HF 3749

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/13/2024 03:51pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; providing enhanced criminal penalty for certain violations
of coercion crime that proximately cause great bodily harm or death of victim;
providing for public awareness campaign; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022,
section 609.27, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.27, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Sentence.

new text begin (a) new text end Whoever violates subdivision 1 may be sentenced as follows:

(1) to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than
$1,000, or both if neither the pecuniary gain received by the violator nor the loss suffered
by the person threatened or another as a result of the threat exceeds $300, or the benefits
received or harm sustained are not susceptible of pecuniary measurement; or

(2) to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more
than $10,000, or both, if such pecuniary gain or loss is more than $300 but less than $2,500;
or

(3) to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than
$20,000, or both, if such pecuniary gain or loss is $2,500, or more.

new text begin (b) A person who violates subdivision 1, clause (6), may be sentenced as provided in
paragraph (a). If the violation is the proximate cause of the victim suffering great bodily
harm or death, the person is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for
not more than 15 years, or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, or both.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of public safety, in consultation with the commissioner of education,
shall conduct a public awareness campaign to educate the public and in particular students
in elementary, middle, and secondary schools of the change in law under section 1. This
campaign must be conducted by September 15, 2024, and reconducted on a biennial basis.
new text end