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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 428

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Relating to: repeated acts of physical abuse of the same child and providing a criminal penalty.

Children — Abuse and neglect Jury

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates the crime of engaging in repeated acts of physical abuse of the

same child. Under this bill, to convict an individual of the crime, a jury must

unanimously agree that at least three violations of physical abuse of the same child

occurred within a specified period but need not agree on which acts constitute the

three violations. The penalty for the crime varies from a Class E felony to a Class

A felony, depending on the harm to the child. This bill also adds references to the

created crime to statutes that reference the crime of physical abuse of a child.

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Edming (R) , Heaton (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jacque (R) , Johnson (D) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Murtha (R) , Nerison (R) , Novak (R) , Petryk (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , VanderMeer (R)

8 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Hansen (D) , Lasee (R) , Lassa (D) , Olsen (R) , Shilling (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Jan 15, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 21, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Heaton, Berceau, Billings, Edming, Horlacher, Jacque, Johnson, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kulp, Macco, Murphy, Mursau, Murtha, Nerison, Novak, A. Ott, Petryk, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Sinicki, Spiros, Steffen, Subeck, Tittl, Tranel and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Carpenter, Darling, Hansen, Lasee, Lassa, Olsen and Shilling

  2. Oct 21, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Nov 5, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Jan 15, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  6. Jan 15, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1