1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; expanding fourth-degree assault crime related to transit
1.3 operators to include transportation network company drivers; amending Minnesota
1.4 Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 11.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 11.Transit operators.(a) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if (1) the
1.8person assaults a transit operator, or intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily fluids
1.9onto a transit operator; and (2) the transit operator is acting in the course of the operator's
1.10duties and is operating a transit vehicle, aboard a transit vehicle, or otherwise responsible
1.11for a transit vehicle. A person convicted under this paragraph may be sentenced to
1.12imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000,
1.13or both.
1.14 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, "transit operator" means a driver or operator of
1.15a transit vehicle that is used to provide any of the following services:
1.16 (1) public transportation, as defined in section 174.22, subdivision 7;
1.17 (2) light rail transit service;
1.18 (3) special transportation service under section 473.386, whether provided by the
1.19Metropolitan Council or by other providers under contract with the council; or
1.20 (4) commuter rail service.; or
1.21 (5) transportation in a personal vehicle through a transportation network company under
1.22section 65B.472, subdivision 1, paragraph (m).
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2924NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: JOHNSON STEWART)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading03/24/2025
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.
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