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IN HB1122
Bill
Status
1/9/2012
Primary Sponsor
Sean Eberhart
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AI Summary
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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.
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Expands the definition of "trafficking with an inmate" to include possessing these prohibited items in a penal or juvenile facility, not just delivering them.
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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.
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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.
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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