Minnesota Senate Bill SF638 Latest Draft

                            1.1	A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to public safety; prohibiting being in a stolen motor vehicle; imposing​
1.3 criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.52, by adding​
1.4 a subdivision.​
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.52, is amended by adding a subdivision​
1.7to read:​
1.8 Subd. 2a.Illegal presence in a stolen motor vehicle.(a) A person who enters into or​
1.9is found in a motor vehicle that the person knows or has reason to know was taken or stolen​
1.10in violation of subdivision 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor.​
1.11 (b) A person who violates paragraph (a) after being previously convicted or adjudicated​
1.12delinquent for violating paragraph (a) is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.​
1.13 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes​
1.14committed on or after that date.​
1​Section 1.​
25-00788 as introduced​11/27/24 REVISOR KLL/BM​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 638​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: DUCKWORTH, Kreun, Gustafson, Housley and Coleman)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​01/27/2025​
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety​