1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; creating the crime of assaulting first responders during a 
1.3 	protest, demonstration, rally, or march;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 
1.4 	609.2231, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.2231, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Firefighters and emergency medical personnel. (a) Whoever assaults any of 
1.8 	the following persons and inflicts demonstrable bodily harm is guilty of a felony and may 
1.9 	be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not 
1.10 	more than $4,000, or both:
1.11 	(1) a member of a municipal or volunteer fire department or emergency medical services 
1.12 	personnel unit in the performance of the member's duties; or
1.13 	(2) a physician, nurse, or other person providing health care services in a hospital 
1.14 	emergency department.
1.15 	(b) Whoever assaults a member of a municipal or volunteer fire department or emergency 
1.16 	medical services personnel unit during a protest, demonstration, rally, or march is guilty of 
1.17 	a gross misdemeanor.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2018, and applies to violations 
1.19 	committed on or after that date.