1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; increasing the maximum penalty and requiring predatory 
1.3 	offender registration for certain invasion of privacy crimes involving minors; 
1.4 	increasing penalties for child pornography offenses; requiring written justification 
1.5 	for court-imposed stays of adjudication for sex offenses; expanding criminal sexual 
1.6 	conduct offenses for persons in current or recent positions of authority over 
1.7 	juveniles and for peace officers who engage in sexual activity with those in custody; 
1.8 	eliminating the voluntary relationship defense for criminal sexual conduct crimes; 
1.9 	eliminating the exclusion from fifth degree criminal sexual conduct for 
1.10 	nonconsensual, intentional touching of another person's clothed buttock;amending 
1.11 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 243.166, subdivision 1b; 609.095; 609.341, 
1.12 	subdivision 10; 609.342, subdivision 1; 609.343, subdivision 1; 609.344, 
1.13 	subdivision 1; 609.345, subdivision 1; 609.3451, subdivision 1; 609.746, 
1.14 	subdivision 1; 617.246, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 7; 617.247, subdivisions 3, 4, 9; 
1.15 	repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.349.
1.16 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.17 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 243.166, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
1.18 		Subd. 1b.Registration required. (a) A person shall register under this section if:
1.19 	(1) the person was charged with or petitioned for a felony violation of or attempt to 
1.20 	violate, or aiding, abetting, or conspiracy to commit, any of the following, and convicted 
1.21 	of or adjudicated delinquent for that offense or another offense arising out of the same set 
1.22 	of circumstances:
1.23 	(i) murder under section 609.185, paragraph (a), clause (2);
1.24 	(ii) kidnapping under section 609.25;
1.25 	(iii) criminal sexual conduct under section 609.342; 609.343; 609.344; 609.345; 609.3451, 
1.26 	subdivision 3; or 609.3453; or
2.1 	(iv) indecent exposure under section 617.23, subdivision 3; or
2.2 	(v) surreptitious intrusion under the circumstances described in section 609.746, 
2.3 	subdivision 1, paragraph (f);
2.4 	(2) the person was charged with or petitioned for a violation of, or attempt to violate, or 
2.5 	aiding, abetting, or conspiring to commit criminal abuse in violation of section 609.2325, 
2.6 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b); false imprisonment in violation of section 609.255, subdivision 
2.7 	2; solicitation, inducement, or promotion of the prostitution of a minor or engaging in the 
2.8 	sex trafficking of a minor in violation of section 609.322; a prostitution offense in violation 
2.9 	of section 609.324, subdivision 1, paragraph (a); soliciting a minor to engage in sexual 
2.10 	conduct in violation of section 609.352, subdivision 2 or 2a, clause (1); using a minor in a 
2.11 	sexual performance in violation of section 617.246; or possessing pornographic work 
2.12 	involving a minor in violation of section 617.247, and convicted of or adjudicated delinquent 
2.13 	for that offense or another offense arising out of the same set of circumstances;
2.14 	(3) the person was sentenced as a patterned sex offender under section 609.3455, 
2.15 	subdivision 3a; or
2.16 	(4) the person was charged with or petitioned for, including pursuant to a court martial, 
2.17 	violating a law of the United States, including the Uniform Code of Military Justice, similar 
2.18 	to the offenses described in clause (1), (2), or (3), and convicted of or adjudicated delinquent 
2.19 	for that offense or another offense arising out of the same set of circumstances.
2.20 	(b) A person also shall register under this section if:
2.21 	(1) the person was charged with or petitioned for an offense in another state that would 
2.22 	be a violation of a law described in paragraph (a) if committed in this state and convicted 
2.23 	of or adjudicated delinquent for that offense or another offense arising out of the same set 
2.24 	of circumstances;
2.25 	(2) the person enters this state to reside, work, or attend school, or enters this state and 
2.26 	remains for 14 days or longer; and
2.27 	(3) ten years have not elapsed since the person was released from confinement or, if the 
2.28 	person was not confined, since the person was convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for 
2.29 	the offense that triggers registration, unless the person is subject to a longer registration 
2.30 	period under the laws of another state in which the person has been convicted or adjudicated, 
2.31 	or is subject to lifetime registration.
2.32 	If a person described in this paragraph is subject to a longer registration period in another 
2.33 	state or is subject to lifetime registration, the person shall register for that time period 
3.1 	regardless of when the person was released from confinement, convicted, or adjudicated 
3.2 	delinquent.
3.3 	(c) A person also shall register under this section if the person was committed pursuant 
3.4 	to a court commitment order under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 253B.185, chapter 
3.5 	253D, Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 526.10, or a similar law of another state or the 
3.6 	United States, regardless of whether the person was convicted of any offense.
3.7 	(d) A person also shall register under this section if:
3.8 	(1) the person was charged with or petitioned for a felony violation or attempt to violate 
3.9 	any of the offenses listed in paragraph (a), clause (1), or a similar law of another state or 
3.10 	the United States, or the person was charged with or petitioned for a violation of any of the 
3.11 	offenses listed in paragraph (a), clause (2), or a similar law of another state or the United 
3.12 	States;
3.13 	(2) the person was found not guilty by reason of mental illness or mental deficiency 
3.14 	after a trial for that offense, or found guilty but mentally ill after a trial for that offense, in 
3.15 	states with a guilty but mentally ill verdict; and
3.16 	(3) the person was committed pursuant to a court commitment order under section 
3.17 	253B.18 or a similar law of another state or the United States.

3.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
3.19 	committed on or after that date.

3.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.095, is amended to read:
3.21 	609.095 LIMITS OF SENTENCES.
3.22 	(a) The legislature has the exclusive authority to define crimes and offenses and the 
3.23 	range of the sentences or punishments for their violation. No other or different sentence or 
3.24 	punishment shall be imposed for the commission of a crime than is authorized by this chapter 
3.25 	or other applicable law.
3.26 	(b) Except as provided in section 152.18 or 609.375, or upon agreement of the parties, 
3.27 	a court may not refuse to adjudicate the guilt of a defendant who tenders a guilty plea in 
3.28 	accordance with Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 15, or who has been found 
3.29 	guilty by a court or jury following a trial. A decision by the court to issue a stay of 
3.30 	adjudication under this paragraph for a charge of violating section 243.166, 609.342, 609.343, 
3.31 	609.344, 609.345, 609.3451, subdivision 3, or 609.3453, must be justified in writing and 
3.32 	on the record.
4.1 	(c) Paragraph (b) does not supersede Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 26.04.

4.2 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
4.3 	committed on or after that date.

4.4 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.341, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
4.5 		Subd. 10.Current or recent position of authority. "Current or recent position of 
4.6 	authority" includes but is not limited to any person who is a parent or acting in the place of 
4.7 	a parent and charged with or assumes any of a parent's rights, duties or responsibilities to 
4.8 	a child, or a person who is charged with or assumes any duty or responsibility for the health, 
4.9 	welfare, or supervision of a child, either independently or through another, no matter how 
4.10 	brief, at the time of or within 120 days immediately preceding the act. For the purposes of 
4.11 	subdivision 11, "position of authority" includes a psychotherapist.

4.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
4.13 	committed on or after that date.

4.14 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.342, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
4.15 		Subdivision 1.Crime defined. A person who engages in sexual penetration with another 
4.16 	person, or in sexual contact with a person under 13 years of age as defined in section 609.341, 
4.17 	subdivision 11, paragraph (c), is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree if any 
4.18 	of the following circumstances exists:
4.19 	(a) the complainant is under 13 years of age and the actor is more than 36 months older 
4.20 	than the complainant. Neither mistake as to the complainant's age nor consent to the act by 
4.21 	the complainant is a defense;
4.22 	(b) the complainant is at least 13 years of age but less than 16 years of age and the actor 
4.23 	is more than 48 months older than the complainant and in a current or recent position of 
4.24 	authority over the complainant. Neither mistake as to the complainant's age nor consent to 
4.25 	the act by the complainant is a defense;
4.26 	(c) circumstances existing at the time of the act cause the complainant to have a 
4.27 	reasonable fear of imminent great bodily harm to the complainant or another;
4.28 	(d) the actor is armed with a dangerous weapon or any article used or fashioned in a 
4.29 	manner to lead the complainant to reasonably believe it to be a dangerous weapon and uses 
4.30 	or threatens to use the weapon or article to cause the complainant to submit;
5.1 	(e) the actor causes personal injury to the complainant, and either of the following 
5.2 	circumstances exist:
5.3 	(i) the actor uses force or coercion to accomplish sexual penetration; or
5.4 	(ii) the actor knows or has reason to know that the complainant is mentally impaired, 
5.5 	mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless;
5.6 	(f) the actor is aided or abetted by one or more accomplices within the meaning of section 
5.7 	609.05, and either of the following circumstances exists:
5.8 	(i) an accomplice uses force or coercion to cause the complainant to submit; or
5.9 	(ii) an accomplice is armed with a dangerous weapon or any article used or fashioned 
5.10 	in a manner to lead the complainant reasonably to believe it to be a dangerous weapon and 
5.11 	uses or threatens to use the weapon or article to cause the complainant to submit;
5.12 	(g) the actor has a significant relationship to the complainant and the complainant was 
5.13 	under 16 years of age at the time of the sexual penetration. Neither mistake as to the 
5.14 	complainant's age nor consent to the act by the complainant is a defense; or
5.15 	(h) the actor has a significant relationship to the complainant, the complainant was under 
5.16 	16 years of age at the time of the sexual penetration, and:
5.17 	(i) the actor or an accomplice used force or coercion to accomplish the penetration;
5.18 	(ii) the complainant suffered personal injury; or
5.19 	(iii) the sexual abuse involved multiple acts committed over an extended period of time.
5.20 	Neither mistake as to the complainant's age nor consent to the act by the complainant is 
5.21 	a defense.

5.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
5.23 	committed on or after that date.

5.24 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.343, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
5.25 		Subdivision 1.Crime defined. A person who engages in sexual contact with another 
5.26 	person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree if any of the following 
5.27 	circumstances exists:
5.28 	(a) the complainant is under 13 years of age and the actor is more than 36 months older 
5.29 	than the complainant. Neither mistake as to the complainant's age nor consent to the act by 
5.30 	the complainant is a defense. In a prosecution under this clause, the state is not required to 
5.31 	prove that the sexual contact was coerced;
6.1 	(b) the complainant is at least 13 but less than 16 years of age and the actor is more than 
6.2 	48 months older than the complainant and in a current or recent position of authority over 
6.3 	the complainant. Neither mistake as to the complainant's age nor consent to the act by the 
6.4 	complainant is a defense;
6.5 	(c) circumstances existing at the time of the act cause the complainant to have a 
6.6 	reasonable fear of imminent great bodily harm to the complainant or another;
6.7 	(d) the actor is armed with a dangerous weapon or any article used or fashioned in a 
6.8 	manner to lead the complainant to reasonably believe it to be a dangerous weapon and uses 
6.9 	or threatens to use the dangerous weapon to cause the complainant to submit;
6.10 	(e) the actor causes personal injury to the complainant, and either of the following 
6.11 	circumstances exist:
6.12 	(i) the actor uses force or coercion to accomplish the sexual contact; or
6.13 	(ii) the actor knows or has reason to know that the complainant is mentally impaired, 
6.14 	mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless;
6.15 	(f) the actor is aided or abetted by one or more accomplices within the meaning of section 
6.16 	609.05, and either of the following circumstances exists:
6.17 	(i) an accomplice uses force or coercion to cause the complainant to submit; or
6.18 	(ii) an accomplice is armed with a dangerous weapon or any article used or fashioned 
6.19 	in a manner to lead the complainant to reasonably believe it to be a dangerous weapon and 
6.20 	uses or threatens to use the weapon or article to cause the complainant to submit;
6.21 	(g) the actor has a significant relationship to the complainant and the complainant was 
6.22 	under 16 years of age at the time of the sexual contact. Neither mistake as to the complainant's 
6.23 	age nor consent to the act by the complainant is a defense; or
6.24 	(h) the actor has a significant relationship to the complainant, the complainant was under 
6.25 	16 years of age at the time of the sexual contact, and:
6.26 	(i) the actor or an accomplice used force or coercion to accomplish the contact;
6.27 	(ii) the complainant suffered personal injury; or
6.28 	(iii) the sexual abuse involved multiple acts committed over an extended period of time.
6.29 	Neither mistake as to the complainant's age nor consent to the act by the complainant is 
6.30 	a defense.

7.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
7.2 	committed on or after that date.

7.3 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.344, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
7.4 		Subdivision 1.Crime defined. A person who engages in sexual penetration with another 
7.5 	person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree if any of the following 
7.6 	circumstances exists:
7.7 	(a) the complainant is under 13 years of age and the actor is no more than 36 months 
7.8 	older than the complainant. Neither mistake as to the complainant's age nor consent to the 
7.9 	act by the complainant shall be a defense;
7.10 	(b) the complainant is at least 13 but less than 16 years of age and the actor is more than 
7.11 	24 months older than the complainant. In any such case if the actor is no more than 120 
7.12 	months older than the complainant, it shall be an affirmative defense, which must be proved 
7.13 	by a preponderance of the evidence, that the actor reasonably believes the complainant to 
7.14 	be 16 years of age or older. In all other cases, mistake as to the complainant's age shall not 
7.15 	be a defense. Consent by the complainant is not a defense;
7.16 	(c) the actor uses force or coercion to accomplish the penetration;
7.17 	(d) the actor knows or has reason to know that the complainant is mentally impaired, 
7.18 	mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless;
7.19 	(e) the complainant is at least 16 but less than 18 years of age and the actor is more than 
7.20 	48 months older than the complainant and in a current or recent position of authority over 
7.21 	the complainant. Neither mistake as to the complainant's age nor consent to the act by the 
7.22 	complainant is a defense;
7.23 	(f) the actor has a significant relationship to the complainant and the complainant was 
7.24 	at least 16 but under 18 years of age at the time of the sexual penetration. Neither mistake 
7.25 	as to the complainant's age nor consent to the act by the complainant is a defense;
7.26 	(g) the actor has a significant relationship to the complainant, the complainant was at 
7.27 	least 16 but under 18 years of age at the time of the sexual penetration, and:
7.28 	(i) the actor or an accomplice used force or coercion to accomplish the penetration;
7.29 	(ii) the complainant suffered personal injury; or
7.30 	(iii) the sexual abuse involved multiple acts committed over an extended period of time.
8.1 	Neither mistake as to the complainant's age nor consent to the act by the complainant is 
8.2 	a defense;
8.3 	(h) the actor is a psychotherapist and the complainant is a patient of the psychotherapist 
8.4 	and the sexual penetration occurred:
8.5 	(i) during the psychotherapy session; or
8.6 	(ii) outside the psychotherapy session if an ongoing psychotherapist-patient relationship 
8.7 	exists.
8.8 	Consent by the complainant is not a defense;
8.9 	(i) the actor is a psychotherapist and the complainant is a former patient of the 
8.10 	psychotherapist and the former patient is emotionally dependent upon the psychotherapist;
8.11 	(j) the actor is a psychotherapist and the complainant is a patient or former patient and 
8.12 	the sexual penetration occurred by means of therapeutic deception. Consent by the 
8.13 	complainant is not a defense;
8.14 	(k) the actor accomplishes the sexual penetration by means of deception or false 
8.15 	representation that the penetration is for a bona fide medical purpose. Consent by the 
8.16 	complainant is not a defense;
8.17 	(1) the actor is or purports to be a member of the clergy, the complainant is not married 
8.18 	to the actor, and:
8.19 	(i) the sexual penetration occurred during the course of a meeting in which the 
8.20 	complainant sought or received religious or spiritual advice, aid, or comfort from the actor 
8.21 	in private; or
8.22 	(ii) the sexual penetration occurred during a period of time in which the complainant 
8.23 	was meeting on an ongoing basis with the actor to seek or receive religious or spiritual 
8.24 	advice, aid, or comfort in private. Consent by the complainant is not a defense;
8.25 	(m) the actor is an employee, independent contractor, or volunteer of a state, county, 
8.26 	city, or privately operated adult or juvenile correctional system, or secure treatment facility, 
8.27 	or treatment facility providing services to clients civilly committed as mentally ill and 
8.28 	dangerous, sexually dangerous persons, or sexual psychopathic personalities, including, but 
8.29 	not limited to, jails, prisons, detention centers, or work release facilities, and the complainant 
8.30 	is a resident of a facility or under supervision of the correctional system. Consent by the 
8.31 	complainant is not a defense;
9.1 	(n) the actor provides or is an agent of an entity that provides special transportation 
9.2 	service, the complainant used the special transportation service, and the sexual penetration 
9.3 	occurred during or immediately before or after the actor transported the complainant. Consent 
9.4 	by the complainant is not a defense; or
9.5 	(o) the actor performs massage or other bodywork for hire, the complainant was a user 
9.6 	of one of those services, and nonconsensual sexual penetration occurred during or 
9.7 	immediately before or after the actor performed or was hired to perform one of those services 
9.8 	for the complainant.; or
9.9 	(p) the actor is a peace officer, as defined in section 626.84, and the officer physically 
9.10 	or constructively restrains the complainant or the complainant does not reasonably feel free 
9.11 	to leave the officer's presence. Consent by the complainant is not a defense. This paragraph 
9.12 	does not apply to any penetration of the mouth, genitals, or anus during a lawful search.

9.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
9.14 	committed on or after that date.

9.15 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.345, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.16 		Subdivision 1.Crime defined. A person who engages in sexual contact with another 
9.17 	person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree if any of the following 
9.18 	circumstances exists:
9.19 	(a) the complainant is under 13 years of age and the actor is no more than 36 months 
9.20 	older than the complainant. Neither mistake as to the complainant's age or consent to the 
9.21 	act by the complainant is a defense. In a prosecution under this clause, the state is not 
9.22 	required to prove that the sexual contact was coerced;
9.23 	(b) the complainant is at least 13 but less than 16 years of age and the actor is more than 
9.24 	48 months older than the complainant or in a current or recent position of authority over 
9.25 	the complainant. Consent by the complainant to the act is not a defense. In any such case, 
9.26 	if the actor is no more than 120 months older than the complainant, it shall be an affirmative 
9.27 	defense which must be proved by a preponderance of the evidence that the actor reasonably 
9.28 	believes the complainant to be 16 years of age or older. In all other cases, mistake as to the 
9.29 	complainant's age shall not be a defense;
9.30 	(c) the actor uses force or coercion to accomplish the sexual contact;
9.31 	(d) the actor knows or has reason to know that the complainant is mentally impaired, 
9.32 	mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless;
10.1 	(e) the complainant is at least 16 but less than 18 years of age and the actor is more than 
10.2 	48 months older than the complainant and in a current or recent position of authority over 
10.3 	the complainant. Neither mistake as to the complainant's age nor consent to the act by the 
10.4 	complainant is a defense;
10.5 	(f) the actor has a significant relationship to the complainant and the complainant was 
10.6 	at least 16 but under 18 years of age at the time of the sexual contact. Neither mistake as to 
10.7 	the complainant's age nor consent to the act by the complainant is a defense;
10.8 	(g) the actor has a significant relationship to the complainant, the complainant was at 
10.9 	least 16 but under 18 years of age at the time of the sexual contact, and:
10.10 	(i) the actor or an accomplice used force or coercion to accomplish the contact;
10.11 	(ii) the complainant suffered personal injury; or
10.12 	(iii) the sexual abuse involved multiple acts committed over an extended period of time.
10.13 	Neither mistake as to the complainant's age nor consent to the act by the complainant is 
10.14 	a defense;
10.15 	(h) the actor is a psychotherapist and the complainant is a patient of the psychotherapist 
10.16 	and the sexual contact occurred:
10.17 	(i) during the psychotherapy session; or
10.18 	(ii) outside the psychotherapy session if an ongoing psychotherapist-patient relationship 
10.19 	exists. Consent by the complainant is not a defense;
10.20 	(i) the actor is a psychotherapist and the complainant is a former patient of the 
10.21 	psychotherapist and the former patient is emotionally dependent upon the psychotherapist;
10.22 	(j) the actor is a psychotherapist and the complainant is a patient or former patient and 
10.23 	the sexual contact occurred by means of therapeutic deception. Consent by the complainant 
10.24 	is not a defense;
10.25 	(k) the actor accomplishes the sexual contact by means of deception or false representation 
10.26 	that the contact is for a bona fide medical purpose. Consent by the complainant is not a 
10.27 	defense;
10.28 	(1) the actor is or purports to be a member of the clergy, the complainant is not married 
10.29 	to the actor, and:
10.30 	(i) the sexual contact occurred during the course of a meeting in which the complainant 
10.31 	sought or received religious or spiritual advice, aid, or comfort from the actor in private; or
11.1 	(ii) the sexual contact occurred during a period of time in which the complainant was 
11.2 	meeting on an ongoing basis with the actor to seek or receive religious or spiritual advice, 
11.3 	aid, or comfort in private. Consent by the complainant is not a defense;
11.4 	(m) the actor is an employee, independent contractor, or volunteer of a state, county, 
11.5 	city, or privately operated adult or juvenile correctional system, or secure treatment facility, 
11.6 	or treatment facility providing services to clients civilly committed as mentally ill and 
11.7 	dangerous, sexually dangerous persons, or sexual psychopathic personalities, including, but 
11.8 	not limited to, jails, prisons, detention centers, or work release facilities, and the complainant 
11.9 	is a resident of a facility or under supervision of the correctional system. Consent by the 
11.10 	complainant is not a defense;
11.11 	(n) the actor provides or is an agent of an entity that provides special transportation 
11.12 	service, the complainant used the special transportation service, the complainant is not 
11.13 	married to the actor, and the sexual contact occurred during or immediately before or after 
11.14 	the actor transported the complainant. Consent by the complainant is not a defense; or
11.15 	(o) the actor performs massage or other bodywork for hire, the complainant was a user 
11.16 	of one of those services, and nonconsensual sexual contact occurred during or immediately 
11.17 	before or after the actor performed or was hired to perform one of those services for the 
11.18 	complainant.; or
11.19 	(p) the actor is a peace officer, as defined in section 626.84, and the officer physically 
11.20 	or constructively restrains the complainant or the complainant does not reasonably feel free 
11.21 	to leave the officer's presence. Consent by the complainant is not a defense.

11.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
11.23 	committed on or after that date.

11.24 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.3451, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.25 		Subdivision 1.Crime defined. A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the fifth 
11.26 	degree:
11.27 	(1) if the person engages in nonconsensual sexual contact; or
11.28 	(2) the person engages in masturbation or lewd exhibition of the genitals in the presence 
11.29 	of a minor under the age of 16, knowing or having reason to know the minor is present.
11.30 	For purposes of this section, "sexual contact" has the meaning given in section 609.341, 
11.31 	subdivision 11, paragraph (a), clauses (i), (iv), and (v), but does not include the intentional 
11.32 	touching of the clothing covering the immediate area of the buttocks. Sexual contact also 
12.1 	includes the intentional removal or attempted removal of clothing covering the complainant's 
12.2 	intimate parts or undergarments, and the nonconsensual touching by the complainant of the 
12.3 	actor's intimate parts, effected by the actor, if the action is performed with sexual or 
12.4 	aggressive intent.

12.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
12.6 	committed on or after that date.

12.7 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.746, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
12.8 		Subdivision 1.Surreptitious intrusion; observation device. (a) A person is guilty of 
12.9 	a gross misdemeanor who:
12.10 	(1) enters upon another's property;
12.11 	(2) surreptitiously gazes, stares, or peeps in the window or any other aperture of a house 
12.12 	or place of dwelling of another; and
12.13 	(3) does so with intent to intrude upon or interfere with the privacy of a member of the 
12.14 	household.
12.15 	(b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who:
12.16 	(1) enters upon another's property;
12.17 	(2) surreptitiously installs or uses any device for observing, photographing, recording, 
12.18 	amplifying, or broadcasting sounds or events through the window or any other aperture of 
12.19 	a house or place of dwelling of another; and
12.20 	(3) does so with intent to intrude upon or interfere with the privacy of a member of the 
12.21 	household.
12.22 	(c) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who:
12.23 	(1) surreptitiously gazes, stares, or peeps in the window or other aperture of a sleeping 
12.24 	room in a hotel, as defined in section 327.70, subdivision 3, a tanning booth, or other place 
12.25 	where a reasonable person would have an expectation of privacy and has exposed or is 
12.26 	likely to expose their intimate parts, as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 5, or the 
12.27 	clothing covering the immediate area of the intimate parts; and
12.28 	(2) does so with intent to intrude upon or interfere with the privacy of the occupant.
12.29 	(d) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who:
12.30 	(1) surreptitiously installs or uses any device for observing, photographing, recording, 
12.31 	amplifying, or broadcasting sounds or events through the window or other aperture of a 
13.1 	sleeping room in a hotel, as defined in section 327.70, subdivision 3, a tanning booth, or 
13.2 	other place where a reasonable person would have an expectation of privacy and has exposed 
13.3 	or is likely to expose their intimate parts, as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 5, or 
13.4 	the clothing covering the immediate area of the intimate parts; and
13.5 	(2) does so with intent to intrude upon or interfere with the privacy of the occupant.
13.6 	(e) A person is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more 
13.7 	than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both, if the person:
13.8 	(1) violates this subdivision after a previous conviction under this subdivision or section 
13.9 	609.749; or
13.10 	(2) violates this subdivision against a minor under the age of 18, knowing or having 
13.11 	reason to know that the minor is present.
13.12 	(f) A person is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more 
13.13 	than four years or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both, if: (1) the person 
13.14 	violates paragraph (b) or (d) against a minor victim under the age of 18; (2) the person is 
13.15 	more than 36 months older than the minor victim; (3) the person knows or has reason to 
13.16 	know that the minor victim is present; and (4) the violation is committed with sexual intent.
13.17 	(g) Paragraphs (b) and (d) do not apply to law enforcement officers or corrections 
13.18 	investigators, or to those acting under their direction, while engaged in the performance of 
13.19 	their lawful duties. Paragraphs (c) and (d) do not apply to conduct in: (1) a medical facility; 
13.20 	or (2) a commercial establishment if the owner of the establishment has posted conspicuous 
13.21 	signs warning that the premises are under surveillance by the owner or the owner's employees.

13.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
13.23 	committed on or after that date.

13.24 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 617.246, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
13.25 		Subd. 2.Use of minor. (a) It is unlawful for a person to promote, employ, use or permit 
13.26 	a minor to engage in or assist others to engage minors in posing or modeling alone or with 
13.27 	others in any sexual performance or pornographic work if the person knows or has reason 
13.28 	to know that the conduct intended is a sexual performance or a pornographic work.
13.29 	Any person who violates this subdivisionparagraph is guilty of a felony and may be 
13.30 	sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more 
13.31 	than $20,000 for the first offense and $40,000 for a second or subsequent offense, or both.
14.1 	(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to 
14.2 	imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $40,000, 
14.3 	or both, if:
14.4 	(1) the person has a prior conviction or delinquency adjudication for violating this section 
14.5 	or section 617.247;
14.6 	(2) the violation occurs when the person is a registered predatory offender under section 
14.7 	243.166; or
14.8 	(3) the violation involved a minor under the age of 13 years.

14.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
14.10 	committed on or after that date.

14.11 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 617.246, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
14.12 		Subd. 3.Operation or ownership of business. (a) A person who owns or operates a 
14.13 	business in which a pornographic work, as defined in this section, is disseminated to an 
14.14 	adult or a minor or is reproduced, and who knows the content and character of the 
14.15 	pornographic work disseminated or reproduced, is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced 
14.16 	to imprisonment for not more than ten years, or to payment of a fine of not more than 
14.17 	$20,000 for the first offense and $40,000 for a second or subsequent offense, or both.
14.18 	(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to 
14.19 	imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $40,000, 
14.20 	or both, if:
14.21 	(1) the person has a prior conviction or delinquency adjudication for violating this section 
14.22 	or section 617.247;
14.23 	(2) the violation occurs when the person is a registered predatory offender under section 
14.24 	243.166; or
14.25 	(3) the violation involved a minor under the age of 13 years.

14.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
14.27 	committed on or after that date.

14.28 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 617.246, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
14.29 		Subd. 4.Dissemination. (a) A person who, knowing or with reason to know its content 
14.30 	and character, disseminates for profit to an adult or a minor a pornographic work, as defined 
14.31 	in this section, is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more 
15.1 	than ten years, or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000 for the first offense and 
15.2 	$40,000 for a second or subsequent offense, or both.
15.3 	(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to 
15.4 	imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $40,000, 
15.5 	or both, if:
15.6 	(1) the person has a prior conviction or delinquency adjudication for violating this section 
15.7 	or section 617.247;
15.8 	(2) the violation occurs when the person is a registered predatory offender under section 
15.9 	243.166; or
15.10 	(3) the violation involved a minor under the age of 13 years.

15.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
15.12 	committed on or after that date.

15.13 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 617.246, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
15.14 		Subd. 7.Conditional release term. Notwithstanding the statutory maximum sentence 
15.15 	otherwise applicable to the offense or any provision of the sentencing guidelines, when a 
15.16 	court commits a person to the custody of the commissioner of corrections for violating this 
15.17 	section, the court shall provide that after the person has been released from prison, the 
15.18 	commissioner shall place the person on conditional release for five years. If the person has 
15.19 	previously been convicted of a violation of this section, section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 
15.20 	609.345, 609.3451, 609.3453, or 617.247, or any similar statute of the United States, this 
15.21 	state, or any state, the commissioner shall place the person on conditional release for ten
15.22 	15 years. The terms of conditional release are governed by section 609.3455, subdivision 
15.23 	8.

15.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
15.25 	committed on or after that date.

15.26 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 617.247, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
15.27 		Subd. 3.Dissemination prohibited. (a) A person who disseminates pornographic work 
15.28 	to an adult or a minor, knowing or with reason to know its content and character, is guilty 
15.29 	of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than seven years andor to 
15.30 	payment of a fine of not more than $10,000 for a first offense and for not more than 15 
15.31 	years and a fine of not more than $20,000 for a second or subsequent offense, or both.
16.1 	(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to 
16.2 	imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, 
16.3 	or both, if:
16.4 	(1) the person has a prior conviction or delinquency adjudication for violating this section 
16.5 	or section 617.246;
16.6 	(2) the violation occurs when the person is a registered predatory offender under section 
16.7 	243.166; or
16.8 	(3) the violation involved a minor under the age of 13 years.

16.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
16.10 	committed on or after that date.

16.11 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 617.247, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
16.12 		Subd. 4.Possession prohibited. (a) A person who possesses a pornographic work or a 
16.13 	computer disk or computer or other electronic, magnetic, or optical storage system or a 
16.14 	storage system of any other type, containing a pornographic work, knowing or with reason 
16.15 	to know its content and character, is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment 
16.16 	for not more than five years andor to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000 for a first 
16.17 	offense and for not more than ten years and a fine of not more than $10,000 for a second 
16.18 	or subsequent offense, or both.
16.19 	(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to 
16.20 	imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, 
16.21 	or both, if:
16.22 	(1) the person has a prior conviction or delinquency adjudication for violating this section 
16.23 	or section 617.246;
16.24 	(2) the violation occurs when the person is a registered predatory offender under section 
16.25 	243.166; or
16.26 	(3) the violation involved a minor under the age of 13 years.

16.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
16.28 	committed on or after that date.

16.29 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 617.247, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
16.30 		Subd. 9.Conditional release term. Notwithstanding the statutory maximum sentence 
16.31 	otherwise applicable to the offense or any provision of the sentencing guidelines, when a 
17.1 	court commits a person to the custody of the commissioner of corrections for violating this 
17.2 	section, the court shall provide that after the person has been released from prison, the 
17.3 	commissioner shall place the person on conditional release for five years. If the person has 
17.4 	previously been convicted of a violation of this section, section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 
17.5 	609.345, 609.3451, 609.3453, or 617.246, or any similar statute of the United States, this 
17.6 	state, or any state, the commissioner shall place the person on conditional release for ten
17.7 	15 years. The terms of conditional release are governed by section 609.3455, subdivision 
17.8 	8.

17.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
17.10 	committed on or after that date.

17.11 	Sec. 17. SENTENCING GUIDELINES MODIFICATION.
 17.12 	The Sentencing Guidelines Commission shall comprehensively review and consider 
17.13 	modifying how the Sentencing Guidelines and the sex offender grid address the crimes 
17.14 	described in Minnesota Statutes, sections 617.246 and 617.247, as compared to similar 
17.15 	crimes, including other sex offenses and other offenses with similar maximum penalties.

17.16 	Sec. 18.  REPEALER.
 17.17 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.349, is repealed.

17.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
17.19 	committed on or after that date.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 19-1019 

609.349 VOLUNTARY RELATIONSHIPS.
A person does not commit criminal sexual conduct under sections 609.342, clauses (a) and (b), 609.343, clauses (a) and (b), 609.344, clauses (a), (b), (d), (e), and (n), and 609.345, clauses (a), (b), (d), (e), and (n), if the actor and complainant were adults cohabiting in an ongoing voluntary sexual relationship at the time of the alleged offense, or if the complainant is the actor's legal spouse, unless the couple is living apart and one of them has filed for legal separation or dissolution of the marriage. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or restrain the prosecution for any other offense committed by one legal spouse against the other.