2007 Senate Bill 158 ↩

House Roll Call 1148: Passed

To revise the definition of third degree child abuse to include knowingly or intentionally committing an act that under the circumstances creates an unreasonable risk of harm to a child, and which did harm a child. Among other things this could apply to actions such as leaving a child unattended in a parked car. The bill would also include in the factors that constitute second-degree child abuse a person's reckless act that caused serious mental harm to a child.