| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to public safety; establishing a crime for transferring bodily fluids at or |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 onto certain individuals; expanding the offense of fourth-degree assault to include |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 all people providing health care services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 section 609.2231, subdivision 2. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 2.Firefighters and emergency medical personnel.Whoever assaults any commits |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9either of the following persons and inflicts demonstrable bodily harm acts against a member |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10of a municipal or volunteer fire department or emergency medical services personnel unit |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11in the performance of the member's duties or against a physician, nurse, or other person |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12providing health care services is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (1) a member of a municipal or volunteer fire department or emergency medical services |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15personnel unit in the performance of the member's duties assaults the person and inflicts |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16demonstrable bodily harm; or |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (2) a physician, nurse, or other person providing health care services in a hospital |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18emergency department intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily fluids or feces at |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19or onto the person. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21committed on or after that date. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR KLL/LJ 25-0492303/13/25 |
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| 24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 2876 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authored by Murphy, Altendorf and Reyer03/26/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy |
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