1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to funerals; prohibiting the disruption of a funeral, burial service, or 
1.3 	memorial service; creating penalties and providing civil remedy; proposing 
1.4 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [609.501] FUNERAL OR BURIAL SERVICE; PROHIBITED ACTS.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms 
1.8 	have the meaning given them in this subdivision. 
1.9 	(b) "Funeral ceremony" has the meaning given in section 149A.02, subdivision 18. 
1.10 	(c) "Funeral service" has the meaning given in section 149A.02, subdivision 23. 
1.11 	(d) "Graveside service" has the meaning given in section 149A.02, subdivision 24. 
1.12 	(e) "Memorial service" has the meaning given in section 149A.02, subdivision 28. 
1.13 	(f) "Targeted residential picketing" has the meaning given in section 609.748, 
1.14 	subdivision 1, paragraph (c).
1.15 		Subd. 2.Crime to disrupt. (a) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a 
1.16 	misdemeanor:
1.17 	(1) with intent to disrupt a funeral service, graveside service, memorial service, or 
1.18 	funeral ceremony, protests or pickets within 1,000 feet of the location or locations at 
1.19 	which the service or ceremony is being conducted within one hour prior to, during, and 
1.20 	one hour following the service or ceremony;
1.21 	(2) with intent to disrupt a funeral procession, impedes vehicles that are part of the 
1.22 	funeral procession;
1.23 	(3) intentionally blocks access to a funeral service, funeral ceremony, graveside 
1.24 	service, or memorial service; or
2.1 	(4) engages in targeted residential picketing at the home or domicile of any surviving 
2.2 	member of the deceased person's immediate family on the date of the service or ceremony.
2.3 	(b) Whoever is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of paragraph (a) is 
2.4 	guilty of a gross misdemeanor. For purposes of this paragraph, a second or subsequent 
2.5 	violation includes a violation of a statute from another state in conformity with this statute.
2.6 		Subd. 3. Civil remedies.  In addition to the criminal penalties provided in 
2.7 	subdivision 2, the court may enjoin conduct prohibited in subdivision 2, and may in such 
2.8 	proceeding award damages, including attorney fees or other appropriate relief against a 
2.9 	person, if there is credible evidence that the person has violated, or is likely to violate, 
2.10 	subdivision 2. Any surviving member of the deceased person's immediate family who is 
2.11 	damaged or threatened with loss or injury by reason of a violation described in subdivision 
2.12 	2 is entitled to sue for and have injunctive relief and appropriate remedial compensation 
2.13 	in any court of competent jurisdiction against any damage or threatened loss or injury 
2.14 	by reason of a violation thereof.

2.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, 
2.16 	and applies to acts committed on or after that date.