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HB0077 • 2024

Simple assault-menacing.

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending simple assault to include menacing or threatening behavior; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Representative Washut
Last action
2024-03-06
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2024

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass in the most recent session and therefore does not have an official effective date.

Amending Simple Assault to Include Menacing Behavior

The bill changes the definition of simple assault in Wyoming law to include threatening or menacing behavior that causes another person to fear an imminent attack.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the definition of simple assault to include any unlawful act or threatening conduct that makes someone believe they are about to be attacked.
  • Specifies that this new rule applies only to offenses committed and charged on or after a certain date.
  • Sets the effective date for these changes as July 1, 2024.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who commit simple assault under the new definition will be subject to legal consequences.
  • Law enforcement officers and judges who interpret and enforce this law.

Terms To Know

Simple Assault
An act that causes or attempts to cause bodily harm, or threatens someone in a way that makes them fear an imminent attack.
Menacing Conduct
Behavior that is threatening and causes another person to reasonably believe they are about to be attacked.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass in the most recent session.
  • It only applies to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2024, if it were to become law.
  • Details of how this change will affect specific cases are unclear.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB0077HS001

Standing Committee • House Judiciary Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment removes references to 'domestic assault' from the bill about simple assault and menacing behavior.

  • Removes mentions of 'and domestic assault' in the catch title and line 2 of the bill text.
  • Replaces 'and 6-2-510(a) are' with 'is' on line 8 of the bill text.
  • Deletes lines 9 through 21 from page 2 of the bill.
  • The amendment does not specify what was in lines 9 through 21 that were deleted, so their content and impact are unclear.

Bill History

  1. 2024-03-06 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Failed 14-16-1-0-0

  2. 2024-03-05 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  3. 2024-03-04 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  4. 2024-03-01 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  5. 2024-03-01 Senate

    S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 3-0-2-0-0

  6. 2024-02-26 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary

  7. 2024-02-26 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  8. 2024-02-23 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 35-27-0-0-0

  9. 2024-02-22 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  10. 2024-02-21 House

    H COW:Passed

  11. 2024-02-19 House

    H Placed on General File

  12. 2024-02-19 House

    H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-4-0-0-0

  13. 2024-02-15 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary 52-9-1-0-0

  14. 2024-01-24 House

    H Received for Introduction

  15. 2024-01-22 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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24LSO-0308
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0308
ENGROSSED
3.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0077

Simple assault-menacing.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Washut, Chestek, Crago, Lawley, Niemiec and Rodriguez-Williams and Senator(s) Ellis, Landen and Nethercott

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending simple assault to include menacing or threatening behavior; specifying applicability; 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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2
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501(a) is amended to read:

6
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2
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501.

Simple assault; battery; penalties.

(a)

A person is guilty of simple assault if
:
,

(i)

H
aving the present ability to do so, he unlawfully attempts to cause bodily injury to another
; or

(ii)

He engages in any unlawful act or threatening or menacing conduct that causes another person to reasonably believe that the person is in danger of an imminent battery
.

Section 2.

This act shall apply to all offenses of simple assault committed and charged on and after the effective date of this act.

Section 3
.

This act is effective July 1, 2024
.

(END)

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