Assault and battery; creates Class 6 felony for serious bodily injury.

Summary

The bill makes assault and battery that results in serious bodily injury a Class 6 felony, even when the conduct does not rise to unlawful or malicious wounding. It also adds hate‑crime enhancements, special penalties for assaults against certain officials, and new background‑check and record‑sealing rules for health‑care and social‑service workers. The changes affect victims of violent assaults, the criminal‑justice system, and employers in adult substance‑abuse and mental‑health programs.

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