1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; providing criminal penalty for substantial bodily harm 
1.3 	caused by response for fictitious emergency; providing restitution for public 
1.4 	agencies and victims affected by the reporting of a fictitious emergency;amending 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.78, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.78, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2a.Felony offense; reporting fictitious emergency resulting in serious 
1.9 	injury. Whoever violates subdivision 2, clause (2), is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced
1.10 	as follows:
1.11 	(1) to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than 
1.12 	$20,000, or both, if the call triggers an emergency response and, as a result of the response, 
1.13 	someone suffers great bodily harm or death.; or
1.14 	(2) to imprisonment of not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more 
1.15 	than $10,000, or both, if the call triggers an emergency response and as a result of the 
1.16 	response, someone suffers substantial bodily harm.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to crimes 
1.18 	committed on or after that date.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.78, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.2 	read:
2.3 		Subd. 2c.Restitution. (a) The court, while imposing a sentence on a person convicted 
2.4 	under subdivision 2, clause (2), shall order the person to make full and complete restitution 
2.5 	to:
2.6 	(1) the public agency for the reasonable costs of the emergency response by that public 
2.7 	agency; and
2.8 	(2) a direct victim of the fictitious emergency.
2.9 	(b) A restitution payment under paragraph (a) does not limit the liability for damages 
2.10 	in a civil action or proceeding for an amount greater than the restitution payment.