HB 1475

Abstract

Assault and battery against a family or householdmember; prior conviction; mandatory minimum term of confinement;penalty. Provides that upon a conviction for assault and batteryagainst a family or household member where it is alleged in the warrant,petition, information, or indictment on which a person is convictedthat such person has been previously convicted of an offense thatoccurred within a period of 10 years of the instant offense againsta family or household member of (i) assault and battery against a family or household member, (ii) malicious wounding or unlawful wounding,(iii) aggravated malicious wounding, (iv) malicious bodily injuryby means of a substance, (v) strangulation, or (vi) an offense underthe law of any other jurisdiction that has the same elements of anyof the offenses, such person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor andthe sentence of such person shall include a mandatory minimum termof confinement of 60 days.