Bill No.: HB0006 Drafter: LNS
LSO No.: 14LSO-0031 Effective Date: 7/1/2014
Enrolled Act No.: HEA0009
Chapter No.: CH0013
Prime Sponsor: Joint Judiciary Interim Committee
Catch Title: Domestic assault and battery.
Subject: Creates offenses for domestic assault and domestic battery.
Summary/Major Elements:
· Currently, W.S. 6-2-501 defines the crime of assault and the crime of battery. The section also creates a separate crime of assault against a household member and increases penalties when an assault or battery is committed against a household member and the perpetrator has committed certain prior offenses against a household member.
· This bill removes the provisions relating to household members from W.S. 6-2-501. The bill creates a new crime of domestic assault against a household member and a new crime of domestic battery against a household member. The bill clarifies the penalties for each of the crimes and the penalties for subsequent offenses.
· The bill also makes conforming amendments to other sections.