as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/31/2022 03:42pm
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Introduction | Posted on 03/31/2022 |
A bill for an act
relating to public safety; expanding the doxing crime to include other criminal
justice officials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 609.5151.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 609.5151, is amended to read:
As used in this section:
(1) new text begin "criminal justice official" includes a peace officer as defined in section 626.84,
subdivision 1; a prosecuting attorney as defined in section 609.221, subdivision 6; a judge
as defined in section 609.221, subdivision 6; a person employed as a public defender or a
criminal defense attorney; and other persons employed by or in the same office as those
officials;
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new text begin (2) new text end "family or household member" has the meaning given in section 518B.01, subdivision
2;new text begin and
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(2) "law enforcement official" means both peace officers as defined in section 626.84,
subdivision 1, and persons employed by a law enforcement agency; and
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(3) "personal information" means a home address, directions to a home, or photographs
of a home.
(a) It is a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly and without
consent make publicly available, including but not limited to through the Internet, personal
information about a deleted text begin law enforcementdeleted text end new text begin criminal justicenew text end official or an official's family or
household member, if:
(1) the dissemination poses an imminent and serious threat to the official's safety or the
safety of an official's family or household member; and
(2) the person making the information publicly available knows or reasonably should
know of the imminent and serious threat.
(b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person violates paragraph (a) and
a deleted text begin law enforcementdeleted text end new text begin criminal justicenew text end official or an official's family or household member
suffers great bodily harm or death as a result of the violation.
(c) A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this section is guilty
of a gross misdemeanor.
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This section is effective August 1, 2022, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
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