Minnesota Legislature
HF 2876
as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 03/26/2025 11:34am
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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; establishing a crime for transferring bodily fluids at or
onto certain individuals; expanding the offense of fourth-degree assault to include
all people providing health care services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
section 609.2231, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.2231, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Firefighters and deleted text begin emergencydeleted text end medical personnel.
Whoever deleted text begin assaults anydeleted text end new text begin commits
eithernew text end of the following deleted text begin persons and inflicts demonstrable bodily harmdeleted text end new text begin acts against a member
of a municipal or volunteer fire department or emergency medical services personnel unit
in the performance of the member's duties or against a physician, nurse, or other person
providing health care servicesnew text end is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment
for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both:
(1) deleted text begin a member of a municipal or volunteer fire department or emergency medical services
personnel unit in the performance of the member's dutiesdeleted text end new text begin assaults the person and inflicts
demonstrable bodily harmnew text end ; or
(2) deleted text begin a physician, nurse, or other person providing health care services in a hospital
emergency departmentdeleted text end new text begin intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily fluids or feces at
or onto the personnew text end .
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
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