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HB 1040

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Battery against school and healthcare employees.
About This Bill
Latest Action · Feb 19, 2026
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Session
2026
Introduced
Dec 2, 2025
Primary Sponsor
Wendy McNamara· author

Summary

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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.

Subjects

AGENCIES; Department of Child Services (DCS)CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; GenerallyHEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; GenerallySCHOOLS; Officers and Employees (Other than Teachers)

Co-sponsors (6)

Karen Engleman · coauthor
Brad Barrett · coauthor
Tonya Pfaff · coauthor
Aaron Freeman · sponsor
Cyndi Carrasco · sponsor
Jeff Raatz · sponsor

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