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SB 1474 Arrest; resisting law-enforcement officers, etc.
Introduced by: Bill R. DeSteph, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Resisting arrest; penalty. Expands the Class 1 misdemeanor of resisting arrest to include, in addition to fleeing from a law-enforcement officer, attempting to escape from the lawful custody of a law-enforcement officer by force or violence.
FULL TEXT
- 01/17/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103154D pdf
- 01/25/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103154D-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/17/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103154D
- 01/17/17 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/23/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 1-N)
- 01/24/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/17 Senate: Read second time
- 01/25/17 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/25/17 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/25/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1474E
- 01/25/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103154D-E
- 01/26/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/31/17 House: Read first time
- 01/31/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/15/17 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote
- 02/21/17 House: Left in Courts of Justice