Relating to assault involving a laser emitting a visible light beam and making penalties applicable

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2021
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 14, 2021
3. ✓
   Done: House committeeJanuary 21, 2021
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
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 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 relates to assault involving a laser emitting a visible light beam.1. This definition does not apply to a law enforcement officer who uses a laser in discharging or attempting to discharge the officer’s official duties, to a health care professional who uses a laser in providing services, or to any other person who is licensed or authorized by law to use a laser or uses it in the performance of the person’s official duties, or to a person who uses a laser to play tag, paintball, and other similar games using light-emitting diode technology.

Full bill text¹

House subcommittee

Named January 14, 2021 (as HSB 63). On January 21, 2021 it recommended passage. H.J. 179.

• Rep. Gary Worthan R
• Rep. Wes Breckenridge D
• Rep. Cherielynn Westrich REmail

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Fiscal note

Can’t be estimated Compare with other bills

House File 198 expands the definition of assault, and the fiscal impact cannot be estimated due to the lack of existing conviction data. Table 2 contains cost estimates for the average State cost per offense class type for one conviction. The cost estimate includes operating costs incurred by the Judicial Branch, the State Public Defender, and the Department of Corrections for one conviction.

• Assault, Lasers · January 28, 2021

Reading a fiscal note²

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