1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; changing a provision regarding assault on a vulnerable 
1.3 	adult;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.2231, subdivision 8.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.2231, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 8.Vulnerable adults. (a) As used in this subdivision, "vulnerable adult" has the 
1.7 	meaning given in section 609.232, subdivision 11.
1.8 	(b) Whoever assaults and inflicts demonstrable bodily harm on a vulnerable adult, 
1.9 	knowing or having reason to know that the person is a vulnerable adult, is guilty of a gross 
1.10 	misdemeanor.