HB0261 • 2023

Breach of the peace within a health care facility.

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; creating the offense of breach of the peace within a health care facility; providing penalties; providing a definition; and providing for an effective date.

Crime Healthcare

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Representative Washut
Last action: 2023-02-06
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how to handle unintentional disturbances.

Breach of the Peace in Health Care Facilities

The bill proposes creating a new offense called 'breach of the peace within a health care facility' and sets penalties for this offense.

What This Bill Does

Creates a new crime called 'breach of the peace within a health care facility'.
Defines actions like making loud noise, using threatening language, or behaving violently as crimes if they happen inside a health care facility.
Sets fines and jail time for people who break this law.

Who It Names or Affects

People who visit or work at health care facilities

Terms To Know

Health Care Facility: A place where medical services are provided, including offices and facilities of doctors, dentists, and other licensed health professionals.
Breach of the Peace: An act that disturbs public order or tranquility, such as making loud noise or using threatening language.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and was not signed into law.
It does not specify how to handle cases where the disturbance is unintentional.
The effective date mentioned in the bill text (July 1, 2023) will not apply since the bill did not become a law.

Bill History

2023-02-06 House
H COW:H Did not consider for COW
2023-02-01 House
H Placed on General File
2023-02-01 House
H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-4-0-0-0
2023-01-27 House
H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor
2023-01-25 House
H Received for Introduction
2023-01-25 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

23LSO-0670
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0670
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0261

Breach of the peace within a health care facility.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Washut, Chadwick, Crago, Henderson, Lawley and Niemiec and Senator(s) Kolb

A BILL

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AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; creating the offense of breach of the peace within a health care facility; providing penalties; providing a definition; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 6
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102 by creating new subsections (c) through (e) is amended to read:

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102.

Breach of the peace; breach of the peace within a health care facility; penalties.

(c)

A person commits breach of the peace within a health care facility if he disturbs the peace of a health care facility or its occupants by unreasonably loud noise or music or by using threatening, abusive or obscene language or violent actions with knowledge or probable cause to believe he will disturb the peace.

(d)

Breach of the peace within a health care facility is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not less than one (1) day nor more than ninety (90) days, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.

(e)

As used in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, "health care facility" means as defined in W.S. 35
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901(a)(x) and shall include the office or facility of a licensed doctor of medicine, chiropractor, osteopath, dentist, optometrist, podiatrist, psychologist, physician's assistant or advanced practitioner of nursing.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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