Senate Bill 2212 Summary

• Adds assault on students and teachers on educational property or persons at a place of worship as an aggravating circumstance for enhanced penalties under simple and aggravated assault statutes.

• Makes murder committed at a place of worship a capital offense, subjecting offenders to potential death penalty sentencing.

• Adds commission of capital murder on educational property or at a place of worship as an aggravating factor in capital sentencing proceedings.

• Effective July 1, 2019.