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IN SB0223
Bill
AI Summary
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Expands traffic violation charges to include reckless, knowing, or intentional failure to comply with lawful orders of law enforcement officers with traffic authority, charged as a Class C infraction (previously required only "knowing" violation).
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Creates new Class C misdemeanor offense for knowingly or intentionally failing to comply with lawful orders from law enforcement officers after being lawfully detained based on probable cause, reasonable suspicion, a warrant, or court order.
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Upgrades resisting law enforcement charges to felonies under specific circumstances including use of vehicles, weapons, or causing bodily injury or death.
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Establishes mandatory minimum sentences for vehicle-related resisting charges: 30 days (no prior convictions), 180 days (one prior conviction), or one year (two or more prior convictions).
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Makes conforming amendments to habitual violator statutes, specialized driving privileges provisions, and firearm licensing eligibility requirements.
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Effective July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Resisting law enforcement. Specifies that a person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally fails to comply with the lawful order of a law enforcement officer with authority to direct traffic commits a Class C infraction. (Under current law, a person commits the infraction only if the failure to comply is done "knowingly".) Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally refuses to comply with the lawful order of a law enforcement officer after having been detained based on: (1) probable cause; (2) reasonable suspicion; (3) a warrant; or (4) another court order; commits resisting law enforcement as a Class C misdemeanor.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
1/9/2017