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2013 SESSION
HB 1955 Impersonating a law-enforcement officer or other public safety personnel; impersonating, penalty.
Introduced by: R. Steven Landes | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Impersonating a law-enforcement officer or other public safety personnel. Provides that any unauthorized person who wears a uniform identical to or substantially similar to a standard uniform used by an office of sheriff to impersonate the office of sheriff is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor (currently a Class 3 misdemeanor). The bill adds new punishment for a second or subsequent such offense: a Class 6 felony. The bill also adds the same new punishment for a second or subsequent offense of impersonating a law-enforcement officer or other public safety personnel, currently a Class 1 misdemeanor for any such offense.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100279D pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/13 House: Committee substitute printed 13104541D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/13 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1955ER) pdf | impact statements
- 03/16/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0431) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100279D
- 01/09/13 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/22/13 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
- 01/23/13 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/13 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/25/13 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/13 House: Committee substitute printed 13104541D-H1
- 01/25/13 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/29/13 House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
- 01/31/13 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/13 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/13 House: Read first time
- 02/04/13 House: Read second time
- 02/04/13 House: Committee substitute agreed to 13104541D-H1
- 02/04/13 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1955H1
- 02/05/13 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/13 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/13 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/13/13 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/13 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/18/13 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/13 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/13 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/20/13 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/20/13 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/20/13 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/13 House: Senate amendment rejected by House (4-Y 94-N)
- 02/21/13 House: VOTE: REJECTED (4-Y 94-N)
- 02/21/13 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/13 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/21/13 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/21/13 Senate: Senators: Reeves, Stuart, Stanley
- 02/21/13 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/21/13 House: Delegates: Landes, Loupassi, Hester
- 02/23/13 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/13 House: Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/13 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/13 House: Enrolled
- 03/04/13 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1955ER)
- 03/04/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/16/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 431 (effective 7/1/13)
- 03/16/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0431)