1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crime; modifying crime of aiding suicide and attempted suicide to 
1.3 	include harassment;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.215, 
1.4 	subdivisions 1, 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.215, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Aiding suicide. Whoever intentionally harasses, advises, encourages, or 
1.8 	assists another in taking the other's own life may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more 
1.9 	than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, or both.

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

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.215, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.13 		Subd. 2.Aiding attempted suicide. Whoever intentionally harasses, advises, encourages, 
1.14 	or assists another who attempts but fails to take the other's own life may be sentenced to 
1.15 	imprisonment for not more than seven years or to payment of a fine of not more than $14,000, 
1.16 	or both.

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