BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

HB 2705: Assaulting emergency worker

Increasing penalties for assaulting or injuring an emergency worker.

Summary

Provides that any person who drives a vehicle in a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of, and injures, an emergency worker performing his or her official duties at the time of the incident is guilty of reckless driving that injures an emergency worker.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to increasing penalties for assaulting or injuring an emergency worker;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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HB 2705 (2019–20) Antlerless deer hunting · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2705 (2017–18) Transportation contractors · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2705 (2015–16) First degree rape · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2705 (2013–14) Reserve peace officers · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2705 (2011–12) Legislative support services · Enacted · Chapter 113, Laws of 2012
HB 2705 (2009–10) Disposition of human remains · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2705 (2007–08) Vehicular homicide · Did not pass · died in committee