SF 3847
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/24/2026 10:33 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; expanding definition of crime of violence to include
certain animal cruelty offenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
624.712, subdivision 5.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.712, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Crime of violence.
"Crime of violence" means: felony convictions of the
following offenses: sections 609.185 (murder in the first degree); 609.19 (murder in the
second degree); 609.195 (murder in the third degree); 609.20 (manslaughter in the first
degree); 609.205 (manslaughter in the second degree); 609.215 (aiding suicide and aiding
attempted suicide); 609.221 (assault in the first degree); 609.222 (assault in the second
degree); 609.223 (assault in the third degree); 609.2231 (assault in the fourth degree);
609.224 (assault in the fifth degree); 609.2242 (domestic assault); 609.2247 (domestic
assault by strangulation); 609.229 (crimes committed for the benefit of a gang); 609.235
(use of drugs to injure or facilitate crime); 609.24 (simple robbery); 609.245 (aggravated
robbery); 609.247 (carjacking); 609.25 (kidnapping); 609.255 (false imprisonment); 609.322
(solicitation, inducement, and promotion of prostitution; sex trafficking); 609.342 (criminal
sexual conduct in the first degree); 609.343 (criminal sexual conduct in the second degree);
609.344 (criminal sexual conduct in the third degree); 609.345 (criminal sexual conduct in
the fourth degree); 609.377 (malicious punishment of a child); 609.378 (neglect or
endangerment of a child); 609.486 (commission of crime while wearing or possessing a
bullet-resistant vest); 609.52 (involving theft of a firearm and theft involving the theft of a
controlled substance, an explosive, or an incendiary device); 609.561 (arson in the first
degree); 609.562 (arson in the second degree); 609.582, subdivision 1 or 2 (burglary in the
first and second degrees); 609.66, subdivision 1e (drive-by shooting); 609.67 (unlawfully
owning, possessing, operating a machine gun or short-barreled shotgun); 609.71 (riot);
609.713 (terroristic threats); 609.749 (harassment); new text begin and new text end 609.855, subdivision 5 (shooting
at a public transit vehicle or facility); deleted text begin and chapterdeleted text end new text begin chaptersnew text end 152 (drugs, controlled substances);
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This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
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