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SENATE BILL NO. 1337, As Amended

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S1337aa..............................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
VICTIM/WITNESS COORDINATOR - ASSAULT - Amends existing law to provide that
a person committing an assault or battery upon a victim/witness coordinator
employed by a law enforcement or prosecutorial agency or upon a probation
officer shall be subject to enhanced penalties.

01/26    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/27    Rpt prt - to Jud
02/09    Rpt out - to 14th Ord
02/13    Rpt out amen - to engros
02/16    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/17    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
02/20    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
      Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett,
      Sweeney, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Twiggs
    Floor Sponsor - Dunklin
    Title apvd - to House
02/23    House intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Jud

Bill Text

S1337


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                             SENATE BILL NO. 1337, As Amended

                             BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO ASSAULT  OR  BATTERY  UPON  CERTAIN  PERSONNEL;  AMENDING  SECTION
 3        18-915, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON COMMITTING AN ASSAULT OR BAT-
 4        TERY  UPON  A  VICTIM/WITNESS COORDINATOR EMPLOYED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR
 5        PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY OR UPON A PROBATION OFFICER SHALL BE SUBJECT  TO  THE
 6        PENALTIES  PROVIDED  IN THE SECTION, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY AND TO
 7        MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

 8    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 9        SECTION 1.  That Section 18-915, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
10    amended to read as follows:

11        18-915.  ASSAULT OR BATTERY UPON CERTAIN PERSONNEL -- PUNISHMENT. Any per-
12    son  who commits a crime provided for in this chapter against or upon a judge,
13    prosecuting attorney, public defender, peace officer, bailiff, marshal,  sher-
14    iff,  police officer, correctional officer, employee of the department of cor-
15    rection,  victim/witness coordinator employed by  a  law  enforcement  or
16    prosecutorial  agency,    employees of the department of water resources
17    authorized to enforce the provisions of chapter  38,  title  42,  Idaho  Code,
18    jailer,  parole  officer,  probation officer,  officer of the state
19    department of law enforcement, fireman, social caseworkers or social work spe-
20    cialists of the department of health and welfare, employee of a  state  secure
21    confinement facility for juveniles, employee of a juvenile detention facility,
22    a teacher at a detention facility or a juvenile probation officer,  emer-
23    gency  medical  technician    EMS personnel  certified by the
24    department of health and welfare,  emergency medical technician-ambulance
25    certified by the department of health and welfare, advanced emergency  medical
26    technician  and EMT-paramedic certified by the state board of medicine, 
27    United States marshal, or federally commissioned law  enforcement  officer  or
28    their  deputies  or  agents and the perpetrator knows or has reason to know of
29    the victim's status, the punishment shall be as follows:
30        (a)  For committing battery with intent to commit  a  serious  felony  the
31    punishment shall be imprisonment in the state prison not to exceed twenty-five
32    (25) years.
33        (b)  For  committing  any other crime in this chapter the punishment shall
34    be doubled that provided in the respective section.
35        (c)  For committing a violation of the provisions of section s 
36    18-901 or 18-903, Idaho Code, against the person of a jailer  or  correctional
37    officer or other staff of the department of correction, or of an employee of a
38    state  secure  confinement  facility  for juveniles, an employee of a juvenile
39    detention facility, a teacher at a detention facility or a juvenile  probation
40    officer  and the person committing the offense knows or reasonably should know
41    that  such  victim is a jailer or correctional officer, an employee of a state
42    secure confinement facility for juveniles, an employee of a juvenile detention
43    facility, a teacher at a detention facility or a  juvenile  probation  officer


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 1    engaged  in  the  performance  of his duties, and the victim is engaged in the
 2    performance of his duties, the offense shall be a felony punishable by impris-
 3    onment in the state prison for a period of not more than five (5)  years,  and
 4    said  sentence  shall  be served consecutively to any sentence being currently
 5    served.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

    





    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
     RS07667
    
    To extend the protections afforded law enforcement officers to victim witness coordinators.
    
                              FISCAL IMPACT
    
    None.
    
    S 1337