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CS/SB 980: Battery upon Public Transit Workers

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Perry

Battery upon Public Transit Workers; Requiring certain public transit providers to post a specified sign concerning the penalty for committing a battery upon a transit worker by a specified date; requiring public transit providers to create and implement a risk reduction program by a specified date; authorizing programs to include the deployment of battery mitigation infrastructure and technology on public transit vehicles; including assault or battery on a public transit employee or agent within specified reclassified offenses, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2021
 Last Action: 4/30/2021 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (ATD)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/1/2021 Senate • Filed
2/10/2021 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations -SJ 106
2/25/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/02/21, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 106
• CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 191
3/3/2021 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
3/5/2021 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
3/10/2021 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 232
4/30/2021 Senate • Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development