Minnesota HF 803: Enhanced sentences clarified for kidnapping offenses.

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to public safety; clarifying enhanced sentences for certain kidnapping​
1.3 offenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.25, subdivision 2.​
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.25, subdivision 2, is amended to read:​
1.6 Subd. 2.Sentence.Whoever violates subdivision 1 may be sentenced as follows:​
1.7 (1) if the victim is released in a safe place without great bodily harm, to imprisonment​
1.8 for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $35,000, or both; or​
1.9 (2) if the victim is not released in a safe place, or if the victim suffers great bodily harm​
1.10 during the course of the kidnapping, or if the person kidnapped is under the age of 16, to​
1.11 imprisonment for not more than 40 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $50,000,​
1.12 or both if:​
1.13 (i) the victim is not released in a safe place;​
1.14 (ii) the victim suffers great bodily harm during the course of the kidnapping; or​
1.15 (iii) the person kidnapped is under the age of 16.​
1.16 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023.​
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES​
H. F. No. 803​
NINETY-THIRD SESSION​
Authored by Moller​01/25/2023​
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy​
Adoption of Report: Placed on the General Register​02/06/2023​
Read for the Second Time​