A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who:

Attorney's Note

Under the Minnesota Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Gross misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $3,000
Misdemeanorup to 90 daysup to $1,000
For details, see § 609.02

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 3.151

  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(1) willfully disturbs the legislature, or either house of it, while in session;

(2) commits disorderly conduct in the presence and view of either house, tending to interrupt its proceedings or impair the respect due to its authority; or

(3) willfully, by intimidation or otherwise, prevents a member of the legislature from attending a session of the member’s house, or of a committee of it, or from giving the member’s vote upon a question which may come before the house, or from performing any other official act.