Relates to establishing the crime of intentional exposure to communicable disease
Summary
Establishes the crime of intentional exposure to communicable disease making it an E felony to knowingly and deliberately expose another individual to a communicable disease in a manner likely to cause transmission and making such crime a qualifying offense for the purposes of pre-trial detention.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 1, 2020
Last action Aug 11, 2020
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Committee
1
May 1, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CODES
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
CJ
Chris Jacobs
RRepublican
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