Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF3372 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to public safety; increasing criminal penalties for swatting; amending
3	3	1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 244.05, subdivision 4; 609.78, subdivisions 2a,
4	4	1.4 2c.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.05, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subd. 4.Minimum imprisonment, life sentence.(a) An inmate serving a mandatory
8	8	1.8life sentence under section 609.106, subdivision 2, or 609.3455, subdivision 2, paragraph
9	9	1.9(a), must not be given supervised release under this section.
10	10	1.10 (b) Except as provided in paragraph (f), an inmate serving a mandatory life sentence
11	11	1.11under section 609.185, paragraph (a), clause (3), (5), or (6), or section 609.2661, clause (3),
12	12	1.12or 609.78, subdivision 2a; or Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109, subdivision 3, must
13	13	1.13not be given supervised release under this section without having served a minimum term
14	14	1.14of 30 years.
15	15	1.15 (c) Except as provided in paragraph (f), an inmate serving a mandatory life sentence
16	16	1.16under section 609.385 must not be given supervised release under this section without having
17	17	1.17served a minimum term of imprisonment of 17 years.
18	18	1.18 (d) An inmate serving a mandatory life sentence under section 609.3455, subdivision 3
19	19	1.19or 4, must not be given supervised release under this section without having served the
20	20	1.20minimum term of imprisonment specified by the court in its sentence.
21	21	1.21 (e) An inmate serving a mandatory life sentence under section 609.106, subdivision 3,
22	22	1.22or 609.3455, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), must not be given supervised release under this
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	25-05396 as introduced04/03/25 REVISOR KLL/KR
25	25	SENATE
26	26	STATE OF MINNESOTA
27	27	S.F. No. 3372NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
28	28	(SENATE AUTHORS: LIESKE, Lucero, Coleman, Wesenberg and Housley)
29	29	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
30	30	Introduction and first reading04/10/2025
31	31	Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1section without having served a minimum term of imprisonment specified in subdivision
32	32	2.24b.
33	33	2.3 (f) An inmate serving a mandatory life sentence for a crime described in paragraph (b)
34	34	2.4or (c) who was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense must not
35	35	2.5be given supervised release under this section without having served a minimum term of
36	36	2.6imprisonment specified in subdivision 4b.
37	37	2.7 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
38	38	2.8committed on or after that date.
39	39	2.9 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.78, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
40	40	2.10 Subd. 2a.Felony offense; reporting fictitious emergency resulting in serious
41	41	2.11injury.Whoever violates subdivision 2, clause (2), is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced
42	42	2.12as follows:
43	43	2.13 (1) to life imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more
44	44	2.14than $20,000, or both, if the call triggers an emergency response and, as a result of the
45	45	2.15response, someone suffers great bodily harm or death; or
46	46	2.16 (2) to imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than
47	47	2.17$30,000, or both, if the call triggers an emergency response and, as a result of the response,
48	48	2.18someone suffers great bodily harm; or
49	49	2.19 (2) (3) to imprisonment of for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not
50	50	2.20more than $10,000, or both, if the call triggers an emergency response and as a result of the
51	51	2.21response, someone suffers substantial bodily harm.
52	52	2.22 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
53	53	2.23committed on or after that date.
54	54	2.24 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.78, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
55	55	2.25 Subd. 2c.Felony offense; reporting fictitious emergency resulting in response to
56	56	2.26the home of certain officials.Whoever violates subdivision 2, clause (2), is guilty of a
57	57	2.27felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year ten years or to
58	58	2.28payment of a fine of not more than $5,000 $20,000, or both, if the person places the call
59	59	2.29with the intent of prompting an emergency response to the home of:
60	60	2.30 (1) an elected official;
61	61	2.31 (2) a judge as defined in section 609.221, subdivision 6, clause (5);
62	62	2Sec. 3.
63	63	25-05396 as introduced04/03/25 REVISOR KLL/KR 3.1 (3) a prosecuting attorney as defined in section 609.221, subdivision 6, clause (4);
64	64	3.2 (4) an employee of a correctional facility as defined in section 241.021, subdivision 1i;
65	65	3.3or
66	66	3.4 (5) a peace officer as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c).
67	67	3.5 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
68	68	3.6committed on or after that date.
69	69	3Sec. 3.
70	70	25-05396 as introduced04/03/25 REVISOR KLL/KR