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HB 1196 Arrest; failure to be physically taken into custody by using physical means to resist.
Introduced by: Richard L. Anderson | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Resisting arrest; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of resisting arrest, punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor, if a person intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a lawful arrest by failing to allow himself to be physically taken into custody by using any physical means to resist.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Resisting arrest; penalty. Removes the requirement that a person flee in order to be convicted of the Class 1 misdemeanor of resisting arrest and replaces it with failing to submit to the lawful commands of a law-enforcement officer or failing to allow oneself to be physically taken into custody by using either active or passive means to resist.