Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session
Relating to: the definition of petechia.
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Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the definition of "substantial bodily harm" includes a
petechia, which is defined as a minute colored spot that appears on the skin, eye,
eyelid, or mucous membrane of a person as a result of a localized hemorrhage or
rupture to a blood vessel or capillary.
This bill redefines "petechia" to specify that the hemorrhage or rupture must
be caused by strangulation or suffocation.