| 2 | | - | 1.2 relating to public safety; providing an exception to the child neglect crime; |
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| 3 | | - | 1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.378, by adding a subdivision. |
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| 4 | | - | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | | - | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.378, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 6 | | - | 1.6to read: |
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| 7 | | - | 1.7 Subd. 3.Exception.A person may not be charged with or convicted of a violation of |
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| 8 | | - | 1.8this section for acts committed while pregnant and before the birth of the person's child or |
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| 9 | | - | 1.9children including but not limited to the use of drugs, prescribed or otherwise; experiencing |
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| 10 | | - | 1.10abuse; exposure to or being a victim of domestic or other violence; or failing to maintain |
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| 11 | | - | 1.11optimal physical health. |
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| 2 | + | 1.2 relating to public safety; providing criminal immunity for certain acts committed |
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| 3 | + | 1.3 by pregnant persons; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter |
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| 4 | + | 1.4 609. |
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| 5 | + | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | + | 1.6 Section 1. [609.077] IMMUNITY; BAR TO PROSECUTION; CERTAIN ACTIONS |
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| 7 | + | 1.7BY PREGNANT PERSON. |
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| 8 | + | 1.8 A pregnant person may not be charged with or convicted of a crime for conduct that |
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| 9 | + | 1.9would not be criminalized if the same person was not pregnant including but not limited to |
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| 10 | + | 1.10the use of drugs, prescribed or otherwise; experiencing abuse; exposure to or being a victim |
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| 11 | + | 1.11of domestic or other violence; or failing to maintain optimal physical health. |
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