IN HB1022

Elevates battery against a law enforcement officer or person summoned by an officer to a Class D felony, regardless of whether bodily injury occurs, when the officer is engaged in official duties

Removes the previous requirement that battery against law enforcement officers must result in bodily injury to qualify as a Class D felony

Retains existing Class A misdemeanor classification for battery resulting in bodily injury against penal facility employees, firefighters, community policing volunteers, and state chemist agents

Makes conforming amendments to multiple Indiana Code sections including violent crime victim assistance statutes (IC 5-2-6.1) and protected person testimony rules (IC 35-37-4)

Effective date: July 1, 2013