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2011 SESSION
SB 556 Crimes against incapacitated or elder adults; penalty.
Introduced by: Mark R. Herring | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Crimes against incapacitated or elder adults; penalty. Provides that any person who commits an offense set forth in Chapter 4 (crimes against the person), Chapter 5 (crimes against property), or Chapter 6 (crimes involving fraud) of Title 18.2, knowing or having reason to know that the victim of the offense is an incapacitated or elder adult is guilty of a separate and distinct Class 1 misdemeanor if the underlying offense is a misdemeanor and a separate and distinct Class 6 felony if the underlying offense is a felony. The bill adds that if the offender is a person responsible for the care of the victim, punishment for a misdemeanor shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 30 days, and punishment for a felony shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101755D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/10 Senate: Committee substitute printed 10105008D-S1 pdf | impact statements
HISTORY
- 01/13/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101755D
- 01/13/10 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/10 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/03/10 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/10 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/03/10 Senate: Committee substitute printed 10105008D-S1
- 02/10/10 Senate: Continued to 2011 in Finance (15-Y 0-N)
- 12/02/10 Senate: Left in Finance