Chap Petersen
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Corporal punishment of a child with an object;penalty. Provides that any parent, guardian, or other personresponsible for the care of a child under 18 years of age who usesan inanimate object to subject a child to corporal punishment, asdefined in the bill, is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. The billalso provides that a defendant not previously convicted of corporalpunishment of a child with an object may have his charge deferredto enter a treatment program. The charge may be dismissed upon successfulcompletion of the treatment program.
Left in Judiciary
Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (8-Y 6-N)
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100605D
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
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