HB133 Summary

• Creates new crimes against first responders: Establishes assault against a first responder in the first degree (Class B felony with 1-year mandatory minimum and $15,000 fine) and second degree (Class C felony with 6-month mandatory minimum and $5,000 fine), with mandatory 48-hour holding periods before bail eligibility.

• Establishes public monument damage crimes: Creates damaging a public monument in the first degree (Class C felony, 1-year minimum, $5,000 fine) and second degree (Class D felony, 6-month minimum, $1,000 fine) as crimes when occurring during riots or with intent to damage.

• Enhances riot-related offenses: Increases penalties for riot and inciting to riot to Class A misdemeanors with 30-day mandatory minimums; creates new crime of aggravated riot (Class C felony with 6-month mandatory minimum) when participants cause property damage or bodily injury.

• Restricts state funding to defunded jurisdictions: Prohibits political subdivisions that abolish law enforcement agencies or reduce their budgets by 10% or more from receiving state grants, Community Development Block Grants, and shared state revenues unless they reallocate funds to community policing programs.

• Modifies bail and firearm restrictions: Creates rebuttable presumption against bail for defendants charged with violent offenses; expands definition of crimes of violence to include assault against first responders, riot, aggravated riot, and public monument damage offenses; disqualifies those convicted of riot or aggravated riot from holding public office.