Adding bodily fluids to something a person is going to eat or drink would be specifically listed as a crime in Minnesota under a bill headed to the House floor.

A Blaine man was initially charged with two gross misdemeanor counts, one of fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct and one of attempted fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct, after an Aug. 26 incident in which he allegedly put his semen into a co-worker’s coffee.

The charges were dismissed in November by a Ramsey County judge, who said the crime required nonconsensual touching of the victim’s intimate parts.

Under the bill, sponsored by Rep. Debra Hilstrom, a prosecutor from Brooklyn Center and Sen. John Hoffman of Champlin, placing bodily fluids in a substance intended for human consumption would be a misdemeanor.

It would become a felony if someone ingests it without knowledge of the adulteration, with escalating penalties if it’s done for sexual gratification or if the victim is a child.

The bill passed Wednesday in the House Public Safety committee and heads next to the House floor.

The Blaine man, John Robert Lind, was caught standing at a co-worker’s desk with his hands in front of him near his genitals, according to a criminal complaint.

He admitted having ejaculated onto the woman’s desk or other items on four occasions and into her coffee twice within the past six months, according to the complaint.

After the charges were dismissed in Ramsey County, the city of New Brighton charged Lind with a misdemeanor count of engaging in lewd or indecent behavior.

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