HB 1002: Increasing the penalty for hazing.
Signed into law: Chapter 196, Laws of 2023
- Sponsor
- Leavitt
- Introduced
- January 9, 2023
- Status
- C 196 L 23
- Last action
- Effective date 7/23/2023. (May 1, 2023)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:01 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Reclassifies the crime of Hazing from a misdemeanor to a gross misdemeanor, and, in cases involving substantial bodily harm, to a class C felony. Adds felony Hazing to the statutory lists of crimes against persons and crimes of harassment.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 202396 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 13, 202396 yea · 1 nay · 1 not voting
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate on Reconsideration · April 13, 202396 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 5, 202348 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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