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AMENDMENT MEMO
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Memo published: February 21, 2024 Contact: David Moore, Senior Staff Attorney
2023 Senate Bill 402 Assembly Amendment 1
2023 SENATE BILL 402
Under current law, a person who intentionally causes bodily harm to a person who he or she knows or
has reason to know is or was a grand or petit juror, by reason of any verdict or indictment assented to
by the person and without the consent of the person injured, is guilty of a Class H felony.
2023 Senate Bill 402 modifies this offense to include threatening to cause bodily harm. It also provides
that the crime applies if a person, for a reason related to the juror’s service as a juror, intentionally
causes bodily harm to a person who he or she knows or has reason to know is a juror or to a member of
the juror’s family. For this purpose, “family member” is defined to mean “a spouse, child, stepchild,
foster child, parent, sibling, or grandchild.” Finally, the bill provides that a person who commits the
crime of battery or threat to a juror is guilty of a Class I felony.
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1
Assembly Amendment 1 provides that a person who commits the crime of battery or threat to a juror is
guilty of a Class H felony.
BILL HISTORY
Representative Sortwell offered Assembly Amendment 1 on February 19, 2024. On February 20, 2024,
the Assembly adopted the amendment and passed the bill, as amended, both on voice votes.
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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