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2023 SESSION

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HB 1672 Resisting detention; Class 3 misdemeanor.

Introduced by: Jeffrey Campbell-Resigned 7/14 | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Resisting detention; penalty. Makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any person to intentionally prevent or attempt to prevent a law-enforcement officer from lawfully detaining him, defined in the bill as fleeing or attempting to flee from a law-enforcement officer when (i) the officer has reasonable articulable suspicion to detain the person, (ii) the officer communicates to the person an order to stop, and (iii) the person refuses to obey the order to stop. The bill allows a person charged with committing this offense to be arrested and immediately brought before a magistrate. The bill requires law enforcement to make a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange when any person is arrested on such charge.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101786D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/26/23  House: Printed as engrossed 23101786D-E  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House amendments adopted

HISTORY

• 01/09/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101786D
• 01/09/23  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/13/23  House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
• 01/18/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N)
• 01/23/23  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (10-Y 9-N)
• 01/25/23  House: Read first time
• 01/26/23  House: Read second time
• 01/26/23  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 01/26/23  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1672E
• 01/26/23  House: Printed as engrossed 23101786D-E
• 01/27/23  House: Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N)
• 01/27/23  House: VOTE: Passage (50-Y 47-N)
• 01/30/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/30/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
• 02/13/23  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)