No. CS/HB 643
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Violations of Injunctions for Protection Against Domestic Violence; Provides that person commits felony of third degree if such person commits violation of injunction or foreign protection order against victim after having been convicted of any assault, battery, or violation of injunction or foreign protection order against same victim; requires minimum term of imprisonment for such offense.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe bill lowers the number of prior convictions needed to trigger a third-degree felony charge for violating a domestic violence injunction. A person now needs only one prior conviction for assault, battery, or a previous injunction violation against the same victim to face felony charges upon a new violation.
It also creates a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 days in county jail for each violation of this specific felony provision. This jail time is required unless the court instead imposes a non-suspended prison sentence in a state correctional facility.
These changes apply to anyone who has a prior conviction for assault, battery, or an injunction violation against a specific victim and then commits a new violation of an injunction or foreign protection order against that same victim.
AIReduces the number of prior convictions required to trigger a third-degree felony charge from two to one.
AIAdds assault and battery convictions to the list of prior offenses that count toward the felony enhancement threshold.
AIRequires a minimum 10-day county jail sentence for each violation, unless the court imposes a non-suspended state prison term.