1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crime victims; expanding the protection against employer retaliation;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 611A.036, subdivisions 2, 7.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 611A.036, subdivision 2, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Victim's spouse or next of kin immediate family members. An 
1.8 	employer must allow a victim of a heinous violent crime, as well as the victim's spouse or 
1.9 	next of kin immediate family members, reasonable time off from work to attend criminal 
1.10 	proceedings related to the victim's case.

1.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 611A.036, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.13 		Subd. 7.Definition. As used in this section, "heinous crime" "violent crime"
1.14 	means a violation or attempt to violate any of the following: section 609.185 (murder in 
1.15 	the first degree); 609.19 (murder in the second degree); 609.195 (murder in the third 
1.16 	degree); 609.20 (manslaughter in the first degree); 609.205 (manslaughter in the second 
1.17 	degree); 609.21 (criminal vehicular homicide and injury); 609.221 (assault in the first 
1.18 	degree); 609.222 (assault in the second degree); 609.223 (assault in the third degree); 
1.19 	609.2231 (assault in the fourth degree); 609.2241 (knowing transfer of communicable 
1.20 	disease); 609.2242 (domestic assault); 609.2245 (female genital mutilation); 609.2247 
1.21 	(domestic assault by strangulation); 609.228 (great bodily harm caused by distribution of 
1.22 	drugs); 609.23 (mistreatment of persons confined); 609.231 (mistreatment of residents or 
2.1 	patients); 609.2325 (criminal abuse); 609.233 (criminal neglect); 609.235 (use of drugs to 
2.2 	injure or facilitate crime); 609.24 (simple robbery); 609.245 (aggravated robbery); 609.25 
2.3 	(kidnapping); 609.255 (false imprisonment); 609.265 (abduction); 609.2661 (murder of 
2.4 	an unborn child in the first degree); 609.2662 (murder of an unborn child in the second 
2.5 	degree); 609.2663 (murder of an unborn child in the third degree); 609.2664 (manslaughter 
2.6 	of an unborn child in the first degree); 609.2665 (manslaughter of an unborn child in the 
2.7 	second degree); 609.267 (assault of an unborn child in the first degree); 609.2671 (assault 
2.8 	of an unborn child in the second degree); 609.2672 (assault of an unborn child in the 
2.9 	third degree); 609.268 (injury or death of an unborn child in commission of a crime); 
2.10 	609.282 (labor trafficking); 609.342 (criminal sexual conduct in the first degree); 609.343 
2.11 	(criminal sexual conduct in the second degree); 609.344 (criminal sexual conduct in the 
2.12 	third degree); 609.345 (criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree); 609.3451 (criminal 
2.13 	sexual conduct in the fifth degree); 609.3453 (criminal sexual predatory conduct); 609.352 
2.14 	(solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct); 609.377 (malicious punishment of a 
2.15 	child); 609.378 (neglect or endangerment of a child); 609.561, subdivision 1, (arson 
2.16 	in the first degree; dwelling); 609.582, subdivision 1, paragraph (a) or (c), (burglary in 
2.17 	the first degree; occupied dwelling or involving an assault); or 609.66, subdivision 1e, 
2.18 	paragraph (b), (drive-by shooting; firing at or toward a person, or an occupied building 
2.19 	or motor vehicle).
2.20 	(1) a violation or attempted violation of section 609.185 or 609.19;
2.21 	(2) a violation of section 609.195 or 609.221; or
2.22 	(3) a violation of section 609.342, 609.343, or 609.344, if the offense was committed 
2.23 	with force or violence or if the complainant was a minor at the time of the offense.

2.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.