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617.246.2

Statute ID: 20133

Statute Function ID: 40134

Use Minors in Sexual Performance/Child sexual abuse material

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Statute Number:

617.246.2

Enactment Date:

May 23, 2025

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2025

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Use Minors in Sexual Performance/Child sexual abuse material

Statute ID:

20133

Created:

Jun 4, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 4, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

/Amended 2025 C30 Art5 Sect17; Effective 07/01/25 ; amendment to (a)

Summary Text:

Use Minors in Sexual Performance/Child sexual abuse material

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/617/246.html

Legislative Session:

2025 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 4, 2025

(a) It is unlawful for a person to promote, employ, use or permit a minor to engage in or assist others to engage minors in posing or modeling alone or with others in any sexual performance or child sexual abuse material if the person knows or has reason to know that the conduct intended is a sexual performance or a child sexual abuse material.
Any person who violates this paragraph is guilty of a felony 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.

(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $40,000, or both, if:

(1) the person has a prior conviction or delinquency adjudication for violating this section or section 617.247;

(2) the violation occurs when the person is a registered predatory offender under section 243.166; or

(3) the violation involved a minor under the age of 14 years.