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Assault, battery, penalties
ASSAULT AND BATTERY – Amends existing law to revise penalties for domestic violence and attempted strangulation.

RS31238 / H0600

This legislation is intended to assist in accurately identifying criminal charges for domestic violence and charging those offenses appropriately. It will allow prosecutors to charge second and third offense charges on cases that involve strangulation.

This legislation causes no known additional expenditure of funds at the state or local level of government, nor does it cause an increase or decrease in revenue for state or local government therefore the legislation has no fiscal impact.

Bill Events
Date Description
02/20 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
02/21 Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
02/28 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
02/29 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
03/01 Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3
AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Hansen), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12)(Crane), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – None
Absent – Andrus, Erickson, Shepherd
Floor Sponsor - Allgood
Title apvd - to Senate
03/04 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
03/04 Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules
03/18 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
03/19 Read second time; filed for Third Reading
03/20 Retained on calendar
03/25 Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-1-1
AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld
NAYS – Foreman
Absent and excused – Shea(Ruchti)
Floor Sponsor - Lee
Title apvd - to House
03/26 Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
03/26 Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
03/27 Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
03/27 Signed by President; returned to House
03/27 Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
03/28 Delivered to Governor at 3:27 p.m. on March 27, 2024
04/02 Reported Signed by Governor on April 1, 2024
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