Panel backs tougher penalties when reckless conduct endangers multiple people or involves a weapon
The committee advanced SB142, which would heighten penalties for reckless endangerment when conduct posed substantial risk of serious injury to multiple people and add greater penalties if a firearm or dangerous instrument was used; members debated intent, factual scenarios, and prison-capacity implications.
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The Judiciary Committee considered SB142, an amendment to existing reckless endangerment law that heightens criminal penalties when conduct poses a substantial risk of serious injury to multiple people and imposes additional penalties if a firearm or other dangerous instrument is used.
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