1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; prohibiting the public dissemination of information 
1.3 	regarding a law enforcement official's home address; providing criminal penalties; 
1.4 	proposing 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. [609.5151] DISSEMINATION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT 
1.7 	LAW ENFORCEMENT PROHIBITED; PENALTY.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in this section:
1.9 	(1) "family or household member" has the meaning given in section 518B.01, subdivision 
1.10 	2;
1.11 	(2) "law enforcement official" means both peace officers as defined in section 626.84, 
1.12 	subdivision 1, and persons employed by a law enforcement agency; and
1.13 	(3) "personal information" means a home address, directions to a home, or photographs 
1.14 	of a home.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Crime described. It is a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly and without 
1.16 	consent make publicly available, including but not limited to through the Internet, personal 
1.17 	information about a law enforcement official or an official's family or household member, 
1.18 	if:
1.19 	(1) the dissemination poses an imminent and serious threat to the official's safety or the 
1.20 	safety of an official's family or household  member; and
1.21 	(2) the person making the information publicly available knows or reasonably should 
1.22 	know of the imminent and serious threat.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2021, and applies to crimes 
2.2 	committed on or after that date.