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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 844

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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, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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, 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: Cowles (R) , Feyen (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R)

17 cosponsors

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)

Votes

Senate: Report passage 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 13, 2022 · Senate

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

  2. Jan 13, 2022 · Senate

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

  3. Feb 8, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 17, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 17, 2022 · Senate

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

  6. Feb 17, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1