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2011 SESSION
SB 904 Assault and battery; penalty when against family to be elevated to Class 6 felony.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Family assault and battery. Allows the penalty for family assault and battery to be elevated from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony if the defendant has previously been convicted of unlawful wounding or unlawful bodily injury by means of a substance. Under current law, malicious wounding and malicious bodily injury by means of a substance are two of the crimes that allow elevation of the penalty.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/11 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100684D
- 01/10/11 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/12/11 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/19/11 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/11 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/01/11 Senate: Reported from Finance (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/11 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/11 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/11 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/11 House: Read first time
- 02/08/11 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/09/11 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
- 02/11/11 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/11 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/11/11 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/11 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/15/11 House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
- 02/16/11 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/11 House: Tabled in Appropriations by voice vote