Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 47
150th General Assembly (2019 - 2020)
Bill Progress
Passed 5/16/19
The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.
Bill Details
5/16/19
This Amendment does the following:
(1) Removes an existing defined term that is made unnecessary by changes made by the Act.
(2) Restores the aggravators for resisting arrest by and fleeing from a law enforcement officer.
(3) Makes clear that a defendant may be charged with the crime of resisting arrest or the aggravator for resisting, but not both.
(4) Makes clear the aggravator for a protected school zone applies when the conduct occurs in a protected school zone, but not when a pursuit of a suspect ends in the protected school zone.
(5) Replaces references to “protected school zone” in offenses enhanced by the protected school zone with references to “aggravating factor”.