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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 824

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Relating to: battery of a corrections employee by a person in custody and providing a penalty.

Corrections department of Crime and criminals — Battery Sentences and penalties

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  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, a person who intentionally causes bodily harm to another

person commits the crime of simple battery and is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

Current law provides greater penalties for persons who intentionally cause bodily

harm to certain persons. For example, under current law, a person who intentionally

causes bodily harm to a probation, extended supervision, and parole agent commits

the crime of special circumstances battery and is guilty of a Class H felony. Current

law also increases penalties for battery that results in greater bodily harm. For

instance, if a person intentionally causes great bodily harm, such as a permanent

disfigurement, to another, the person commits the crime of aggravated battery and

is guilty of a Class E felony. Under the bill, if a person who is in the custody of DOC

commits any type of battery against an employee of DOC, the maximum

imprisonment penalty for that level of battery is increased by five years, and, if the

person is serving a sentence when the battery is committed, the sentence imposed

must run consecutive to the one the person is serving, not concurrent to it.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Behnke (R) , Born (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Callahan (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , James (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Penterman (R) , Plumer (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Snyder (R) , Tranel (R)

5 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Feyen (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 6, Noes 4

Passed 6–4 Jan 19, 2022 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 58–34 Jan 25, 2022 official source full page

Aye · 58

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2

Passed 5–2 Feb 17, 2022 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 7, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Callahan, Snyder, Behnke, Born, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, James, Kuglitsch, Murphy, Penterman, Plumer, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Tranel and Mursau; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Marklein, Nass, Stroebel and Cowles

  2. Jan 7, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  3. Jan 11, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Jan 19, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 6, Noes 4

  6. Jan 19, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

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

  8. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 58, Noes 34

  9. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  11. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Jan 26, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  14. Jan 26, 2022 · Senate

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

  15. Feb 8, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  16. Feb 17, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  17. Feb 17, 2022 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2

  18. Feb 17, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Feb 18, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  20. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  21. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  23. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  26. Feb 28, 2022 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-28-2022

  27. Apr 4, 2022 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 by directive of the Speaker

  28. Apr 8, 2022 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2022

  29. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  30. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82