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Committee narrows scope, adopts amendments to bill toughening penalties for assaults on athletic officials and refers it to judiciary
Summary
A sponsor-driven bill to increase penalties for assault and battery of athletic officials drew detailed questioning; the committee adopted an amendment narrowing scope and changing felony language to misdemeanors with mandatory confinement ranges, then referred the bill to Judiciary.
A Senate committee on [date not specified] debated legislation that would increase penalties for assaulting or battering athletic officials and later adopted a conceptual amendment that narrowed scope and adjusted penalties before referring the bill to the Committee on Judiciary.
Counsel explained the bill would change penalties for assault and battery against athletic officials, increasing fines and elevating penalties in the original draft. The bill sponsor, identified in committee as the senator from Greenbrier and who testified about a local incident involving an official, urged stiffer penalties and a mandatory minimum to deter attacks on officials.
Committee members questioned scope and…
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