Criminal penalties increased and scope of the doxxing crime increased.

This bill expands Minnesota's doxxing laws by increasing criminal penalties and broadening the scope of protected individuals. It directly affects anyone who publicly shares personal information about law enforcement officials or their family members, as well as the officials and families themselves who are now protected under the law. The key change allows the crime to apply to any person, not just law enforcement, and raises penalties from misdemeanors to felonies when victims suffer great bodily harm or death, or when someone commits a second or subsequent violation. The law also defines personal information to include home addresses, cell numbers, email addresses, and photographs of individuals or their homes, with the changes taking effect on August 1, 2026.