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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 214

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Relating to: refusing or tampering with a global positioning system tracking device and providing a penalty.

Corrections department of Data processing — Criminal acts and law enforcement Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, it is a Class I felony to tamper with a GPS tracking device

that is provided by the Department of Corrections to track persons who have been

convicted of certain offenses or who violate certain orders or injunctions. This bill

makes it a Class I felony to knowingly refuse, resist, or obstruct the installation of

a GPS tracking device. A Class I felony is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 or

imprisonment of up to three years and six months, or both.

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bowen (D) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Callahan (R) , Edming (R) , Kitchens (R) , Rozar (R) , Schraa (R) , Snyder (R) , Spiros (R) , VanderMeer (R)

9 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Cabrera (D) , Cowles (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Subeck (D) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Nov 15, 2021 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. Mar 31, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Callahan, Schraa, Bowen, Brandtjen, Brooks, Edming, Kitchens, Rozar, Snyder, Spiros and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Felzkowski, Ballweg, Cowles, Marklein, Nass and Wanggaard

  2. Mar 31, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  3. Mar 31, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties

  4. Sep 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held by committee on Corrections

  5. Sep 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken by committee on Corrections

  6. Nov 15, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  7. Nov 15, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 by Committee on Rules

  9. Jan 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Cabrera added as a coauthor

  10. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  11. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  12. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1