Minnesota SF 4396: Coon Rapids marked Trunk Highway 610 interchange bond issue and appropriation

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to public safety; establishing the crime of disruption of worship services;​
1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.28, subdivision 3, by adding a​
1.4 subdivision.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.28, is amended by adding a subdivision​
1.7 to read:​
1.8 Subd. 2a.Disruption of worship services prohibited.(a) A person who enters a religious​
1.9 establishment with the intent to disrupt a worship service that has a scheduled starting time​
1.10 and commits a crime within the religious establishment is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.​
1.11 (b) A person who violates paragraph (a) a second or subsequent time is guilty of a felony​
1.12 and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine​
1.13 of not more than $10,000, or both.​
1.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to crimes​
1.15 committed on or after that date.​
1.16 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.28, subdivision 3, is amended to read:​
1.17 Subd. 3.Definition.For purposes of subdivision 2 this section, a "religious establishment"​
1.18 is means a building used for worship services by a religious organization and clearly​
1.19 identified as such by a posted sign or other means.​
1.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2026.​
1​Sec. 2.​
26-07057 as introduced​02/26/26 REVISOR VH/RC​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 4396​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: MATHEWS, Weber, Kreun, Limmer and Dornink)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​6666​03/12/2026​
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety​