1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; increasing the criminal penalty for assaulting a firefighter, 
1.3 	EMS personnel, or certain health care providers;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2022, section 609.2231, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.2231, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Firefighters and emergency medical personnel. (a) Except as provided in 
1.8 	paragraph (b), whoever physically assaults any of the following persons and inflicts 
1.9 	demonstrable bodily harm is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for 
1.10 	not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both gross 
1.11 	misdemeanor:
1.12 	(1) either:
1.13 	(i) a member of a municipal or volunteer fire department in the performance of the 
1.14 	member's duties; or
1.15 	(ii) a member of an emergency medical services personnel unit in the performance of 
1.16 	the member's duties; or
1.17 	(2) a physician, nurse, or other person providing health care services in a hospital 
1.18 	emergency department.
1.19 	(b) Whoever physically assaults a person described in paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2), 
1.20 	is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years 
1.21 	or to payment of a fine of not more than $6,000, or both, if the assault inflicts demonstrable 
1.22 	bodily harm.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2024, and applies to crimes 
2.2 	committed on or after that date.