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Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 6, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 4, 2019
- Done: House committeeMarch 6, 2019
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 12, 201965–32
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 12, 201941–8
- Done: To the GovernorMarch 13, 2019
- Done: Signed into lawMarch 14, 2019
SF 519 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 519, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 519 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill amends Code chapter 717A, which provides that a person who disrupts agricultural production at an agricultural production facility (facility) is subject to criminal prosecution. A facility is a location where agricultural animals or crops are maintained, and includes related real or personal property. The bill creates the criminal offense of agricultural production facility trespass which involves the use of deception to obtain access to a facility, which is not open to the public, with the intent to cause physical or economic harm or other injury to the facility’s operations, property, or persons.
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The offense also involves obtaining employment with the agricultural production facility by deception with the intent to cause physical or economic harm or other injury to the facility’s operations, property, or persons. A person who commits agricultural production facility trespass is guilty of a serious misdemeanor for a first offense and an aggravated misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense. The bill also expressly provides for the application of the conspiracy statute. A person convicted of conspiracy under the bill’s provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor of the same class as the underlying offense. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $315 but not more than $1,875. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $625 but not more than $6,250.
Changed since by amendment H-1005; see Amendments.
House subcommittee
Named March 4, 2019. On March 5, 2019 it recommended passage.
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Fiscal note
Senate File 519 establishes a new criminal offense, and the resulting cost to the Justice System cannot be estimated. Table 2 shows estimates for the average State cost per offense class type. The estimates include operating costs incurred by the Judicial Branch, the State Public Defender, and the Department of Corrections for one conviction.
- Final Fiscal Note – Agricultural Production Facility Trespass · May 14, 2019
- Agricultural Production Facility Trespass · March 11, 2019
- Agricultural Production Facility Trespass · March 11, 2019
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