SF 1224

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 02/11/2025 03:51 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; modifying the fleeing a peace officer crime; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 171.174; 609.487, subdivisions 3, 5, by adding
a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 171.174, is amended to read:

171.174 REVOCATION; FLEEING PEACE OFFICER OFFENSE.

The commissioner of public safety shall revoke the license of a person upon receipt of
a certificate of conviction showing that the person has in a motor vehicle violated section
609.487, subdivision 3 new text begin , 3a, new text end or 4, or an ordinance in conformity with those subdivisions. The
commissioner shall revoke the license as follows:

deleted text begin (1) for the first offense under section 609.487, subdivision 3, for not less than one year;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (2) deleted text end new text begin (1) new text end for the second offense or subsequent offenses under section 609.487, subdivision
3, for not less than deleted text begin three years deleted text end new text begin one year new text end ;

new text begin (2) for an offense under section 609.487, subdivision 3a, for not less than two years;
new text end

(3) for an offense under section 609.487, subdivision 4, clause (a), for not less than ten
years;

(4) for an offense under section 609.487, subdivision 4, clause (b), for not less than
seven years; and

(5) for an offense under section 609.487, subdivision 4, clause (c), for not less than five
years.

deleted text begin A limited license under section 171.30 may not be issued for one-half of the revocation
period specified in clauses (1) to (5) and after that period is over only upon and as
recommended by the adjudicating court.
deleted 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.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.487, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Fleeing officer; motor vehicle.

Whoever by means of a motor vehicle flees
or attempts to flee a peace officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty,
and the perpetrator knows or should reasonably know the same to be a peace officer, is
guilty of a deleted text begin felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years and
one day or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both deleted text end new text begin gross misdemeanor 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. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.487, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 3a. new text end

new text begin Fleeing an officer; motor vehicle; culpable negligence. new text end

new text begin Whoever, by means
of a motor vehicle, flees or attempts to flee a peace officer who is acting in the lawful
discharge of an official duty, and the perpetrator knows or should reasonably know the same
to be a peace officer, and who in the course of fleeing operates the vehicle in a culpably
negligent manner whereby the perpetrator creates an unreasonable risk and consciously
takes chances of causing death or great bodily harm to another, is guilty of a felony and
may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of
not more than $5,000, 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. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.487, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Revocation; fleeing peace officer offense.

When a person is convicted of
operating a motor vehicle in violation of subdivision deleted text begin 3 deleted text end new text begin 3a new text end or 4 new text begin , or a second or subsequent
violation of subdivision 3 new text end , or an ordinance in conformity with those subdivisions, the court
shall notify the commissioner of public safety and order the commissioner to revoke the
driver's license of the person.

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