1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; expanding the doxing crime to include other criminal 
1.3 	justice officials;amending Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 609.5151.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 609.5151, is amended to read:
1.6 	609.5151 DISSEMINATION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ~~LAW~~ 
1.7 	~~ENFORCEMENT~~ CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFICIALS PROHIBITED; PENALTY.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in this section:
1.9 	(1) "criminal justice official" includes a peace officer as defined in section 626.84, 
1.10 	subdivision 1; a prosecuting attorney as defined in section 609.221, subdivision 6; a judge 
1.11 	as defined in section 609.221, subdivision 6; a person employed as a public defender or a 
1.12 	criminal defense attorney; and other persons employed by or in the same office as those 
1.13 	officials;
1.14 	(2) "family or household member" has the meaning given in section 518B.01, subdivision 
1.15 	2; and
1.16 	~~(2) "law enforcement official" means both peace officers as defined in section 626.84,~~ 
1.17 	~~subdivision 1, and persons employed by a law enforcement agency; and~~
1.18 	(3) "personal information" means a home address, directions to a home, or photographs 
1.19 	of a home.
1.20 		Subd. 2.Crime described. (a) It is a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly and without 
1.21 	consent make publicly available, including but not limited to through the Internet, personal 
2.1 	information about a ~~law enforcement~~ criminal justice official or an official's family or 
2.2 	household member, if:
2.3 	(1) the dissemination poses an imminent and serious threat to the official's safety or the 
2.4 	safety of an official's family or household member; and
2.5 	(2) the person making the information publicly available knows or reasonably should 
2.6 	know of the imminent and serious threat.
2.7 	(b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person violates paragraph (a) and 
2.8 	a ~~law enforcement~~ criminal justice official or an official's family or household member 
2.9 	suffers great bodily harm or death as a result of the violation.
2.10 	(c) A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this section is guilty 
2.11 	of a gross misdemeanor.

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