1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; increasing the criminal penalty for assaulting a firefighter,
1.3 EMS personnel, or certain health care providers; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.4 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 2.
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.(a) Except as provided in
1.8paragraph (b), whoever physically assaults any of the following persons and inflicts
1.9demonstrable bodily harm is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for
1.10not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both gross
1.11misdemeanor:
1.12 (1) either:
1.13 (i) a member of a municipal or volunteer fire department in the performance of the
1.14member's duties; or
1.15 (ii) a member of an emergency medical services personnel unit in the performance of
1.16the member's duties; or
1.17 (2) a physician, nurse, or other person providing health care services in a hospital
1.18emergency department.
1.19 (b) Whoever physically assaults a person described in paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2),
1.20is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years
1.21or to payment of a fine of not more than $6,000, or both, if the assault inflicts demonstrable
1.22bodily harm.
1Section 1.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1329NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: SEEBERGER, Lang, Duckworth and Hauschild)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/13/2025
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
2.2committed on or after that date.
2Section 1.
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