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Assault And Battery

Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
HB-27	State (Idaho)	Amends existing law relating to assault and battery to revise provisions relating to assault or battery upon certain personnel.	Assault And Battery
HB-18	State (Maine)	An Act To Make Exposing a Law Enforcement Officer to a Disorienting Substance a Crime Republican: 100% (9) 100% Republican support	Crimes Assault And Battery
HB-1512	State (Maine)	An Act To Protect the Health and Safety of First Responders Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Crimes Assault And Battery
HB-2064	State (Virginia)	Assault and battery against a family or household member; eligibility for first offender status. Precludes a person who has been convicted of any felony defined as an act of violence from being eligible for first offender status for assault and battery against a family or household member unless the attorney for the Commonwealth does not object to the person being placed on first offender status. Under current law, only prior convictions for assault and battery against a family or household member serve as a disqualifier. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Crimes And Offenses Generally Domestic Relations Assault And Battery
HB-1921	State (Virginia)	Assault and battery; health care providers; penalty. Expands the penalty for battery against a health care provider who is engaged in the performance of his duties to apply in hospitals or in emergency rooms on the premises of any clinic or other facility rendering emergency care. Under current law, the penalties only apply to a battery against an emergency health care provider. The bill requires the Department of Health to work with stakeholder groups to develop guidelines regarding the publication of penalties for battery on a health care provider and for the training of health care professionals and providers in violence prevention programs. This bill is identical to SB 973. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Crimes And Offenses Generally Assault And Battery
HB-1851	State (Virginia)	Assault and battery against a family or household member; deferred disposition; waiver of appeal. Provides that a person charged with a first offense of assault against a family or household member who consents to probation and a deferred disposition of the charge has no right of appeal if he is subsequently found guilty of the original charge for a violation of the terms of his probation. The bill provides that a person may file a motion to withdraw his consent within 10 days of entry of the order deferring proceedings and the court shall schedule a hearing within 30 days of receipt of the motion. The bill provides further that if the person appears at the hearing and requests to withdraw his consent, the court shall grant the request, enter a final order adjudicating guilt, and sentence the person accordingly. If the person fails to appear at the hearing, the court shall deny the motion. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Crimes And Offenses Generally Assault And Battery Domestic Relations
HB-1843	State (Virginia)	Principals; student discipline; alternatives to referring incidents of assault and assault and battery, without bodily injury, to local law enforcement. Permits principals to refer to the local law-enforcement agency student incidents of assault and assault and battery, without bodily injury, only after such principal takes appropriate alternative disciplinary action or determines that no such appropriate alternative disciplinary action exists. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Crimes And Offenses Generally Education Police Students Assault And Battery
HB-1778	State (Virginia)	Purchase and transport of firearms; simple assault hate crime. Prohibits persons convicted of simple assault or assault and battery when the victim was selected because of his race, religious conviction, color, or national origin from purchasing or transporting a firearm for five years following such conviction. Democrat: 100% (12) 100% Democrat support	Crimes And Offenses Generally Weapons Assault And Battery Firearms Hate Crimes
SB-1067	State (Virginia)	Assault and battery of private police officers; penalty. Adds private police officers employed by a private police department to the definition of law-enforcement officer for purposes of the crimes of assault and battery. The current punishment for assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his public duties is a Class 6 felony with a six-month mandatory minimum sentence. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Appropriations Crimes And Offenses Generally Police Assault And Battery Law-enforcement Officers
SB-973	State (Virginia)	Assault and battery; health care providers; penalty. Expands the penalty for battery against a health care provider who is engaged in the performance of his duties to apply in hospitals or in emergency rooms on the premises of any clinic or other facility rendering emergency care. Under current law, the penalties only apply to a battery against an emergency health care provider. The bill requires the Department of Health to work with stakeholder groups to develop guidelines regarding the publication of penalties for battery on a health care provider and for the training of health care professionals and providers in violence prevention programs. This bill is identical to HB 1921. Republican: 100% (2) 100% Republican support	Crimes And Offenses Generally Assault And Battery
HB-765	State (Virginia)	First offense assault and battery against a family or household member; enhanced penalties. Provides that the deferral and dismissal of a first offense of assault and battery against a family or household member will be treated as a prior conviction for the purpose of determining whether a person is eligible for the enhanced Class 6 felony penalties for stalking or assault and battery against a family or household member that apply based on a person's prior convictions. Republican: 75% (3) Unaffiliated: 25% (1) 75% Republican support 25% Unaffiliated support	Crimes And Offenses Generally Assault And Battery Appropriations
SB-644	State (Virginia)	Battery; public transportation operators; penalty. Provides that the punishment for battery of a person who is the operator of a vehicle operated by a public transportation service who is engaged in the performance of his duties is a Class 1 misdemeanor, including a term of confinement of 15 days in jail, two days of which shall be a mandatory minimum term of confinement. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Crimes And Offenses Generally Assault And Battery

Title: Amends existing law relating to assault and battery to revise provisions relating to assault or battery upon certain personnel.

Session: Idaho 2011 Regular Session

Number: HB-27

Subjects: Assault And Battery

Title: An Act To Make Exposing a Law Enforcement Officer to a Disorienting Substance a Crime

Session: Maine 2017-2018 128th Legislature

Number: HB-18

Subjects: Crimes, Assault And Battery

Republican: 100% (9)

Title: An Act To Protect the Health and Safety of First Responders

Session: Maine 2017-2018 128th Legislature

Number: HB-1512

Subjects: Crimes, Assault And Battery

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Assault and battery against a family or household member; eligibility for first offender status.