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IN HB1122

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2012

Primary Sponsor

Sean Eberhart

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Origin

House of Representatives

2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Makes bringing a controlled substance, deadly weapon, or cellular telephone/wireless communications device into a penal facility or juvenile facility without authorization a Class C felony.

  • Expands the definition of "trafficking with an inmate" to include possessing these prohibited items in a penal or juvenile facility, not just delivering them.

  • Keeps the base offense of trafficking with an inmate (delivering/carrying articles to inmates or children) as a Class A misdemeanor, unless the article is a controlled substance, deadly weapon, or communications device.

  • Requires a mandatory $5,000 fine for Department of Correction or penal facility employees convicted of trafficking with cigarettes or tobacco products, in addition to any imprisonment.

  • Effective July 1, 2012.

Legislative Description

Trafficking with inmate or child.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

1/9/2012

Full Bill Text

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