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HB 783 Firearms; pointing, holding, or brandishing in presence of a law-enforcement officer, penalty.

Introduced by: Les R. Adams | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Brandishing a firearm; law-enforcement officer; penalty. Provides for a six-month mandatory minimum sentence upon conviction of a person for pointing, holding, or brandishing a firearm or similar weapon at someone who the person knows or has reason to know is a law-enforcement officer in such manner as to reasonably induce fear in the mind of another.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/16  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100962D  pdf | impact statements
• 02/12/16  House: Committee substitute printed 16105288D-H1  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/12/16  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100962D
• 01/12/16  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/19/16  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
• 02/10/16  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/16  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N)
• 02/12/16  House: Committee substitute printed 16105288D-H1
• 02/13/16  House: Read first time
• 02/15/16  House: Read second time
• 02/15/16  House: Committee substitute agreed to 16105288D-H1
• 02/15/16  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB783H1
• 02/16/16  House: Read third time and passed House (76-Y 23-N)
• 02/16/16  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (76-Y 23-N)
• 02/17/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/17/16  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/24/16  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N)