Criminal Offense of Assault

      The bill expands the definition of 'emergency medical care provider' for the purposes of assault offenses to include providers who are performing any function related to medical care.

      Under current law, second degree assault by preventing certain public servants from performing a lawful duty requires intentionally causing bodily injury to another person. The bill changes the requirement to knowingly causing bodily injury to another person.

      The bill clarifies that second degree assault by strangulation by means of a deadly weapon, including a person's body part, may be charged The bill requires a court to sentence a defendant convicted of assault by strangulation in an enhanced range as a crime of violence subject to mandatory incarceration if the defendant has previously been convicted of second degree assault by strangulation.

(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)


(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)