Defining the terms crime of violence and violence

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 20, 2019
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill defines the terms “crime of violence” and “violence”. The bill provides that a crime of violence means an offense that has as an element of the offense the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force or power against the person or property of another. The bill defines violence as the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, or psychological harm.

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