2002 House Bill 5600

Introduced in the House

Feb. 7, 2002

Introduced by Rep. Mike Kowall (R-44)

To prohibit and provide a penalty for recklessly endangering the safety of an emergency response worker.

Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice

Feb. 27, 2002

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with a version recommended by the committee which reported it. The substitute expands the scope of the bill to include various government and court officials and employees.

The substitute failed by voice vote

Substitute offered by Rep. Mike Kowall (R-44)

To replace the previous version of the bill with a version which expands its scope to include various government and court officials and employees, and also prohibits actions which place a covered person at risk of injury, not just actions which injure. It also authorizes consecutive sentences for convictions of other crimes arising out of the same criminal transaction.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Mike Kowall (R-44)

To narrow the scope of the bill by requiring that an order which an offender has failed to comply with must be a legal order. Also, to require that to be an offense, actions which place a covered person at risk of injury must be a risk of serious injury.

The amendment passed by voice vote

March 7, 2002

Passed in the House 104 to 0 (details)

To prohibit and provide a penalty for or placing at risk of injury or recklessly endangering the safety of an emergency response worker or various other government and court officials and employees.

Received in the Senate

March 7, 2002