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2022 SESSION
HB 366 Assault and battery; penalties when committed against certain persons.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Assault and battery; penalties. Provides that a simple assault or an assault and battery committed against a judge, magistrate, law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, person directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision of inmates, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter or emergency medical services personnel by a juvenile who has not been previously convicted of or proceeded against informally or adjudicated delinquent for an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Currently, any such offense is a punishable as a Class 6 felony, with a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months. The bill also provides that any person charged with such offense who has been diagnosed by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist with a mental illness, developmental disability, or intellectual disability and the violation was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the person's mental illness or disability, then such person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101630D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/29/22 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/31/22 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/15/22 House: Left in Courts of Justice