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2002 SESSION
SB 591 Drug Treatment Courts; established, reports by Exe. Sec. of S.C.
Introduced by: R. Edward Houck | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Drug Treatment Court. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services has administrative oversight for the establishment and operation of drug treatment courts with the assistance of a state drug treatment court advisory committee. The bill requires the establishment of local drug treatment advisory committees in jurisdictions that operate drug courts. Anyone convicted of a violent felony within ten years would not be eligible for participation in a drug treatment court. There are provisions to evaluate the effectiveness of the court.
FULL TEXT
- 01/17/02 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 024981444 pdf
- 02/11/02 Senate: Printed as engrossed 024981444-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/17/02 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 024981444
- 01/17/02 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/06/02 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amds (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/02 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/02 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/02 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/02 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/11/02 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/11/02 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/11/02 Senate: Printed as engrossed 024981444-E
- 02/11/02 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/02 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/02 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/02 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/02 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/18/02 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/02 House: Read first time
- 02/18/02 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/04/02 House: Continued to 2003 in Courts of Justice (11-Y 10-N)