| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to public safety; expanding driver's license suspensions to include all cases |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 where a person is believed to have committed criminal vehicular homicide or |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 criminal vehicular operation; requiring peace officers to report all cases where a |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 person is believed to have committed criminal vehicular homicide or criminal |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 vehicular operation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.187, |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 subdivisions 1, 3; 629.344. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.187, subdivision 1, is amended to read: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 Subdivision 1.Suspension required.The commissioner shall suspend the driver's license |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11of a person: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (1) for whom a peace officer has made the certification described in section 629.344 |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13that probable cause exists to believe that the person violated section 609.2112, subdivision |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.141, paragraph (a), clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6); 609.2113, subdivision 1, clause (2), (3), (4), |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15(5), or (6); subdivision 2, clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6); or subdivision 3, clause (2), (3), |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16(4), (5), or (6); or 609.2114, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6), or |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17subdivision 2, clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6); or |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (2) who has been formally charged with a violation of section 609.20, 609.205, 609.2112, |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19609.2113, or 609.2114, resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21certifications made on or after that date. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-01424 as introduced12/17/24 REVISOR KLL/BM |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 1373NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: LIMMER) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading02/13/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.187, subdivision 3, is amended to read: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2 Subd. 3.Credit.If a person whose driver's license was suspended under subdivision 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3is later convicted of the underlying offense that resulted in the suspension and the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4commissioner revokes the person's license, the commissioner shall credit the time accrued |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5under the suspension period toward the revocation period imposed under section 171.17, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6subdivision 4, or for violations of section 609.20, or 609.205, or 609.2112, subdivision 1, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7paragraph (a), clause (1), (7), or (8); 609.2113, subdivision 1, clause (1), (7), or (8); |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.8subdivision 2, clause (1), (7), or (8); or subdivision 3, clause (1), (7), or (8); or 609.2114, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.9subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), (7), or (8), or subdivision 2, clause (1), (7), or (8). |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.10 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.11 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 629.344, is amended to read: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.12 629.344 CRIMINAL VEHICULAR OPERATION AND MANSLAUGHTER; |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.13CERTIFICATION OF PROBABLE CAUSE BY PEACE OFFICER. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.14 If a peace officer determines that probable cause exists to believe that a person has |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.15violated section 609.2112, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6); |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.16609.2113, subdivision 1, clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6); subdivision 2, clause (2), (3), (4), |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.17(5), or (6); or subdivision 3, clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6); or 609.2114, subdivision 1, |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.18paragraph (a), clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6); or subdivision 2, clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.19(6), the officer shall certify this determination and notify the commissioner of public safety. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.21determinations by a peace officer that probable cause exists made on or after that date. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2Sec. 3. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 25-01424 as introduced12/17/24 REVISOR KLL/BM |
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