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IN HB1016
Bill
Status
1/3/2019
Primary Sponsor
Ronald Bacon
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AI Summary
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Battery against a utility worker acting in the ordinary course of employment is elevated from a Class B misdemeanor to a Level 6 felony
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Battery resulting in bodily injury to a utility worker on duty is elevated from a Class B misdemeanor to a Level 5 felony
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Battery involving infected bodily fluid or waste (hepatitis, tuberculosis, or HIV) against a utility worker is elevated from a Level 6 felony to a Level 5 felony
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"Utility worker" is defined to include employees of public utilities, municipally owned utilities, cable/satellite companies, telecommunications carriers, electric cooperatives, telephone cooperatives, and nonprofit utilities
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Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Battery on a utility worker. Provides that battery is a Level 6 felony, instead of a Class B misdemeanor, if the offense is committed against a utility worker who is acting in the ordinary course of the utility worker's employment. Provides that battery is a Level 5 felony, instead of a Class B misdemeanor, if the offense results in bodily injury to a utility worker who is acting in the ordinary course of the utility worker's employment. Provides that battery committed: (1) by placing bodily fluid or waste on another person; and (2) with knowledge, or reckless failure to know, that the bodily fluid or waste is infected with hepatitis, tuberculosis, or human immunodeficiency virus; is a Level 5 felony, instead of a Level 6 felony, if the offense is committed against a utility worker.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/3/2019