Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 140 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Hawkins, Jon

Final action

House/ filed 3/7/2025

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• creates an aggravating factor for an assault or a threat of violence offense committed against a referee.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

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76-5-102.10
Assault Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Jon Hawkins
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill concerns an assault or threat of violence committed against a referee.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
defines terms; and
creates the crime of assault or threat of violence against a referee.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
76-5-102.10
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1, Section 
76-5-102.10
 is enacted to read:
76-5-102.10. Assault or threat of violence against a referee.
(1)
(a)
As used in this section:
(i)
"Assault" means an offense under Section 
76-5-102
.
(ii)
(A)
"Referee" means an individual who is officiating, with or without 
compensation, a sporting event or match sanctioned and formally organized by 
a public or private organization, league, school, institution, or other entity.
(B)
"Referee" does not include an individual who is officiating an informal, 
unsanctioned sporting event or match.
(iii)
"Threat of violence" means an offense under Section 
76-5-107
.
(b)
Terms defined in Section 
76-1-101.5
 apply to this section.
(2)
An actor commits assault or threat of violence against a referee if:
(a)
the actor commits an assault or a threat of violence against an individual;
(b)
the individual described in Subsection 
(2)(a)
 is a referee;
(c)
the actor knows that the individual described in Subsection 
(2)(a)
 is a referee; and
(d)
at the time of the assault or threat of violence committed against the individual 
described in Subsection 
(2)(a)
, the individual was acting within the scope of the 
individual's official duties as a referee.
(3)
A violation of Subsection (2) is a class A misdemeanor.
Section 2. 
Effective date.
This bill takes effect on 
May 7, 2025
.
1-8-25 3:37 PM