HB288 Summary

• Amends Section 13A-1-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to expand the definition of "serious physical injury" to include penetrating gunshot wounds.

• Current law defines serious physical injury as injury creating substantial risk of death, or causing serious and protracted disfigurement, impairment of health, or loss or impairment of bodily organ function.

• The bill adds "or a penetrating gunshot wound" to the statutory definition, establishing that any penetrating gunshot wound automatically qualifies as serious physical injury.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.