Crimes and punishments; making certain acts unlawful; effective date.
Referred to Criminal Judiciary
Summary
The bill makes it a Class B4 felony to knowingly interfere with, assault, or obstruct firefighters or emergency medical responders while they are on duty, with penalties of two to ten years in prison. It also raises the penalty for aggravated assault causing serious injury to these responders to a life‑sentence felony, and treats the killing of a responder as first‑degree murder with an aggravating circumstance. Additionally, the bill expands the list of victims that count as aggravating factors in murder cases to include firefighters and EMTs.
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