HB2212 Summary

• Elevates criminal trespass in the first degree at critical public service facilities from a class 5 felony to a class 4 felony.

• Creates a new class 3 felony for criminal damage when intentionally tampering with utility property causes an imminent safety hazard to any person.

• Increases criminal penalties for aggravated criminal damage to utility or agricultural infrastructure by elevating certain offenses from class 3 to class 2 felony and class 4 to class 3 felony.

• Expands the definition of aggravated criminal damage to utility infrastructure to include actions that interfere with or prevent the normal function of utility infrastructure or the intended course of utility service.

• Adds "cost of the loss of the utility service" to damages calculations for aggravated criminal damage and clarifies armed nuclear security guard authority to use force against persons committing these enhanced offenses.