SB 684 - This act adds the offense of rioting to the definition of "dangerous felonies" in the criminal code.This act also adds the offenses of unlawful assembly, rioting, and refusal to disperse as offenses subject to certain minimum prison terms as provided in current law.
Additionally, this act changes the penalty for the offense of peace disturbance from a class B misdemeanor to a class A misdemeanor for the first offense, and from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony for subsequent offenses.
This act changes the penalty for the offense of unlawful assembly from a class B misdemeanor to a class A misdemeanor. This act also modifies the offense of rioting to provide that a person commits the offense if a person knowingly assembles with six or more people and violates any criminal laws. This offense shall be a class D felony, rather than a class a misdemeanor, for the first offense and a class C felony for subsequent offenses.
Finally, this act changes the penalty for the offense of refusal to disperse from a class C misdemeanor to a class A misdemeanor and changes the penalty for the offense of promoting civil disorder from a class D felony to a class C felony.
MARY GRACE PRINGLE