Increases the penalty for battery on certain health care employees and school employees. Specifies that the enhancement for battery committed against a department of child services (DCS) employee applies only to those DCS employees whose responsibilities include personally supervising a child or parent, personally providing services to a child or parent, or personally interviewing a child or parent as part of an investigation. Requires the employer of a health care or school employee who is the victim of battery to make a semiannual report to the department of labor concerning workplace batteries.
- Chamber
- House
- Introduced
- Dec 2, 2025
- Last action
- Feb 19, 2026 — Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
- Session
- 2026
- Momentum
- 68 · High