CRIME: Amends the definition of "police officer" for the crimes of battery of a police officer and resisting a police officer with force or violence
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2022
Last action Jun 3, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2022 · House Mar 23, 2022
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 33
Jun 2, 2022
D
Democratic11
72% Yea
R
Republican22
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Jun 2, 2022
Introduced
Received from the Senate without amendments.
lower
Jun 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 11, 2022
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 28, 2022
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
upper
Mar 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0).
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Wayne McMahen
RRepublican
Co
Cedric Glover
DDemocratic
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Dustin Miller
DDemocratic
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Kathy Edmonston
RRepublican
Co
Kyle Green
DDemocratic
Co
Larry Bagley
RRepublican
Co
Neil Riser
RRepublican
Co
Robby Carter
DDemocratic
Co
Tanner Magee
RRepublican
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