Week of Mar 14th
March 16, 2021 (1 event)
March 16, 2021Adds communications between a peer supporter providing critical incident stress management intervention and a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel to those communications that are considered confidential and for which a person cannot be called to testify or otherwise divulge.
Fiscal Note: (Dated January 13, 2021) NOT SIGNIFICANT
SB163 - M. Pody - 02/08/21 - Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee.House Hearing Room IIMarch 17, 2021 (2 events)
March 17, 2021HB1074 CRIMINAL LAW: Penalty for assault of a first responder. Increases the penalty for assault of a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. Fiscal Note: (Dated
February 4, 2021) Increase State Expenditures $7,370,500 Incarceration* Decrease Local Expenditures $611,100/FY21-22 and Subsequent Years
SB358 - J. Hensley - 02/10/21 - Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee.HB864 - CRIMINAL LAW: Assault against a first responder includes nurses. Adds nurses to the assault against a first responder who is discharging or attempting to discharge official duties statute.
Fiscal Note: (Dated January 26, 2021) NOT SIGNIFICANT
SB19 - B. Gilmore - 03/01/21 - Senate passed.House Hearing Room II
March 17, 2021Increases the penalty for harassment if the person committed the offense because of the victim's actual or perceived employment as a first responder. Defines "first responder" for the purposes of harassment to mean a correctional officer employed by the department of corrections, an emergency medical technician, a firefighter, a law enforcement officer, or any other person who responds to calls for emergency assistance. Broadly captioned.
SB1138 - D. White - 02/22/21 - Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee.House Hearing Room II