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SF5001 • 2026

Define domestic assault by strangulation as a violent crime

Define domestic assault by strangulation as a violent crime

Crime
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Kunesh
Last action
2026-04-07
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-07 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Define domestic assault by strangulation as a violent crime

Current Bill Text

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relating to public safety; defining domestic assault by strangulation as a violent

crime; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.1095, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.1095, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the

meanings given.

(b) "Conviction" means any of the following accepted and recorded by the court: a plea

of guilty, a verdict of guilty by a jury, or a finding of guilty by the court. The term includes

a conviction by any court in Minnesota or another jurisdiction.

(c) "Prior conviction" means a conviction that occurred before the offender committed

the next felony resulting in a conviction and before the offense for which the offender is

being sentenced under this section.

(d) "Violent crime" means a violation of or an attempt or conspiracy to violate any of

the following laws of this state or any similar laws of the United States or any other state:

sections
152.137
;
609.165
;
609.185
;
609.19
;
609.195
;
609.20
;
609.205
;
609.2112
;
609.2113
;

609.2114
;
609.221
;
609.222
;
609.223
;
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609.2247;
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609.228
;
609.235
;
609.24
;
609.245
;

609.247
;
609.25
;
609.255
;
609.2661
;
609.2662
;
609.2663
;
609.2664
;
609.2665
;
609.267
;

609.2671
;
609.268
;
609.322
;
609.342
;
609.343
;
609.344
;
609.345
;
609.498, subdivision 1

or 1b;
609.561
;
609.562
;
609.582, subdivision 1
;
609.66, subdivision 1e
;
609.687
; and

609.855, subdivision 5
; any provision of sections
609.229
;
609.377
;
609.378
;
609.749
; and

624.713
that is punishable by a felony penalty; or any provision of chapter 152 that is

punishable by a maximum sentence of 15 years or more; or Minnesota Statutes 2012, section

609.21.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to crimes

committed on or after that date.

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