SB 212: "An Act relating to certain assaults committed against certain emergency medical personnel and emergency responders."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 212 01 "An Act relating to certain assaults committed against certain emergency medical 02 personnel and emergency responders." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 11.41.220(a) is amended to read: 05 (a) A person commits the crime of assault in the third degree if that person 06 (1) recklessly 07 (A) places another person in fear of imminent serious physical 08 injury by means of a dangerous instrument; 09 (B) causes physical injury to another person by means of a 10 dangerous instrument; [OR] 11 (C) while being 18 years of age or older, 12 (i) causes physical injury to a child under 12 years of 13 age and the injury would cause a reasonable caregiver to seek medical 14 attention from a health care professional in the form of diagnosis or
01 treatment; 02 (ii) causes physical injury to a child under 12 years of 03 age on more than one occasion; or 04 (D) causes physical injury to a uniformed or otherwise 05 clearly identified emergency medical technician, paramedic, ambulance 06 attendant, emergency responder, or a member of the staff of an 07 emergency room who is engaged in the performance of official duties at 08 the time of injury; 09 (2) with intent to place another person in fear of death or serious 10 physical injury to the person or the person's family member, makes repeated threats to 11 cause death or serious physical injury to another person; 12 (3) while being 18 years of age or older, knowingly causes physical 13 injury to a child under 16 years of age but at least 12 years of age and the injury 14 reasonably requires medical treatment; 15 (4) with criminal negligence, causes 16 (A) serious physical injury under AS 11.81.900(b)(56)(B) to 17 another person by means of a dangerous instrument; or 18 (B) physical injury by means of a dangerous instrument to 19 a uniformed or otherwise clearly identified emergency medical technician, 20 paramedic, ambulance attendant, emergency responder, or a member of 21 the staff of an emergency room who is engaged in the performance of 22 official duties at the time of injury; or 23 (5) commits a crime that is a violation of AS 11.41.230(a)(1) or (2) 24 and, within the preceding 10 years, the person was convicted on two or more separate 25 occasions of crimes under 26 (A) AS 11.41.100 - 11.41.170; 27 (B) AS 11.41.200 - 11.41.220, 11.41.230(a)(1) or (2), 28 11.41.280, or 11.41.282; 29 (C) AS 11.41.260 or 11.41.270; 30 (D) AS 11.41.410, 11.41.420, or 11.41.425(a)(1); or 31 (E) a law or ordinance of this or another jurisdiction with
01 elements similar to those of an offense described in (A) - (D) of this paragraph. 02 * Sec. 2. AS 11.41.230(a) is amended to read: 03 (a) A person commits the crime of assault in the fourth degree if 04 (1) under circumstances not proscribed under 05 AS 11.41.220(a)(1)(D), that person recklessly causes physical injury to another 06 person; 07 (2) under circumstances not proscribed under 08 AS 11.41.220(a)(4)(B), with criminal negligence that person causes physical injury to 09 another person by means of a dangerous instrument; or 10 (3) by words or other conduct that person recklessly places another 11 person in fear of imminent physical injury.