The House Judiciary Committee killed a bill that would have made assaulting elected officials a Class D felony, with most members voting against elevating their own protections, while advancing bills on family-member impersonation scams, out-of-state PFA firearms restrictions, juvenile justice education, and several technical corporate law amendments.
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Representative Morrison argued the bill does not elevate elected officials above state employees but merely puts them 'on par with state employees,' pointing to prior bills elevating penalties for medical and emergency personnel. Representative Jones Giltner countered that 'this bill feels like it's elevating me' and that elected officials should be 'no different than the people that I represent.' Representative Griffith stated 'I don't think this bill is going to be a deterrent to somebody coming up to us or hurting us if they're so inclined' and expressed discomfort with 'continuing to add different individuals based on positions into classifications that exist for the crimes.'
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“Chair. Representative Morrison. I. I struggle with this because as an elected official, I think of myself as a gentle person. , not gentlemen, but gentle person. And I'm supposed to be a common, everyday person out there. And this bill feels it's elevating me. And”
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