HB 366

Title: Assault and battery; penalties when committed against certain persons.
Author: Vivian Edna Watts

Summary
Assault and battery; penalties. Provides that a simple assault or an assault and battery committed against a judge, magistrate, law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, person directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision of inmates, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter or emergency medical services personnel by a juvenile who has not been previously convicted of or proceeded against informally or adjudicated delinquent for an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Currently, any such offense is a punishable as a Class 6 felony, with a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months. The bill also provides that any person charged with such offense who has been diagnosed by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist with a mental illness, developmental disability, or intellectual disability and the violation was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the person's mental illness or disability, then such person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Status
House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1

Bill Documents
HB 366 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101630D
2022-01-11 - HB 366 (Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101630D)