| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to public safety; expanding fourth-degree assault crime related to nurses, |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 physicians, and other persons providing health care services; amending Minnesota |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 2.Firefighters and emergency medical personnel.Whoever physically assaults |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8any of the following persons and inflicts demonstrable bodily harm onto a member of a |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9municipal or volunteer fire department or emergency medical services personnel unit in the |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10performance of the member's duties is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12or both:. |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (1) a member of a municipal or volunteer fire department or emergency medical services |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14personnel unit in the performance of the member's duties; or |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (2) a physician, nurse, or other person providing health care services in a hospital |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16emergency department. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18committed on or after that date. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20to read: |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 Subd. 2b.Nurses and physicians.Whoever physically assaults and inflicts demonstrable |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22bodily harm on a physician, nurse, or other person providing health care services is guilty |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Sec. 2. |
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| 24 | 24 | | REVISOR KLL/NS 25-0077311/26/24 |
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| 25 | 25 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 27 | 27 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 29 | 29 | | H. F. No. 641 |
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| 30 | 30 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 31 | 31 | | Authored by Myers02/13/2025 |
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| 32 | 32 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy 2.1of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.2of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.4committed on or after that date. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 37 | 37 | | REVISOR KLL/NS 25-0077311/26/24 |
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