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Committee reviews amendment to narrow new third-degree assault category
Summary
Lawmakers debated amendments to House Bill 907 that narrow a proposed third-degree assault category by excluding many domestically related victims who would be eligible for protective-orders under the Family Law Article; the committee discussed intent to reserve third-degree for non-domestic minimal-touching incidents.
The committee discussed changes to House Bill 907 that would carve out a narrower third-degree assault category and exclude many domestically related incidents handled through protective-order mechanisms.
A presenter described the amendment as shifting the exclusion language from "domestically related crimes" to a test based on the…
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