BILL · 2007–08 SESSION

SB 5584: Homicide by abuse

Protecting children under the age of seven by creating the crime of homicide by abuse in the second degree.

Summary

Declares that a person is guilty of homicide by abuse in the second degree when he or she, under circumstances not amounting to homicide by abuse in the first degree, recklessly causes the death of a child under seven years of age. Provides that homicide by abuse in the second degree is a class A felony.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to protecting children under the age of seven by creating the crime of homicide by abuse in the second degree;

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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SB 5584 (2019–20) Joint self-insurance prgs · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5584 (2017–18) College & univ. presidents · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5584 (2015–16) Water quality determinations · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5584 (2013–14) State trans. facility naming · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5584 (2011–12) Apprenticeship standards · Enacted · Chapter 308, Laws of 2011