AB 423

Under current law, no one may intentionally cause or threaten bodily harm to

a judge or a member of a judge's family if the person knows that the person harmed

or threatened is a judge or a family member of the judge and the person who causes

or threatens harm does so while the judge is acting in his or her official capacity or

as a response to an official action by the judge. A person who does so is guilty of a

Class H felony and may be fined not more than $10,000 imprisoned for not more than

six years, or both.

This bill attaches the same penalty to a person who knowingly causes or

threatens bodily harm to a district attorney or a member of a district attorney's

family while the district attorney is acting in an official capacity or as a response to

an official action by the district attorney. The bill defines "district attorney" to

include any person authorized to prosecute a criminal case or a delinquency petition,

or his or her designee.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to

result if the bill is enacted.