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MN SF1137

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/7/2013

Primary Sponsor

Mary Kiffmeyer

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Origin

Senate

88th Legislature 2013-2014

AI Summary

  • Amends Minnesota Statutes section 609.2231, subdivision 3, to add mandatory minimum sentencing for assaults on correctional facility employees and probation officers
  • Requires persons convicted of assaulting correctional employees with demonstrable bodily harm to serve a mandatory minimum sentence of not less than one year and one day, with a maximum of two years
  • Maintains existing maximum penalties of up to two years imprisonment or $4,000 fine for assault convictions
  • Applies to assaults committed by prisoners against correctional facility employees, probation officers, or other qualified persons engaged in supervising offenders while performing lawful duties
  • Preserves existing provisions regarding intentional transfer of bodily fluids or feces at employees, which remain subject to discretionary sentencing up to two years or $4,000 fine

Legislative Description

Prisoner assault on corrections employees or probation officers mandatory minimum sentence imposition

Last Action

Referred to Judiciary

3/7/2013

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/7/2013

Full Bill Text

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