Battery; increases penalty when against a school employee engaged in performance of his duties. (HB1687)

Introduced By

Del. Matt Fariss (R-Rustburg)

Description

Battery; school employees; penalty. Increases the penalty for battery against a public or private school employee engaged in the performance of his duties from a Class 1 misdemeanor with a two-day mandatory minimum sentence to a Class 6 felony with a six-month mandatory minimum sentence. The bill also increases the mandatory minimum sentence if the battery is committed by use of a firearm or other weapon prohibited on school property from six months to one year. Read the Bill »

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