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2016 SESSION
HB 754 Domestic violence-related misdemeanors; enhanced penalty.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Domestic violence-related misdemeanors; enhanced penalty. Punishes a misdemeanor offense of violating a protective order, assault and battery against a family or household member, or stalking as a Class 6 felony if the person charged had been previously convicted of any of these offenses, however punished, or assault or bodily wounding within the preceding 20 years if the victim of the prior and the instant offenses was the same.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103904D pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105817D-S1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/12/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103904D
- 01/12/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/05/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/08/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/16 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/16 House: Read first time
- 02/15/16 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/16/16 House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N)
- 02/16/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 2-N)
- 02/17/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/24/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105817D-S1
- 02/24/16 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 03/02/16 Senate: Continued to 2017 in Finance (15-Y 0-N)