SF1289 • 2026

Exception provision to the child neglect crime

Children Crime

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Maye Quade, Latz, Oumou Verbeten
Last action: Final Acti
Official status: Rule 47, returned to Judiciary and Public Safety
Effective date: Not listed

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Exception provision to the child neglect crime

What This Bill Does

Exception provision to the child neglect crime

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Bill History

Final Acti House
Rule 47, returned to Judiciary and Public Safety
2025-03-27 House
Author stricken Coleman
2025-03-24 House
Comm report: To pass as amended
2025-02-13 House
Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Exception provision to the child neglect crime

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to public safety; providing an exception to the child neglect crime;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.378, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.378, is amended by adding a subdivision

to read:

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Subd. 3.

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Exception.

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A person may not be charged with or convicted of a violation of

this section for acts committed while pregnant and before the birth of the person's child or

children including but not limited to the use of drugs, prescribed or otherwise; experiencing

abuse; exposure to or being a victim of domestic or other violence; or failing to maintain

optimal physical health.

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