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2024 SESSION

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HB 1147 General Assembly; threats to members, obstruction of justice, penalties.

Introduced by: A.C. Cordoza | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Threats to members of the General Assembly; obstruction of justice; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony to knowingly and willfully send, deliver or convey, or cause to be sent, delivered, or conveyed, to a current member of the General Assembly or his immediate family any threat to take the life of or inflict bodily harm upon a current member of the General Assembly or his immediate family, whether such threat be oral or written. The bill also provides that any person who without just cause knowingly obstructs any elected official in the performance of his duties as such or fails or refuses without just cause to cease such obstruction when requested to do so by such elected official is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102656D  pdf | impact statements

HISTORY

• 01/10/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102656D
• 01/10/24  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/13/24  House: Left in Courts of Justice