1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; amending the offense of unintentional murder in the 
1.3 	second degree to include cases involving the violation of protective orders issued 
1.4 	in certain additional jurisdictions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 
1.5 	609.19, subdivision 2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.19, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.Unintentional murders. Whoever does either of the following is guilty of 
1.9 	unintentional murder in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not 
1.10 	more than 40 years:
1.11 	(1) causes the death of a human being, without intent to effect the death of any person, 
1.12 	while committing or attempting to commit a felony offense other than criminal sexual 
1.13 	conduct in the first or second degree with force or violence or a drive-by shooting; or
1.14 	(2) causes the death of a human being without intent to effect the death of any person, 
1.15 	while intentionally inflicting or attempting to inflict bodily harm upon the victim, when the 
1.16 	perpetrator is restrained under an order for protection and the victim is a person designated 
1.17 	to receive protection under the order. As used in this clause, "order for protection" includes 
1.18 	an order for protection issued under chapter 518B; a harassment restraining order issued 
1.19 	under section 609.748; a court order setting conditions of pretrial release or conditions of 
1.20 	a criminal sentence or juvenile court disposition; a restraining order issued in a marriage 
1.21 	dissolution action; and any order issued by a court of another state or of, the United States, 
1.22 	the District of Columbia, Tribal Lands, United States territories, Canada, or a Canadian 
1.23 	province that is similar to any of these orders.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to crimes 
2.2 	committed on or after that date.