2021 Senate Bill 67

Enhanced penalties for battering emergency room staff

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 2, 2021

Introduced by Sen. Ken Horn (R-32)

To extend to hospital emergency room personnel the protection of a law that makes it a crime to assault, batter, wound, resist, obstruct, oppose, or endanger law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and certain other emergency service personnel when performing their duties.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety