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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HB 5139 Projecting laser at law-enforcement officer; penalties.

Introduced by: Roxann L. Robinson | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Projecting laser at law-enforcement officer; penalties. Increases from a Class 2 misdemeanor to a Class 1 misdemeanor the penalty for any person who intentionally projects a beam or a point of light from a laser, a laser gun sight, or any device that simulates a laser at another person while knowing or having reason to know such other person is a law-enforcement or correctional officer and provides that if such intentional projection results in blindness or serious eye injury, such person is guilty of a Class 4 felony, and, upon conviction, the sentence of such person shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of two years.

FULL TEXT

• 08/26/20  House: Presented and ordered printed 20200677D  pdf | impact statements

HISTORY

• 08/26/20  House: Presented and ordered printed 20200677D
• 08/26/20  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 11/09/20  House: Left in Courts of Justice