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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 544

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Relating to: throwing or expelling a bodily fluid at a prosecutor and providing a criminal penalty.

Court — Procedure Crime and criminals — Felony

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

Under current law, a person who throws or expels blood, semen, vomit, saliva,

urine, feces, or other bodily substance at or toward an emergency medical technician,

a first responder, a law enforcement officer, a fire fighter, or a person operating or

staffing an ambulance is guilty of a Class I felony.

Under this bill, the same penalty applies to a person who throws or expels blood,

semen, vomit, saliva, urine, feces, or other bodily substance at or toward a prosecutor.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Nass (R) , Olsen (R) , Wanggaard (R)

15 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Born (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Heaton (R) , Horlacher (R) , J. Ott (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Spiros (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 11, 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. Jan 8, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Nass and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Born, Ballweg, E. Brooks, Heaton, Horlacher, Kitchens, Kleefisch, Murphy, Mursau, A. Ott, J. Ott, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste and Spiros

  2. Jan 8, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Feb 4, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  6. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1