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Committee approves measure extending assault protections to utility workers
Summary
SB 431 would add water, gas and electric utility workers to the list of protected professionals for whom assault and related conduct carries enhanced penalties. Union leaders and utilities recounted assaults, threats and dangerous encounters on the job; ACLU urged narrow drafting to avoid unintended expansion of enhanced penalties.
Sen. Arguin presented SB 431, a targeted amendment to the penal code that would extend enhanced misdemeanor penalties to certain utility workers — specifically water, gas and electrical employees — when an assault or battery occurs while the worker is engaged in the performance of official duties.
Union witnesses described a rising…
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