1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crime; providing for the crime of digital picture and recording 
1.3 	misrepresentation;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.4 	609.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [609.8915] DIGITAL PICTURE AND RECORDING 
1.7 	MISREPRESENTATION.
1.8 	(a) A person is guilty of digital picture and recording misrepresentation if the person 
1.9 	intentionally alters a digital picture or recording of another person or owned by another 
1.10 	person:
1.11 	(1) without obtaining the subject person's or owner's consent;
1.12 	(2) with the intent to cause a recipient of the altered digital picture or recording to 
1.13 	reasonably believe that the subject person or owner authorized or transmitted the digital 
1.14 	picture or recording by a means including, at a minimum, email, text message, or posting 
1.15 	on the Internet; and
1.16 	(3) with the intent to harm, defraud, or maliciously misrepresent:
1.17 	(i) the subject person or owner; or
1.18 	(ii) an event presented, attended, or both, by the subject person or owner, or personal or 
1.19 	real property owned by the subject person or owner.
1.20 	(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes 
2.2 	committed on or after that date.