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Committee approves amendment to expand harassment statute protections for 9-1-1 operators and allow warrantless arrest
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee amended and advanced House Bill 14 18 to cross-reference the harassment statute covering 9-1-1 operators and to widen an intoxication reference so officers may arrest without a warrant when the provision applies.
The House Judiciary Committee on Oct. not specified advanced House Bill 14 18 as amended, approving changes that insert a cross-reference to the harassment statute that covers 9-1-1 operators and that widen a reference to intoxication so it covers drugs as well as alcoholic beverages.
The bill sponsor and committee members said the amendment references subsection 4 of section 12.11707, which the committee described as the harassment statute that makes harassment of a 9-1-1 operator a Class A misdemeanor. Chairman Clamine noted the cross-reference “perfectly reflects what we're trying to get to” by pointing to the existing…
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