1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; clarifying eligibility for certain expungements or
1.3 resentencings involving past cannabis crimes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
1.4 section 609A.06, subdivision 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609A.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 3.Eligibility; cannabis offense.(a) A person is eligible for an expungement or
1.8resentencing to a lesser offense if:
1.9 (1) the person was convicted of, or adjudication was stayed for, a violation of any of the
1.10following a first-, second-, third-, fourth-, or fifth-degree controlled substance crime involving
1.11the sale or possession of marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols:
1.12 (i) section 152.021, subdivision 1, clause (6);
1.13 (ii) section 152.021, subdivision 2, clause (6);
1.14 (iii) section 152.022, subdivision 1, clause (5), or clause (7), item (iii);
1.15 (iv) section 152.022, subdivision 2, clause (6);
1.16 (v) section 152.023, subdivision 1, clause (5);
1.17 (vi) section 152.023, subdivision 2, clause (5);
1.18 (vii) section 152.024, subdivision (4); or
1.19 (viii) section 152.025, subdivision 2, clause (1) under Minnesota Statutes 2023
1.20Supplement, sections 152.021, 152.022, 152.023, 152.024, or 152.025, or a previous version
1.21of those statutes;
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 204NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: PORT, Oumou Verbeten and Klein)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading01/16/2025
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1 (2) the offense did not involve a dangerous weapon, the intentional infliction of bodily
2.2harm on another, an attempt to inflict bodily harm on another, or an act committed with the
2.3intent to cause fear in another of immediate bodily harm or death;
2.4 (3) the act on which the charge was based would either be a lesser offense or no longer
2.5be a crime after August 1, 2023; and
2.6 (4) the person did not appeal the conviction, any appeal was denied, or the deadline to
2.7file an appeal has expired.
2.8 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, a "lesser offense" means a nonfelony offense if the
2.9person was charged with a felony.
2.10 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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