(1) A person commits the crime of assault in the third degree if:
(a) The person knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another
person or with criminal negligence the person causes bodily injury to another
person by means of a deadly weapon; or
(b) The person, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm another
person whom the actor knows or reasonably should know to be a peace officer, a
firefighter, an emergency medical care provider, or an emergency medical service
provider, causes the other person to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid,
urine, feces, saliva, mucus, vomit, or toxic, caustic, or hazardous material by any
means, including throwing, tossing, or expelling the fluid or material.
(2) Repealed.
(3) Assault in the third degree is a class 1 misdemeanor.
(4) Repealed.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 421, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-3-204. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 961, § 10, effective July 1. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 635, § 4, effective August 4. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09-1120), ch. 305, p. 1649, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2011: (1)(b) amended and (4) added, (HB 11-1105), ch. 250, p. 1088, § 2, effective August 10. L. 2012: (1)(b) amended, (HB 12-1059), ch. 271, p. 1435, § 13, effective July 1. L. 2015: (2) R&RE and (4) repealed, (SB 15-126), ch. 109, p. 317, § 2, effective July 1; (1)(b) amended and (4) repealed, (SB 15-067), ch. 337, p. 1367, § 3, effective September 1. L. 2016: (2) repealed, (HB 16-1393), ch. 304, p. 1226, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2022: (3) amended, (HB 22-1229), ch. 68, p. 344, § 20, effective March 1.
Section 47 of chapter 68 (HB 22-1229), Session Laws of Colorado 2022, provides that the act amending subsection (3) is effective March 1, 2022, but the governor did not approve the act until April 7, 2022.
