The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard SB 383 sponsored by Rep. Steuerwald concerning air or gas operated weapons on school property. Sen Koch introduced the bill that amends existing statute to establish that a person who knowingly and intentionally points an air or gas operated weapon designed to expel a metal projectile at another person on school property or on a s … [Read more...] about Air or gas operated weapons on school property
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Nonconsensual pornography
The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law heard Sen. Freeman’s SB 243 concerning nonconsensual pornography. This bill makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a person to distribute or display an intimate image of an individual whom the person knows or reasonably should know does not consent to the distribution or display of the intimate image. The penalty is increased to a Le … [Read more...] about Nonconsensual pornography
Traffic crimes
For amend and vote only, the Appropriations Committee heard Sen. Koch’s SB 186 on enhancing penalties for some traffic crimes. This bill provides that: an operator of a motor vehicle who operates a motor vehicle after the operator's driving privileges have been suspended or revoked and causes an accident that results in injury or death to another person commits a separate offense f … [Read more...] about Traffic crimes
Intimidation against utility workers
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard SB 304 authored by Sen. Koch on intimidation against utility workers. The bill originally provided that a person who communicates a threat to another person with the intent of interfering with providing utility service or communications service for a dwelling, building, or other structure commits intimidation, a Class A … [Read more...] about Intimidation against utility workers
Nonconsensual pornography
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1333 authored by Reps. Speedy and Stutzman on nonconsensual pornography. The bill defines "intimate image" and makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a person to distribute or display an intimate image of an individual whom the person knows or reasonably should know does not consent to the distribution or display of the intimate … [Read more...] about Nonconsensual pornography