Bill Sponsors: IN SB0486 | 2019 | Regular Session
Bill Title: Criminal law issues. Specifies, for purposes of operating while intoxicated, the manner in which a chemical test for THC must be conducted. Requires the state department of toxicology to adopt rules relating to the administration of a chemical test for THC. Permits a prosecuting attorney to file for revocation of a community corrections placement. Removes a provision making the violation of a home detention order the crime of escape. Makes maintaining a common nuisance a Class A misdemeanor unless: (1) the person has a prior conviction; or (2) the common nuisance is used for human trafficking, or for cocaine, methamphetamine, or a schedule I or II narcotic drug. Removes a provision making receipt of a report a prerequisite for imposing of a two year probationary period on a misdemeanant convicted of a crime relating to substance abuse. Allows certain individuals who commit an offense in a penal facility to be sentenced to the department of correction. Provides that the exception allowing a person to possess a firearm on school property does not apply if the person commits an offense on school property. Increases the penalty for domestic battery if the defendant has a prior conviction for strangulation, and increases the penalty for strangulation if the person has a prior strangulation conviction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-03-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code [SB0486 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-03-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code [SB0486 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Senator Michael Young [R] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | SD-035 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Jon Ford [R] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | SD-038 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Gregory Steuerwald [R] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-040 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |