1.2relating to public safety; amending the definition of crime of violence in the
1.3firearm law;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 624.712, subdivision 5.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 624.712, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.6    Subd. 5. Crime of violence. "Crime of violence" means: felony convictions of the
1.7following offenses: sections 609.185 (murder in the first degree); 609.19 (murder in the
1.8second degree); 609.195 (murder in the third degree); 609.20 (manslaughter in the first
1.9degree); 609.205 (manslaughter in the second degree); 609.215 (aiding suicide and aiding
1.10attempted suicide); 609.221 (assault in the first degree); 609.222 (assault in the second
1.11degree); 609.223 (assault in the third degree); 609.2231 (assault in the fourth degree);
1.12 609.224 (assault in the fifth degree); 609.2242 (domestic assault); 609.2247 (domestic
1.13assault by strangulation); 609.229 (crimes committed for the benefit of a gang); 609.235
1.14(use of drugs to injure or facilitate crime); 609.24 (simple robbery); 609.245 (aggravated
1.15robbery); 609.25 (kidnapping); 609.255 (false imprisonment); 609.322 (solicitation,
1.16inducement, and promotion of prostitution; sex trafficking); 609.342 (criminal sexual
1.17conduct in the first degree); 609.343 (criminal sexual conduct in the second degree);
1.18609.344 (criminal sexual conduct in the third degree); 609.345 (criminal sexual conduct
1.19in the fourth degree); 609.377 (malicious punishment of a child); 609.378 (neglect or
1.20endangerment of a child); 609.486 (commission of crime while wearing or possessing a
1.21bullet-resistant vest); 609.52 (involving theft of a firearm, theft involving the intentional
1.22taking or driving of a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner or authorized
1.23agent of the owner, theft involving the taking of property from a burning, abandoned, or
1.24vacant building, or from an area of destruction caused by civil disaster, riot, bombing,
2.1or the proximity of battle, and theft involving the theft of a controlled substance, an
2.2explosive, or an incendiary device); 609.561 (arson in the first degree); 609.562 (arson in
2.3the second degree); 609.582, subdivision 1, or 2, or 3 (burglary in the first through third
2.4 and second degrees); 609.66, subdivision 1e (drive-by shooting); 609.67 (unlawfully
2.5owning, possessing, operating a machine gun or short-barreled shotgun); 609.71 (riot);
2.6609.713 (terroristic threats); 609.749 (stalking); 609.855, subdivision 5 (shooting at a
2.7public transit vehicle or facility); and chapter 152 (drugs, controlled substances); and an
2.8attempt to commit any of these offenses.
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2014, and applies to crimes
2.10committed on or after that date.