Senate Concurrent Resolution 1006 Summary

• Establishes a $250,000 state death benefit payable to the surviving spouse (or children if no spouse) of first responders killed in the line of duty, effective June 30, 2025.

• Imposes a $20 penalty fee on every criminal conviction beginning June 30, 2025, with revenues deposited into a state supplemental benefit fund to support the death benefit program.

• Expands the definition of "first responder" in aggravated assault laws to include peace officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and tribal police officers, with enhanced criminal penalties for assaults against them.

• Increases felony classifications for aggravated assaults on first responders, with class 2 felony charges for assaults causing serious physical injury or using deadly weapons.

• All provisions sunset on December 31, 2032, unless the legislature extends them; bill requires voter approval to become law.