Introduced
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To authorize penalties ranging from one year to 25 years in prison depending on the level of injury for committing an assault in which the victim meets a legal definition of vulnerable or "elder" adult, or restraining such a person through violence, menace, fraud, or deceit. These penalties would be in addition to any imposed for assault or similar crimes. The 25 year sentence would apply if the victim is killed. This and related bills add a new class of "elder adult” (those age 80 and above) to laws that already authorize enhanced sentences for harming or defrauding a "vulnerable adult," defined as a person 18 or older who requires care and supervision due to age, a developmental disability, mental illness, or a physical disability.
Referred to the Committee on Families, Children and Seniors
Reported without amendment
Refer to the Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Passed in the House 91 to 16 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
