1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; amending grounds for recall of state officials;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 211C.01, subdivision 4.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 211C.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 4.Serious crime. (a) "Serious crime" means:
1.7 	(1) a crime that is punished as a felony, as defined in section 609.02;
1.8 	(2) a crime that is punished as a gross misdemeanor, as defined in section 609.02, and 
1.9 	that involves assault, intentional injury or threat of injury to person or public safety, 
1.10 	dishonesty, harassment, aggravated driving while intoxicated, coercion, obstruction of 
1.11 	justice, or the sale or possession of controlled substances.; and
1.12 	(b) "Serious crime" also means (3) a crime that is punished as a misdemeanor, as defined 
1.13 	in section 609.02, and that involves assault, intentional injury or threat of injury to person 
1.14 	or public safety, dishonesty, coercion, obstruction of justice, or the sale or possession of 
1.15 	controlled substances.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
1.17 	applies to recall petitions initiated on or after that date.