Crimes and punishments; making certain acts unlawful; codification; effective date.
The provided text details a committee amendment to HB 1597, not the full bill itself. This amendment modifies language within the bill concerning acts related to crimes and punishments. It clarifies that certain unlawful acts involve actions that "distracts the responder from performing his or her official duties." Without the full text of HB 1597, a complete summary of the bill's overall purpose and specific impacts cannot be provided.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action May 15, 2025
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MINOR
The bill was amended to change the committee oversight from Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight to Judiciary only, and the effective date was changed from November 1, 2025 to November 1, 2025 (no change). The main substantive changes involve formatting and versioning updates between House and Senate floor versions.
TECHNICAL
Changed committee oversight from 'Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight' to 'Committee on Judiciary' only.
Updated document versioning from 'House Floor Version' to 'Senate Floor Version' with corresponding page number changes.
Adjusted line numbering and formatting to reflect Senate floor processing rather than House floor processing.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 7, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 6
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 5
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Criminal Judiciary
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Judiciary
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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