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Committee debates elevating assault and battery of athletic officials to felonies; members raise scope and juvenile‑justice concerns
Summary
Senate Bill 531 would make assault and battery of athletic officials felony offenses and increase penalties. Committee counsel said the measure increases existing penalties; senators expressed concern about the bill's broad reach beyond school events, its effect on juveniles and whether it should be narrowed or further vetted in Judiciary.
The committee took up Senate Bill 531, which would escalate the offenses of assault and battery of athletic officials to felonies and increase associated fines and prison terms.
Counsel explained the draft would change the penalty for assault of an athletic official from a fine of up to $500 or confinement not more than six months to a fine of $500–$1,000 or imprisonment for one to two years, and would change battery of an athletic official from a fine of up to $1,000 or confinement not more than 12 months to a fine of…
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