IN HB1618

Defines "permanent disabling harm" as serious bodily injury resulting in permanent injury to intellectual, physical, or sensory functioning that substantially impairs a person's ability to meet ordinary demands of life including self-care, manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, or working, but excludes death.

Permits prosecutors to seek an additional fixed prison sentence of 5 to 10 years if the state proves beyond a reasonable doubt that a felony resulted in permanent disabling harm to a public safety official acting within the scope of employment.

Requires the person's knowing or intentional act to be the proximate cause of the permanent disabling harm to trigger the sentencing enhancement.

Makes the additional fixed term nonsuspendible, meaning it cannot be suspended or reduced.

Applies to enhancement hearings held before a jury (if the conviction was by jury trial) or before the court (if trial was to the court or judgment was entered on a guilty plea).

Effective July 1, 2017.