1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; establishing the crime of providing material support or 
1.3 	resources for terrorism; providing criminal penalties;proposing coding for new 
1.4 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [609.4955] PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RESOURCES FOR 
1.7 	TERRORISM OR TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
1.9 	the meanings given.
1.10 	(b) "Designated foreign terrorist organization" means an organization designated as a 
1.11 	terrorist organization by the United States Secretary of State pursuant to United States Code, 
1.12 	title 8, section 1189.
1.13 	(c) "Material support or resources" means any property, tangible or intangible, or service, 
1.14 	including currency or monetary instruments or financial securities, financial services, lodging, 
1.15 	training, expert advice or assistance, safe houses, false documentation or identification, 
1.16 	communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel, 
1.17 	or transportation. Material support or resources does not include medicine or religious 
1.18 	materials.
1.19 	(d) "Terrorism" has the meaning given in United States Code, title 22, section 2656f, 
1.20 	paragraph (d), clause (2).
1.21 	(e) "Terrorist activity" has the meaning given in United States Code, title 8, section 
1.22 	1182, paragraph (a), clause (3), subpart (B), item (iii).
2.1 		Subd. 2.Providing material support or resources prohibited. A person who provides 
2.2 	material support or resources to an organization knowing that the organization is a designated 
2.3 	foreign terrorist organization or that the organization has engaged in terrorist activity or 
2.4 	terrorism is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 3.
2.5 		Subd. 3.Penalty. (a) A person who violates subdivision 2 may be sentenced to 
2.6 	imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, 
2.7 	or both.
2.8 	(b) A person who violates subdivision 2 may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more 
2.9 	than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, or both, if the violation is 
2.10 	a substantial factor in the victim suffering great bodily harm.
2.11 	(c) A person who violates subdivision 2 may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more 
2.12 	than 40 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $100,000, or both, if the violation is 
2.13 	a substantial factor in causing the death of a human being.

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