IN SB0324 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 19 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-03-03 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on February 19 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-03-03 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Criminal penalties. Increases the penalty levels of crimes related to fentanyl and methamphetamine. Increases the penalty levels of battery against a public safety official, battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, battery resulting in serious bodily injury, battery against a public safety official that results in bodily injury, battery against an endangered adult resulting in serious bodily injury, battery against a child that results in serious bodily injury, battery that results in death, and aggravated battery. Increases the penalty for resisting law enforcement and interfering with public safety under certain circumstances. Requires certain persons charged with a crime of domestic violence to wear a monitoring device as a condition of bail. Requires that a bail hearing for a violent arrestee be held in open court, within 48 hours, and sets minimum bail requirements for the release of a repeat violent arrestee. Makes conforming changes.
Title
Criminal penalties.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-02-18 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 46 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-03 | House | First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Referred to the House |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | House sponsor: Representative Jeter |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 153: yeas 46, nays 3 |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Amendment #3 (Qaddoura) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Amendment #2 (Baldwin) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2025-02-13 | Senate | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | Senator Carrasco added as third author |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | Senator Koch added as second author |
| 2025-01-28 | Senate | Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2025-01-13 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law |
| 2025-01-13 | Senate | Authored by Senator Freeman |
