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2022 SESSION

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SB 453 Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, etc.

Introduced by: Jennifer B. Boysko | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or mental illness; penalties. Provides that any person charged with a simple assault and battery offense who has been diagnosed by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist with an autism spectrum disorder, an intellectual disability, or serious mental illness and the violation was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the person's disorder or disability shall not be subject to mandatory minimum punishment. Under current law, certain simple assault and battery offenses carry a mandatory minimum punishment when such offenses are committed against certain groups of people.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/22  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102307D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/09/22  Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106448D-S1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 01/11/22  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102307D
• 01/11/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
• 02/09/22  Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (11-Y 2-N)
• 02/09/22  Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106448D-S1
• 02/10/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/22  Senate: Read second time
• 02/11/22  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/11/22  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22106448D-S1
• 02/11/22  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB453S1
• 02/14/22  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N)
• 02/22/22  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/22/22  House: Read first time
• 02/22/22  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/22/22  House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
• 02/23/22  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/22  House: Left in Courts of Justice