| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to public safety; modifying the treatment of water pipe fluid in the |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 controlled substances laws; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 152.021, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 subdivision 2; 152.022, subdivision 2; 152.023, subdivision 2; 152.025, subdivision |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 2. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.021, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 2.Possession crimes.(a) A person is guilty of a controlled substance crime in |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9the first degree if: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (1) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (2) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 25 grams |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine and: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (i) the person or an accomplice possesses on their person or within immediate reach, or |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15uses, whether by brandishing, displaying, threatening with, or otherwise employing, a |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16firearm; or |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (ii) the offense involves two aggravating factors; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (3) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 25 grams |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19or more, or 100 dosage units or more, containing heroin or fentanyl; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (4) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 500 grams |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21or more containing a narcotic drug other than cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, or methamphetamine; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-04138 as introduced02/19/25 REVISOR KLL/CH |
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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. 1905NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: OUMOU VERBETEN and Seeberger) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading02/27/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1 (5) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 500 grams |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2or more containing amphetamine, phencyclidine, or hallucinogen or, if the controlled |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3substance is packaged in dosage units, equaling 500 or more dosage units; or |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4 (6) the person unlawfully possesses: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5 (i) 50 kilograms or more of cannabis flower; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6 (ii) ten kilograms or more of cannabis concentrate; or |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7 (iii) edible cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, hemp-derived consumer |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.8products, or any combination of those infused with more than one kilogram of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.9tetrahydrocannabinols. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.10 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the weight of fluid used in a water pipe may |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.11not be considered in measuring the weight of a mixture except in cases where the mixture |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.12contains four or more fluid ounces of fluid. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.13 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.14 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.022, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.15 Subd. 2.Possession crimes.(a) A person is guilty of controlled substance crime in the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.16second degree if: |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.17 (1) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 25 grams |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.18or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine; |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.19 (2) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of ten grams |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.20or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine and: |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.21 (i) the person or an accomplice possesses on their person or within immediate reach, or |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.22uses, whether by brandishing, displaying, threatening with, or otherwise employing, a |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.23firearm; or |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.24 (ii) the offense involves three aggravating factors; |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.25 (3) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of six grams |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.26or more, or 50 dosage units or more, containing heroin or fentanyl; |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.27 (4) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.28or more containing a narcotic drug other than cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, or methamphetamine; |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.29 (5) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.30or more containing amphetamine, phencyclidine, or hallucinogen or, if the controlled |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2.31substance is packaged in dosage units, equaling 100 or more dosage units; or |
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| 61 | 61 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 62 | 62 | | 25-04138 as introduced02/19/25 REVISOR KLL/CH 3.1 (6) the person unlawfully possesses: |
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| 63 | 63 | | 3.2 (i) 25 kilograms or more of cannabis flower; |
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| 64 | 64 | | 3.3 (ii) five kilograms or more of cannabis concentrate; or |
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| 65 | 65 | | 3.4 (iii) edible cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, hemp-derived consumer |
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| 66 | 66 | | 3.5products, or any combination of those infused with more than 500 grams of |
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| 67 | 67 | | 3.6tetrahydrocannabinols. |
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| 68 | 68 | | 3.7 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the weight of fluid used in a water pipe may |
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| 69 | 69 | | 3.8not be considered in measuring the weight of a mixture except in cases where the mixture |
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| 70 | 70 | | 3.9contains four or more fluid ounces of fluid. |
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| 71 | 71 | | 3.10 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 72 | 72 | | 3.11 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.023, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 73 | 73 | | 3.12 Subd. 2.Possession crimes.(a) A person is guilty of controlled substance crime in the |
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| 74 | 74 | | 3.13third degree if: |
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| 75 | 75 | | 3.14 (1) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses |
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| 76 | 76 | | 3.15one or more mixtures of a total weight of ten grams or more containing a narcotic drug other |
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| 77 | 77 | | 3.16than heroin or fentanyl; |
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| 78 | 78 | | 3.17 (2) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses |
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| 79 | 79 | | 3.18one or more mixtures of: (i) a total weight of three grams or more containing heroin; or (ii) |
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| 80 | 80 | | 3.19a total weight of five grams or more, or 25 dosage units or more, containing fentanyl; |
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| 81 | 81 | | 3.20 (3) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses |
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| 82 | 82 | | 3.21one or more mixtures containing a narcotic drug other than heroin or fentanyl, it is packaged |
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| 83 | 83 | | 3.22in dosage units, and equals 50 or more dosage units; |
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| 84 | 84 | | 3.23 (4) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses |
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| 85 | 85 | | 3.24any amount of a schedule I or II narcotic drug or five or more dosage units of lysergic acid |
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| 86 | 86 | | 3.25diethylamide (LSD), 3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine, or |
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| 87 | 87 | | 3.263,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine in a school zone, a park zone, a public housing zone, |
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| 88 | 88 | | 3.27or a drug treatment facility; |
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| 89 | 89 | | 3.28 (5) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses: |
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| 90 | 90 | | 3.29 (i) more than ten kilograms of cannabis flower; |
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| 91 | 91 | | 3.30 (ii) more than two kilograms of cannabis concentrate; or |
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| 92 | 92 | | 3Sec. 3. |
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| 93 | 93 | | 25-04138 as introduced02/19/25 REVISOR KLL/CH 4.1 (iii) edible cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, hemp-derived consumer |
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| 94 | 94 | | 4.2products, or any combination of those infused with more than 200 grams of |
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| 95 | 95 | | 4.3tetrahydrocannabinol; or |
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| 96 | 96 | | 4.4 (6) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures containing methamphetamine |
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| 97 | 97 | | 4.5or amphetamine in a school zone, a park zone, a public housing zone, or a drug treatment |
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| 98 | 98 | | 4.6facility. |
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| 99 | 99 | | 4.7 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the weight of fluid used in a water pipe may |
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| 100 | 100 | | 4.8not be considered in measuring the weight of a mixture except in cases where the mixture |
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| 101 | 101 | | 4.9contains four or more fluid ounces of fluid. |
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| 102 | 102 | | 4.10 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 103 | 103 | | 4.11 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.025, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 104 | 104 | | 4.12 Subd. 2.Possession and other crimes.(a) A person is guilty of controlled substance |
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| 105 | 105 | | 4.13crime in the fifth degree and upon conviction may be sentenced as provided in subdivision |
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| 106 | 106 | | 4.144 if: |
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| 107 | 107 | | 4.15 (1) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures containing a controlled |
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| 108 | 108 | | 4.16substance classified in Schedule I, II, III, or IV, except cannabis flower, cannabis products, |
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| 109 | 109 | | 4.17lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products or a residual amount of |
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| 110 | 110 | | 4.18one or more mixtures of controlled substances contained in drug paraphernalia; or |
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| 111 | 111 | | 4.19 (2) the person procures, attempts to procure, possesses, or has control over a controlled |
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| 112 | 112 | | 4.20substance by any of the following means: |
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| 113 | 113 | | 4.21 (i) fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; |
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| 114 | 114 | | 4.22 (ii) using a false name or giving false credit; or |
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| 115 | 115 | | 4.23 (iii) falsely assuming the title of, or falsely representing any person to be, a manufacturer, |
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| 116 | 116 | | 4.24wholesaler, pharmacist, physician, doctor of osteopathic medicine licensed to practice |
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| 117 | 117 | | 4.25medicine, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, or other authorized person for the purpose of |
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| 118 | 118 | | 4.26obtaining a controlled substance. |
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| 119 | 119 | | 4.27 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, a mixture does not include the fluid used in a |
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| 120 | 120 | | 4.28water pipe or any amount of a controlled substance classified in Schedule I, II, III, or IV, |
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| 121 | 121 | | 4.29that is dissolved in the pipe's fluid. |
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| 122 | 122 | | 4.30 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 123 | 123 | | 4Sec. 4. |
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| 124 | 124 | | 25-04138 as introduced02/19/25 REVISOR KLL/CH |
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