MN HF263

Amends Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 624.712, subdivision 5 to expand the definition of "crime of violence" in firearm law.

Adds assault in the fifth degree (609.224), domestic assault (609.2242), and domestic assault by strangulation (609.2247) to the list of felony convictions considered crimes of violence.

Removes theft involving intentional taking or driving of a motor vehicle without consent, theft from burning or abandoned buildings, and theft in proximity to civil disaster, riot, bombing, or battle from the crime of violence definition.

Narrows burglary offenses included in the definition to first and second degree burglary only, removing third degree burglary.

Effective August 1, 2014, and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.