HB-292: Adds to existing law relating to assault and battery to provide that any person who commits assault or battery upon certain persons shall be subject to a certain punishment and to provide an affirmative defense.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Welfare Committee
Returned From Senate Failed; Filed In The Office Of The Chief Clerk on 03/29/2013
You have voted HB-292: Adds to existing law relating to assault and battery to provide that any person who commits assault or battery upon certain persons shall be subject to a certain punishment and to provide an affirmative defense..
You have voted HB-126: Amends existing law relating to assault and battery to establish additional provisions relating to assault or battery upon certain personnel..
You have voted HB-419: Amends existing law relating to assault and battery to revise provisions relating to assault or battery upon certain personnel..
HB-1512: An Act To Protect the Health and Safety of First Responders
Sponsored by: Sen. Matthew Harrington
Ld 1512 In Senate, July 20, 2017, This Bill, Having Been Returned By The Governor, Together With Objections To The Same Pursuant To The Provisions Of The Constitution Of The State Of Maine, After Reconsideration, The Senate Proceeded To Vote On The Question: "shall This Bill Become A Law Notwithstanding The Objections Of The Governor?" 29 In Favor And 1 Against, Accordingly It Was The Vote Of The Senate That The Bill Become Law And The Veto Was Overridden. on 07/20/2017
Assault and battery against a family or household member; eligibility for first offender status. [HB-2064]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
HB-2064: Assault and battery against a family or household member; eligibility for first offender status.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael P. Mullin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0621) on 03/16/2017
Battery; expands penalty when against health care provider. [HB-1921]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
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
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HB-1921: Battery; expands penalty when against health care provider.
Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann L. Robinson
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0029) on 02/17/2017
Assault and battery against a family or household member; deferred disposition, waiver of appeal. [HB-1851]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
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
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HB-1851: Assault and battery against a family or household member; deferred disposition, waiver of appeal.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. Todd Gilbert
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0785) on 04/05/2017
Principals; student discipline, alternatives to referring incidents. [HB-1843]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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.
HB-1843: Principals; student discipline, alternatives to referring incidents.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael P. Mullin
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
Purchase and transport of firearms; simple assault hate crime. [HB-1778]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
HB-1778: Purchase and transport of firearms; simple assault hate crime.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian E. Watts
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/07/2017
Assault and battery of private police officers; penalty. [SB-1067]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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.
SB-1067: Assault and battery of private police officers; penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 01/31/2017
Assault and battery; health care providers; penalty. [SB-973]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
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
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SB-973: Assault and battery; health care providers; penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Glen H. Sturtevant
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0056) on 02/20/2017
Assault and battery against a family or household member; first offense, enhanced penalties. [HB-765]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
HB-765: Assault and battery against a family or household member; first offense, enhanced penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen J. Murphy
Left In Finance on 12/02/2016
Battery; public transportation operators; penalty. [SB-644]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
SB-644: Battery; public transportation operators; penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kenneth Cooper Alexander
Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/02/2016