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2023 SESSION
SB 1272 Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability.
Introduced by: Jennifer B. Boysko | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
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 developmental disability, or serious mental illness shall not be subject to a mandatory minimum punishment if the court finds that the violation was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the person's disorder or disability. Under current law, certain simple assault and battery offenses carry a mandatory minimum punishment when such offenses are committed against certain groups of people, including judges, law-enforcement officers, first responders, school employees, and health care providers.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101068D
- 01/10/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/01/23 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 4-N)
- 02/03/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/23 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/07/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
- 02/10/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/23 House: Read first time
- 02/10/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/23 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/17/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (3-Y 5-N)
- 02/22/23 House: Left in Courts of Justice