| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to public safety; providing enhanced criminal penalty for certain violations |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 of coercion crime that proximately cause great bodily harm or death of victim; |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 providing for public awareness campaign; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 section 609.27, subdivision 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 609.27, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 2.Sentence.(a) Whoever violates subdivision 1 may be sentenced as follows: |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 (1) to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10$1,000, or both if neither the pecuniary gain received by the violator nor the loss suffered |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11by the person threatened or another as a result of the threat exceeds $300, or the benefits |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12received or harm sustained are not susceptible of pecuniary measurement; or |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (2) to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14than $10,000, or both, if such pecuniary gain or loss is more than $300 but less than $2,500; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15or |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (3) to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17$20,000, or both, if such pecuniary gain or loss is $2,500, or more. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (b) A person who violates subdivision 1, clause (6), may be sentenced as provided in |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19paragraph (a). If the violation is the proximate cause of the victim suffering great bodily |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20harm or death, the person is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21not more than 15 years, or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, or both. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-01251 as introduced12/17/24 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. 281NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: LANG and Maye Quade) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading01/21/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to crimes |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2committed on or after that date. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3 Sec. 2. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4 The commissioner of public safety, in consultation with the commissioner of education, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5shall conduct a public awareness campaign to educate the public and in particular students |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6in elementary, middle, and secondary schools of the change in law under section 1. This |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7campaign must be conducted by September 15, 2025, and reconducted on a biennial basis. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 25-01251 as introduced12/17/24 REVISOR KLL/CH |
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