1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; imposing a mandatory minimum sentence on prisoners 
1.3 	who commit assaults in jails and workhouses;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2012, section 609.2231, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.2231, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Correctional employees; probation officers. (a) Whoever commits 
1.8 	either of the following acts against an employee of a correctional facility as defined in 
1.9 	section 241.021, subdivision 1, paragraph (f), or against a probation officer or other 
1.10 	qualified person employed in supervising offenders while the employee, officer, or person 
1.11 	is engaged in the performance of a duty imposed by law, policy, or rule is guilty of a 
1.12 	felony and, except as provided in paragraph (b), may be sentenced to imprisonment for not 
1.13 	more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both:
1.14 	(1) assaults the employee and inflicts demonstrable bodily harm; or
1.15 	(2) intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily fluids or feces at or onto the 
1.16 	employee.
1.17 	(b) A person convicted of violating paragraph (a), clause (1), shall be committed to 
1.18 	the commissioner of corrections for not less than a year and a day or more than two years.