1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; expanding fourth-degree assault crime related to nurses,
1.3 physicians, and other persons providing health care services; amending Minnesota
1.4 Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2.Firefighters and emergency medical personnel.Whoever physically assaults
1.8any of the following persons and inflicts demonstrable bodily harm onto a member of a
1.9municipal or volunteer fire department or emergency medical services personnel unit in the
1.10performance of the member's duties is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to
1.11imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000,
1.12or both:.
1.13 (1) a member of a municipal or volunteer fire department or emergency medical services
1.14personnel unit in the performance of the member's duties; or
1.15 (2) a physician, nurse, or other person providing health care services in a hospital
1.16emergency department.
1.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
1.18committed on or after that date.
1.19 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.20to read:
1.21 Subd. 2b.Nurses and physicians.Whoever physically assaults and inflicts demonstrable
1.22bodily harm on a physician, nurse, or other person providing health care services is guilty
1Sec. 2.
REVISOR KLL/NS 25-0077311/26/24
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 641
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Myers02/13/2025
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
2.2of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both.
2.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
2.4committed on or after that date.
2Sec. 2.
REVISOR KLL/NS 25-0077311/26/24