1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; expanding the definition of qualified domestic 
1.3 	violence-related offense;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.02, 
1.4 	subdivision 16.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.02, subdivision 16, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 16.Qualified domestic violence-related offense. "Qualified domestic 
1.8 	violence-related offense" includes a violation of or an attempt to violate:
1.9 	(1)sectionssection 518B.01, subdivision 14 (violation of domestic abuse order for 
1.10 	protection); 609.185 (first-degree murder); 609.19 (second-degree murder); 609.221
1.11 	(first-degree assault); 609.222 (second-degree assault); 609.223 (third-degree assault); 
1.12 	609.2231 (fourth-degree assault); 609.224 (fifth-degree assault); 609.2242 (domestic 
1.13 	assault); 609.2247 (domestic assault by strangulation); 609.342 (first-degree criminal 
1.14 	sexual conduct); 609.343 (second-degree criminal sexual conduct); 609.344 (third-degree 
1.15 	criminal sexual conduct); 609.345 (fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct); 609.377
1.16 	(malicious punishment of a child); 609.713 (terroristic threats); 609.748, subdivision 6
1.17 	(violation of harassment restraining order); 609.749 (stalking); 609.78, subdivision 2 
1.18 	(interference with an emergency call); andor 629.75 (violation of domestic abuse no 
1.19 	contact order); and similar laws of other states
1.20 	(2) section 609.2245 (female genital mutilation) committed against a family or 
1.21 	household member as defined in section 518B.01, subdivision 2; and 
1.22 	(3) a law of another state, the United States, the District of Columbia, a tribal lands
1.23 	land, andor a United States territories territory that is similar to a law listed in clause 
1.24 	(1) or (2).

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2012, and applies to crimes 
2.2 	committed on or after that date.