Senate Bill 840 would enhance the penalty for assaulting certain hospital staff from a misdemeanor to a felony.
would enhance the penalty for assaulting certain hospital staff from a misdemeanor to a felony.
State Senator Royce West, D-Dallas, filed the measured which he called the Jackie Pokuaa and Annette Flowers Acts, after the two healthcare workers killed in a shooting last October.Dallas hospital shooting suspect accused girlfriend of cheating before killing 2 workers, affidavit says The Dallas police chief vented his frustration that the gunman charged with murdering two Methodist Dallas employees was allowed able to be inside the hospital. The violent prison parolee was twice arrested for parole violations with the most recent one in June.The shooting at Dallas Methodist inspired several bills filed this legislative session.
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