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MN HF2130
Bill
Status
5/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Larry Kraft
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AI Summary
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Extends the lookback period for prior impaired driving incidents from 10 years to 20 years when determining license revocation periods and ignition interlock requirements
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Requires mandatory ignition interlock participation ranging from 2 years to life depending on offense severity, number of prior incidents, and whether the violation resulted in bodily harm, great bodily harm, or death
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Makes criminal vehicular homicide offenders eligible for the ignition interlock program and establishes that causing death with two or more prior impaired driving incidents results in lifetime ignition interlock requirement
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Creates new criminal penalties: gross misdemeanor for driving any vehicle without a functioning ignition interlock device when required, and gross misdemeanor for driving after revocation when prohibited from operating without interlock participation
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Extends temporary driver's license validity from 7 to 14 days after DWI arrest; appropriates $382,000 per year in fiscal years 2026-2027 for staffing related to increased ignition interlock program participation
Legislative Description
Public safety; various provisions modified relating to driver's license revocations, ignition interlock participation length, treatment or rehabilitation program, criminal penalties for participants who operate a vehicle not equipped with interlock device, criminal vehicular homicide offenders, judicial review of an extension, impounded and reissued license plate process, temporary driver's licenses, and criminal penalties; and money appropriated.
Last Action
Secretary of State Chapter 29
5/22/2025