Minnesota SF 281: Science-based health care information provided to patients; informed consent requirements before abortions may be performed repeal

Status: Author added Kent (as of 2018-04-23)

State: Minnesota · Session: 2017-2018 · Bill: SF 281

Subjects: Abortion, Human Services and Human Services Department

Sponsors: Klein, Kent, Lourey, Marty, Pappas

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to public safety; providing enhanced criminal penalty for certain violations​
1.3 of coercion crime that proximately cause great bodily harm or death of victim;​
1.4 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.27, subdivision 2.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.27, subdivision 2, is amended to read:​
1.7 Subd. 2.Sentence.(a) Whoever violates subdivision 1 may be sentenced as follows:​
1.8 (1) to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than​
1.9 $1,000, or both if neither the pecuniary gain received by the violator nor the loss suffered​
1.10 by the person threatened or another as a result of the threat exceeds $300, or the benefits​
1.11 received or harm sustained are not susceptible of pecuniary measurement; or​
1.12 (2) to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more​
1.13 than $10,000, or both, if such pecuniary gain or loss is more than $300 but less than $2,500;​
1.14 or​
1.15 (3) to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than​
1.16 $20,000, or both, if such pecuniary gain or loss is $2,500, or more.​
1.17 (b) A person who violates subdivision 1, clause (6), may be sentenced to imprisonment​
1.18 for not more than ten years, or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both, if​
1.19 the violation is a substantial factor in the victim suffering great bodily harm.​
1.20 (c) A person who violates subdivision 1, clause (6), may be sentenced to imprisonment​
1.21 for not more than 15 years, or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, or both, if the​
1.22 violation is a substantial factor in the victim suffering death.​
1​Section 1.​
S0281-1 1st Engrossment​SF281 REVISOR VH​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 281​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: LANG, Maye Quade and Gustafson)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​110​01/21/2025​
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety​
Author added Gustafson​673​03/06/2025​
Comm report: To pass as amended​7219a​04/07/2026​
Second reading​7904​
Referred to for comparison with HF2358​
Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders HF2358, SF indefinitely postponed​8959​04/22/2026​

2.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to crimes​
2.2 committed on or after that date.​
2​Section 1.​
S0281-1 1st Engrossment​SF281 REVISOR VH​

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