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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 5139 Projecting laser at law-enforcement officer; penalties.
Introduced by: Roxann L. Robinson | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Projecting laser at law-enforcement officer; penalties. Increases from a Class 2 misdemeanor to a Class 1 misdemeanor the penalty for any person who intentionally projects a beam or a point of light from a laser, a laser gun sight, or any device that simulates a laser at another person while knowing or having reason to know such other person is a law-enforcement or correctional officer and provides that if such intentional projection results in blindness or serious eye injury, such person is guilty of a Class 4 felony, and, upon conviction, the sentence of such person shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of two years.
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HISTORY
- 08/26/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20200677D
- 08/26/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 11/09/20 House: Left in Courts of Justice