Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF1224 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to public safety; modifying the fleeing a peace officer crime; amending
3	3	1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.174; 609.487, subdivisions 3, 5, by adding
4	4	1.4 a subdivision.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.174, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 171.174 REVOCATION; FLEEING PEACE OFFICER OFFENSE.
8	8	1.8 The commissioner of public safety shall revoke the license of a person upon receipt of
9	9	1.9a certificate of conviction showing that the person has in a motor vehicle violated section
10	10	1.10609.487, subdivision 3, 3a, or 4, or an ordinance in conformity with those subdivisions. The
11	11	1.11commissioner shall revoke the license as follows:
12	12	1.12 (1) for the first offense under section 609.487, subdivision 3, for not less than one year;
13	13	1.13 (2) (1) for the second offense or subsequent offenses under section 609.487, subdivision
14	14	1.143, for not less than three years one year;
15	15	1.15 (2) for an offense under section 609.487, subdivision 3a, for not less than two years;
16	16	1.16 (3) for an offense under section 609.487, subdivision 4, clause (a), for not less than ten
17	17	1.17years;
18	18	1.18 (4) for an offense under section 609.487, subdivision 4, clause (b), for not less than
19	19	1.19seven years; and
20	20	1.20 (5) for an offense under section 609.487, subdivision 4, clause (c), for not less than five
21	21	1.21years.
22	22	1Section 1.
23	23	25-03115 as introduced02/03/25 REVISOR KLL/CH
24	24	SENATE
25	25	STATE OF MINNESOTA
26	26	S.F. No. 1224NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
27	27	(SENATE AUTHORS: LATZ)
28	28	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
29	29	Introduction and first reading02/10/2025
30	30	Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1A limited license under section 171.30 may not be issued for one-half of the revocation
31	31	2.2period specified in clauses (1) to (5) and after that period is over only upon and as
32	32	2.3recommended by the adjudicating court.
33	33	2.4 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
34	34	2.5committed on or after that date.
35	35	2.6 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.487, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
36	36	2.7 Subd. 3.Fleeing officer; motor vehicle.Whoever by means of a motor vehicle flees
37	37	2.8or attempts to flee a peace officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty,
38	38	2.9and the perpetrator knows or should reasonably know the same to be a peace officer, is
39	39	2.10guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years and
40	40	2.11one day or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both gross misdemeanor.
41	41	2.12 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
42	42	2.13committed on or after that date.
43	43	2.14 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.487, is amended by adding a subdivision to
44	44	2.15read:
45	45	2.16 Subd. 3a.Fleeing an officer; motor vehicle; culpable negligence.Whoever, by means
46	46	2.17of a motor vehicle, flees or attempts to flee a peace officer who is acting in the lawful
47	47	2.18discharge of an official duty, and the perpetrator knows or should reasonably know the same
48	48	2.19to be a peace officer, and who in the course of fleeing operates the vehicle in a culpably
49	49	2.20negligent manner whereby the perpetrator creates an unreasonable risk and consciously
50	50	2.21takes chances of causing death or great bodily harm to another, is guilty of a felony and
51	51	2.22may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of
52	52	2.23not more than $5,000, or both.
53	53	2.24 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
54	54	2.25committed on or after that date.
55	55	2.26 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.487, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
56	56	2.27 Subd. 5.Revocation; fleeing peace officer offense.When a person is convicted of
57	57	2.28operating a motor vehicle in violation of subdivision 3 3a or 4, or a second or subsequent
58	58	2.29violation of subdivision 3, or an ordinance in conformity with those subdivisions, the court
59	59	2.30shall notify the commissioner of public safety and order the commissioner to revoke the
60	60	2.31driver's license of the person.
61	61	2Sec. 4.
62	62	25-03115 as introduced02/03/25 REVISOR KLL/CH 3.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
63	63	3.2committed on or after that date.
64	64	3Sec. 4.
65	65	25-03115 as introduced02/03/25 REVISOR KLL/CH