SB986
Assault and battery; Class 1 misdemeanor against sports official.
Summary
As Introduced. Assault and battery; sports official; penalty.
Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to commit an assault or assault and battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such individual is a sports official, defined in the bill, for an entity sponsoring an interscholastic or intercollegiate sports event or any person performing ... (More) services as a sports official for a public entity or a private, nonprofit organization that sponsors an amateur sports event who is engaged in the performance of his duties. The bill requires such person, upon conviction, be prohibited from attending any such sports event operated by the entity or organization that employed such sports official for a period of not less than six months as a term and condition of such sentence. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101551D
- 01/07/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
- 01/15/2025 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/17/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/20/2025 - Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2025 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/05/2025 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/05/2025 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 02/07/2025 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 02/10/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 02/14/2025 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25107101D-H1
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
- 02/18/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/19/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/19/2025 - House: Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 02/19/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/19/2025 - House: Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB986ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
- 03/21/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 361 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/21/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361)
