HB2611 Summary

• Adds a new aggravated assault offense when a person is aided by two or more accomplices in committing an assault directed at a single person that results in physical injury, classified as a class 4 felony.

• Expands the definition of victims protected under aggravated assault laws to include law enforcement agency employees (other than peace officers), public transit employees, airport employees, and railway workers.

• Adds "cognitive disability" and "developmental disability" to the mental health conditions that may exempt a person from assault charges against health care workers if they cannot form the required culpable mental state.

• Increases sentencing for aggravated assault on peace officers from the presumptive sentence to two years additional imprisonment when specific circumstances apply, with limited eligibility for sentence suspension or commutation.

• Applies these amendments to offenses committed until January 1, 2033, with a separate post-2033 version maintaining similar provisions with updated terminology for "first responder" to "peace officer."