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House broadens enhanced assault penalties for health‑care workers to more facility settings, approves five‑year sunset
Summary
The House passed a substitute to extend an existing enhanced misdemeanor penalty for assaults on health‑care workers beyond emergency rooms to cover other facility settings, moving class‑B assaults to class‑A for covered conduct; the measure includes a five‑year sunset and drew debate about mental‑health implications and prosecutorial practices.
Representative Spendlove introduced the first substitute to House Bill 32, saying healthcare workers have faced increased threats and physical assaults since the pandemic. The sponsor said the substitute extends existing emergency‑room protections to the whole health facility and raises certain covered…
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