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IN HB1155
Bill
Status
1/12/2015
Primary Sponsor
Charles Moseley
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AI Summary
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Battery on a utility worker resulting in bodily injury becomes a Level 6 felony when the utility worker is acting in the ordinary course of employment, upgraded from a Class B misdemeanor.
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Defines "utility worker" as individuals employed by public utilities, municipality-owned utilities, cable/satellite television companies, telecommunications carriers, electric cooperatives, telephone cooperatives, or nonprofit utilities.
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Adds utility workers to the list of protected persons under Indiana battery law, alongside public safety officials, children, and endangered adults.
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Effective July 1, 2015.
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Also makes related amendments to victim assistance programs, disease transmission offense provisions, and protective procedures for vulnerable witnesses in criminal proceedings.
Legislative Description
Battery on a utility worker. Makes battery on a utility worker engaged in the execution of the utility worker's official duty a Level 6 felony instead of a Class B misdemeanor if the battery results in bodily injury to the utility worker and the utility worker was acting in the ordinary course of the utility worker's employment.
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/12/2015