1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring intent as element of crime of transfer of human 
1.3 	immunodeficiency virus from one person to another person;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2020, section 609.2241, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.2241, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Crime. (a) It is a crime, which may be prosecuted under section 609.17, 609.185, 
1.8 	609.19, 609.221, 609.222, 609.223, 609.2231, or 609.224, for a person who knowingly 
1.9 	harbors an infectious agent, other than human immunodeficiency virus, to transfer this agent 
1.10 	to another person, if the crime involved:
1.11 	(1) sexual penetration with another person without having first informed the other person 
1.12 	that the person has a communicable disease;
1.13 	(2) transfer of blood, sperm, organs, or tissue, except as deemed necessary for medical 
1.14 	research or if disclosed on donor screening forms; or
1.15 	(3) sharing of nonsterile syringes or needles for the purpose of injecting drugs.
1.16 	(b) It is a crime for a person who knowingly harbors the human immunodeficiency virus 
1.17 	to intentionally transfer the virus to the body of another person by using a mode of 
1.18 	transmission under paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3).

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2022, and applies to crimes 
1.20 	committed on or after that date.