IN HB1388 | 2017 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-17 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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.

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Title

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.

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-01-17HouseFirst reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2017-01-17HouseAuthored by Representative Moseley

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