Proposed after a double homicide at Methodist Dallas Medical Center in October, parolees and people out on bond will face a felony charge if they knowingly...
“This was such common sense legislation everybody was surprised it wasn’t the law already,” said Dallas Democratic state Rep.Anchía called the legislation the culmination of bipartisan effort and believes the law will have a “dramatic deterrent effect.”SB 840
, was sent to Abbott’s desk May 12. The bill named after Pokuaa and Flowers would make it a third-degree felony to assault a hospital worker in a hospital. Legal representation and family for Pokuaa and Flowers did not respond to a request for comment., said he plans to continue advocating for a bill that would require parole officers to alert hospital law enforcement of an approved parolee hospital visit.
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