1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring a consecutive sentence for inmates who assault 
1.3 	local correctional facility employees;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 
1.4 	609.2232.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.2232, is amended to read:
1.7 	609.2232 CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES FOR ASSAULTS COMMITTED BY 
1.8 	STATE PRISON INMATES.
1.9 	If an inmate of a state or local correctional facility is convicted of violating section 
1.10 	609.221, 609.222, 609.223, 609.2231, or 609.224, while confined in the facility, the sentence 
1.11 	imposed for the assault shall be executed and run consecutively to any unexpired portion 
1.12 	of the offender's earlier sentence. The inmate is not entitled to credit against the sentence 
1.13 	imposed for the assault for time served in confinement for the earlier sentence. The A state 
1.14 	prison inmate shall serve the sentence for the assault in a state correctional facility even if 
1.15 	the assault conviction was for a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor.