Bills › 88th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2019
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- 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 creates the criminal offense of theft against a vulnerable elder and provides penalties. The bill defines a vulnerable elder as a person 60 years of age or older who is unable to protect the person’s self from elder abuse as a result of age and a mental or physical condition. The bill provides that a person is subject to criminal penalties if a person commits theft against another person who was a vulnerable elder at the time the theft was committed. If the person commits theft in the first degree, the person is guilty of a class “C” felony and the maximum sentence for the person convicted shall be for a period of confinement of not more than 12 years and a fine of at least $2,500 but not more than $12,000.
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If the person commits theft in the second degree, the person is guilty of a class “D” felony and the maximum sentence for the person convicted shall be for a period of confinement of not more than seven years and a fine of at least $1,000 but not more than $12,000. _____ four years and a fine of at least $800 but not more than $7,500. If the person commits theft in the fourth degree, the person is guilty of a serious misdemeanor and the maximum sentence for the person convicted shall be for a period of confinement of not more than 18 months and a fine of at least $500 but not more than $2,500. If the person commits theft in the fifth degree, the person is guilty of a simple misdemeanor and the maximum sentence for the person convicted shall be for a period of confinement of not more than 60 days and a fine of at least $150 but not more than $1,000.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 29, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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