Bill > SB265

This bill amends Alaska Statute 28.35.060, which outlines the duties of an operator immediately after an accident, by creating new penalties for failing to provide assistance to injured individuals. Specifically, it introduces a new subsection (d) that classifies the failure to render reasonable assistance as a Class A felony, punishable by a presumptive prison term of seven to eleven years, if the person caused another's death while operating a motor vehicle and is convicted of criminally negligent homicide or criminally negligent homicide of an unborn child. The bill also reclassifies the penalty for failing to assist an injured person from a misdemeanor to a Class B felony, with punishment determined by AS 12.55, and makes these changes applicable to offenses committed on or after the bill's effective date.