Bill Title: Clarifies and expands the definitions of "physical injury" and "serious physical injury" to include physical pain, illness, the appearance of a visable or palpable mark, or impairment of physical condition, and the nature of evidence needed to establish the presence of pain; provides that the class D felony of assault in the second degree is committed when the defendant causes serious physical injury to another person with intent to cause physical injury to such person or to a third person.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02358 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator James Seward [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-051	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator William Larkin [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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