HB267
Assault or assault and battery; affirmative defense, penalty.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 17, 2024
House: House sustained Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
Vivian Watts (D)
Session:
2024 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Assault and battery; affirmative defense; penalty.
Provides an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual for assault or assault and battery of certain specified individuals for which the enhanced Class 6 felony and six month mandatory minimum apply if such individual proves, by a preponderance of the evidence, that at the time of the assault or ... (More) assault and battery (i) the individual's behaviors were a result of (a) mental illness or (b) a neurocognitive disorder, including dementia, or a neurodevelopmental disability, including a developmental disability or intellectual disability, such as autism spectrum disorder, as defined in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association or (ii) the individual met the criteria for issuance of an emergency custody order. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/05/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102519D
- 01/05/2024 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/19/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB267)
- 01/30/2024 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/02/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/05/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/05/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/09/2024 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/09/2024 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
- 02/09/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24107381D-H1
- 02/11/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB267H1)
- 02/12/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/12/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107381D-H1
- 02/12/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB267H1
- 02/13/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (56-Y 42-N)
- 02/13/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 42-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108488D-S1
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (7-Y 5-N)
- 03/01/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB267S1)
- 03/01/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108488D-S1
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB267S1
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/05/2024 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House 24108488D-S1 (1-Y 99-N)
- 03/05/2024 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N)
- 03/06/2024 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/2024 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/07/2024 - House: House acceded to request
- 03/07/2024 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/07/2024 - House: Delegates: Watts, Callsen, Kilgore
- 03/07/2024 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/07/2024 - Senate: Senators: Boysko, Surovell, Stanley
- 03/09/2024 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/09/2024 - House: Conference substitute printed 24109015D-H2
- 03/09/2024 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 46-N)
- 03/09/2024 - House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 46-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/09/2024 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/12/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB267H2)
- 03/25/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 03/25/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB267ER)
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/27/2024 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/2024 - House: House sustained Governor's veto
