Indiana House Bill 1204 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-09 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Battery on a utility worker. Makes battery a Level 6 felony instead of a Class B misdemeanor if the battery is committed against a utility worker engaged in the ordinary course of the utility worker's employment. Makes the offense a Level 5 felony if: (1) the battery involved the placement of any bodily fluid or waste on a utility worker; and (2) the person who committed the offense knew or recklessly failed to know that the bodily fluid or waste placed on the utility worker was infected with hepatitis, tuberculosis, or human immunodeficiency virus.

Battery on a utility worker. Makes battery a Level 6 felony instead of a Class B misdemeanor if the battery is committed against a utility worker engaged in the ordinary course of the utility worker's employment. Makes the offense a Level 5 felony if: (1) the battery involved the placement of any bodily fluid or waste on a utility worker; and (2) the person who committed the offense knew or recklessly failed to know that the bodily fluid or waste placed on the utility worker was infected with hepatitis, tuberculosis, or human immunodeficiency virus.

Rep. Charles Moseley [D]

Rep. Thomas Saunders [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-09	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2018-01-09	House	Coauthored by Representative Saunders
2018-01-09	House	Authored by Representative Moseley

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1204/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/f/b/3/bfb3ee03/HB1204.01.INTR.pdf