1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; expanding the fourth-degree assault crime; amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 609.2231, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 609.2231, subdivision 2, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Firefighters and emergency medical personnel. Whoever intentionally 
1.8 	throws or otherwise transfers bodily fluids or feces at or onto, or assaults any of the 
1.9 	following persons and inflicts demonstrable bodily harm, is guilty of a felony and may 
1.10 	be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of 
1.11 	not more than $4,000, or both:
1.12 	(1) a member of a municipal or volunteer fire department or emergency medical 
1.13 	services personnel unit in the performance of the member's duties; or
1.14 	(2) a physician, nurse, or other person providing health care services in a hospital 
1.15 	emergency department.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2009, and applies to crimes 
1.17 	committed on or after that date.