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SB 853 Assault and battery; adds magistrates within enhanced penalty provision.
Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Assault and battery of magistrate; penalty. Elevates the punishment for committing an assault and battery against a magistrate who is engaged in the performance of his public duties from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony, with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement. The bill incorporates SB 966.
FULL TEXT
- 01/02/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102891D pdf | impact statement
- 01/21/13 Senate: Committee substitute printed 13104319D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/13 Senate: Committee substitute printed 13104688D-S2 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB853ER) pdf | impact statements
- 03/23/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0711) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/02/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102891D
- 01/02/13 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/21/13 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/13 Senate: Committee substitute printed 13104319D-S1
- 01/21/13 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/29/13 Senate: Committee substitute printed 13104688D-S2
- 01/29/13 Senate: Incorporates SB966
- 01/29/13 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/13 Senate: Read second time
- 01/31/13 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/31/13 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 13104319D-S1
- 01/31/13 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/31/13 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 13104688D-S2
- 01/31/13 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB853S2
- 02/01/13 Senate: Bills placed in block (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/13 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/13 House: Read first time
- 02/06/13 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/06/13 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
- 02/08/13 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- 02/08/13 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/11/13 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/13 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/12/13 House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
- 02/14/13 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/13 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/13 House: Read second time
- 02/21/13 House: Read third time
- 02/21/13 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/13 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/13 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/23/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB853ER)
- 02/23/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/23/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/23/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 711 (effective 7/1/13)
- 03/23/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0711)