Increases penalties for assault of retail worker.

This bill would increase penalties for assaulting retail workers by classifying such assaults as aggravated assault. It defines retail workers as anyone employed in the sale, display, or offering for sale of consumer goods at retail businesses. Currently, assaults against certain professions like police, firefighters, and teachers are already considered aggravated assault, but this bill would add retail workers to that protected list. If a retail worker is injured, the assault would be a third-degree crime (carrying 3-5 years in prison and up to $15,000 in fines); if no injury occurs, it would be a fourth-degree crime (up to 18 months in prison and up to $10,000 in fines).