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2011 SESSION

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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.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/11  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100684D  pdf | impact statement

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