Carroll Leavell voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Increasing Domestic Violence Penalties
Signed by Governor Bill Richardson
Title: Increasing Domestic Violence Penalties
Vote to pass a bill that increases the penalties for perpetrators of domestic violence.
- Finds that anyone who commits three offenses of battery against a household member is guilty of a fourth degree felony [sec. 4 (a)]. - Finds that anyone who commits four or more offenses of battery against a household member is guilty of a third degree felony [sec. 4 (b)].
Title: Increasing Domestic Violence Penalties