	15.2any fine or restitution imposed on the defendant by the court and, if the fine or restitution
	459	+	15.3is less than the deposit, order the balance to be paid to the defendant. Money bail deposited
	460	+	15.4with the court or any officer of it is exempt from garnishment or levy under attachment or
	461	+	15.5execution.
	462	+	15.6 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.67, is amended to read:
	463	+	15.7 629.67 SURETIES ON BOND, RECOGNIZANCE, OR UNDERTAKING;
	464	+	15.8AFFIDAVITS REQUIRED.
	465	+	15.9 (a) A personal surety upon any bond, recognizance, or undertaking given to secure the
	466	+	15.10appearance of a defendant in a criminal case shall make an affidavit, to be attached to the
	467	+	15.11bond, recognizance, or undertaking, stating:
	468	+	15.12 (1) the surety's full name;
	469	+	15.13 (2) the surety's residence and post office address;
	470	+	15.14 (3) whether or not the affiant is surety upon any other bond, recognizance, or undertaking
	471	+	15.15in any criminal case, and, if so, stating the name of the principal, the amount of each
	472	+	15.16obligation, and the court in which the obligation was given; and
	473	+	15.17 (4) the legal description of all real property owned by the surety and specifying as to
	474	+	15.18each parcel of property its fair market value, what liens or encumbrances, if any, exist on
	475	+	15.19it, and whether or not the property is the surety's homestead or is otherwise exempt from
	476	+	15.20execution. The court may require the surety to disclose all or some of the surety's personal
	477	+	15.21property by affidavit as required for real property.
	478	+	15.22 (b) The court may, in its discretion, by written order endorsed on the bond, recognizance,
	479	+	15.23or undertaking, dispense with the affidavit disclosing the surety's real or personal property,
	480	+	15.24or any part of it, if the court is satisfied that the surety is worth the amount necessary to act
	481	+	15.25as surety on the bond, recognizance or undertaking to secure the defendant in a criminal
	482	+	15.26case and is not a professional or habitual bonding agent in criminal cases.
	483	+	15.27 (c) The court shall provide the agency having custody of a defendant in a criminal case
	484	+	15.28who is charged with a crime against a person listed in section 611A.031 or a crime of
	485	+	15.29violence as defined in section 629.725 with a copy of the affidavit identified in paragraph
	486	+	15.30(a).
	487	+	15.31 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
	488	+	15Sec. 20.
	489	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT 16.1 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.70, is amended to read:
	490	+	16.2 629.70 AUTHORIZED CORPORATE BONDS AND RECOGNIZANCES.
	491	+	16.3 A defendant required to give a bond, recognizance, or undertaking to secure an appearance
	492	+	16.4in a criminal case may choose to give a surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking executed
	493	+	16.5by a corporation authorized by law to execute bonds, recognizances, or undertakings.
	494	+	16.6However, the amount of the bond, recognizance, or undertaking as fixed by the court must
	495	+	16.7be the same regardless of the kind of bond, recognizance, or undertaking given. When a
	496	+	16.8corporation authorized by law to execute bonds, recognizances, or undertakings has given
	497	+	16.9a surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking on behalf of a defendant charged with a crime
	498	+	16.10against a person listed in section 611A.031 or a crime of violence as defined in section
	499	+	16.11629.725, the court shall notify the agency having custody of the defendant or the agency's
	500	+	16.12designee that a surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking has been given; the amount of
	501	+	16.13the surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking; and the identity of the person or entity that
	502	+	16.14posted the surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking.
	503	+	16.15 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
	504	+	16.16Sec. 22. SEARCHABLE PUBLIC DATABASE; APPROPRIATION.
	505	+	16.17 $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general
	506	+	16.18fund to the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission to develop and maintain a publicly
	507	+	16.19searchable database pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 244.09, subdivision 6a. The
	508	+	16.20base for this appropriation is $....... in fiscal year 2028 and thereafter.
	509	+	16Sec. 22.
	510	+	REVISOR KLL H0007-2HF7 SECOND ENGROSSMENT