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Minutes for SB174 - Committee on Judiciary
Short Title
Increasing criminal penalties for the crime of interference with law enforcement when the violation involves fleeing from a law enforcement officer.
Minutes Content for Tue, Feb 14, 2023
Chairwoman Warren opened the hearing on SB174. Jason Thompson, Revisor's Office, provided an overview of the bill and stood for questions. (Attachment 4)
Ed Klumpp gave testimony in support of SB174. He stated, the law enforcement associations are asking to amend the statute on interference of a law enforcement officer to recognize these added dangers in a foot pursuit and increase the penalty level for those cases of interference by fleeing on foot from an officer. (Attachment 5)
There being no further conferees, the hearing on SB174 was closed.
