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Committee restores HB483 to original form, expands assault protections for code enforcement officers
Summary
A Senate standing committee approved a substitute that returns HB483 to its original form to extend criminal-protection language to code enforcement officials, aligning their protections with those afforded to peace officers. The substitute passed by unanimous voice vote.
A Senate standing committee voted to restore House Bill 483 to its original language and extend criminal-assault protections to code enforcement officials, the bill’s sponsors said.
Representative Brian Prince, the House sponsor, and Senator Burns, the Senate sponsor, told the committee the substitute returns HB483 to the form it had at the end of the prior session and would protect code enforcement officers "just like the protection they would enjoy…our peace officers enjoy," language Prince read during his presentation. He asked the committee for favorable consideration.
Committee members raised no substantive objections. Senator Randy Robertson asked whether existing law already covered those crimes; sponsors clarified the substitute adds aggravated-offense language tied to the duties of code enforcement officers. Senator Alers seconded a motion from the vice chairman to advance the substitute. The committee voted by voice and the motion carried unanimously.
The substitute was presented as restoring prior language rather than creating a new class of offenses. No implementation details or enforcement changes were discussed; the committee did not request technical amendments and moved the bill forward by substitute. The committee then proceeded to the next agenda item.
The committee recorded the vote as carried by voice; individual roll-call tallies were not provided during the meeting.
