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2004 SESSION
HB 640 Malicious bodily injury; applicable to game wardens.
Introduced by: Watkins M. Abbitt, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Malicious injury; law-enforcement officers. Adds game wardens to the definition of law-enforcement officer so that the enhanced penalty will apply if they are the victims of malicious or unlawful wounding. Malicious wounding is a Class 3 felony (five-20 years) and malicious wounding of a law-enforcement officer is five-30 years with a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of two years. In the case of unlawful wounding the penalty is a Class 6 felony (one-five years) with a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year if the victim is a law-enforcement officer.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 041118200 pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB640ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/21/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0841) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 041118200
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/23/04 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/04 House: Read first time
- 01/28/04 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/29/04 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/30/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/30/04 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/18/04 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/04 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 03/02/04 Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/04 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/24/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB640ER)
- 03/24/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/26/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/14/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 841 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/21/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0841)