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SF 3481

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/08/2024 09:08am

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underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to public safety; expanding scope of doxing crimes; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2022, section 609.5151, subdivisions 1, 2; Minnesota Statutes 2023
Supplement, section 211B.076, subdivision 4.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 211B.076, subdivision 4, is
amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Dissemination of personal information about an election official.

(a) A
person may not knowingly and without consent make publicly available, including but not
limited to through the Internet, personal information about an election official or an election
official's family or household member if:

(1) the deleted text begin disseminationdeleted text end new text begin public availability of informationnew text end 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 any imminent and serious threat.

(b) As used in this subdivision, "personal information" means deleted text begin thedeleted text end new text begin a home telephone
number, cell number, personal email address, name of the official's minor child, photographs
of the official's minor child,new text end home address deleted text begin of the election official or a member of an election
official's familydeleted text end , directions to deleted text begin thatdeleted text end new text begin anew text end home, or photographs of deleted text begin thatdeleted text end new text begin anew text end home.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2024, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.5151, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

As used in this section:

(1) "family or household member" has the meaning given in section 518B.01, subdivision
2;

(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

(3) "personal information" means a new text begin home telephone number, cell number, personal email
address, name of the official's minor child, photographs of the official's minor child, new text end home
address, directions to a home, or photographs of a home.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2024, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
 new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.5151, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Crime described.

(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 law enforcement official or an official's family or household member,
if:

(1) the deleted text begin disseminationdeleted text end new text begin public availability of informationnew text end 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 law enforcement 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.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2024, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
 new text end