A bill for an act
relating to public safety; expanding driver's license suspensions to include all cases
where a person is believed to have committed criminal vehicular homicide or
criminal vehicular operation; establishing driving in excess of certain speeds as
an element in criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation
offenses; requiring peace officers to report all cases where a person is believed to
have committed criminal vehicular homicide or criminal vehicular operation;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 171.187, subdivisions 1, 3; 629.344;
Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 609.2112, subdivision 1; 609.2113,
subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 609.2114, subdivisions 1, 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 171.187, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Suspension required.

The commissioner shall suspend the driver's license
of a person:

(1) for whom a peace officer has made the certification described in section 629.344
that probable cause exists to believe that the person violated section 609.2112, subdivision
1, paragraph (a)deleted text begin , clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6)deleted text end ; 609.2113, subdivision 1, deleted text begin clause (2), (3), (4),
(5), or (6); subdivision
deleted text end 2, deleted text begin clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6);deleted text end or deleted text begin subdivisiondeleted text end 3deleted text begin , clause (2), (3),
(4), (5), or (6)
deleted text end ; or 609.2114, subdivision 1deleted text begin , paragraph (a), clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6),deleted text end or
deleted text begin subdivisiondeleted text end 2deleted text begin , clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6)deleted text end ; or

(2) who has been formally charged with a violation of section 609.20, 609.205, 609.2112,
609.2113, or 609.2114, resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2024, and applies to
certifications made on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 171.187, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Credit.

If a person whose driver's license was suspended under subdivision 1
is later convicted of the underlying offense that resulted in the suspension and the
commissioner revokes the person's license, the commissioner shall credit the time accrued
under the suspension period toward the revocation period imposed under section 171.17,
subdivision 4, or for violations of section 609.20, new text begin or new text end 609.205deleted text begin , or 609.2112, subdivision 1,
paragraph (a), clause (1), (7), or (8); 609.2113, subdivision 1, clause (1), (7), or (8);
subdivision 2, clause (1), (7), or (8); or subdivision 3, clause (1), (7), or (8); or 609.2114,
subdivision 1
, paragraph (a), clause (1), (7), or (8), or subdivision 2, clause (1), (7), or (8)
deleted text end .

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2024.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 609.2112, subdivision 1, is amended
to read:


Subdivision 1.

Criminal vehicular homicide.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b),
a person is guilty of criminal vehicular homicide and may be sentenced to imprisonment
for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both, if the
person causes the death of a human being not constituting murder or manslaughter as a
result of operating a motor vehicle:

(1) in a grossly negligent manner;

(2) in a negligent manner while under the influence of:

(i) alcohol;

(ii) a controlled substance;

(iii) cannabis flower, a cannabis product, a lower-potency hemp edible, a hemp-derived
consumer product, artificially derived cannabinoids, or tetrahydrocannabinols; or

(iv) any combination of those elements;

(3) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more;

(4) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, as measured within two hours
of the time of driving;

(5) in a negligent manner while under the influence of an intoxicating substance and the
person knows or has reason to know that the substance has the capacity to cause impairment;

(6) in a negligent manner while any amount of a controlled substance listed in Schedule
I or II, or its metabolite, other than cannabis flower, a cannabis product, a lower-potency
hemp edible, a hemp-derived consumer product, artificially derived cannabinoids, or
tetrahydrocannabinols, is present in the person's body;

(7) where the driver who causes the collision leaves the scene of the collision in violation
of section 169.09, subdivision 1 or 6; deleted text begin or
deleted text end

(8) where the driver had actual knowledge that a peace officer had previously issued a
citation or warning that the motor vehicle was defectively maintained, the driver had actual
knowledge that remedial action was not taken, the driver had reason to know that the defect
created a present danger to others, and the death was caused by the defective maintenancenew text begin ;
or
new text end

new text begin (9) at a speed in excess of the speed limit by:
new text end

new text begin (i) 20 miles per hour or more where the speed limit is less than 45 miles per hour; or
new text end

new text begin (ii) 30 miles per hour or more where the speed limit is at least 45 miles per hournew text end .

(b) If a person is sentenced under paragraph (a) for a violation under paragraph (a),
clauses (2) to (6), occurring within ten years of a qualified prior driving offense, the statutory
maximum sentence of imprisonment is 15 years.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2024, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 609.2113, subdivision 1, is amended
to read:


Subdivision 1.

Great bodily harm.

A person is guilty of criminal vehicular operation
resulting in great bodily harm and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five
years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both, if the person causes great
bodily harm to another not constituting attempted murder or assault as a result of operating
a motor vehicle:

(1) in a grossly negligent manner;

(2) in a negligent manner while under the influence of:

(i) alcohol;

(ii) a controlled substance;

(iii) cannabis flower, a cannabis product, a lower-potency hemp edible, a hemp-derived
consumer product, artificially derived cannabinoids, or tetrahydrocannabinols; or

(iv) any combination of those elements;

(3) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more;

(4) while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, as measured within two hours
of the time of driving;

(5) in a negligent manner while under the influence of an intoxicating substance and the
person knows or has reason to know that the substance has the capacity to cause impairment;

(6) in a negligent manner while any amount of a controlled substance listed in Schedule
I or II, or its metabolite, other than cannabis flower, a cannabis product, a lower-potency
hemp edible, a hemp-derived consumer product, artificially derived cannabinoids, or
tetrahydrocannabinols, is present in the person's body;

(7) where the driver who causes the accident leaves the scene of the accident in violation
of section 169.09, subdivision 1 or 6; deleted text begin or
deleted text end

(8) where the driver had actual knowledge that a peace officer had previously issued a
citation or warning that the