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2003 SESSION

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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

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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)
• 12/09/02  House: Left in Courts of Justice