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HB 45 Death penalty; restricted for those 18 yrs. or older at time of offense.
Introduced by: Vincent F. Callahan, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Elimination of capital punishment for minors; penalty. Restricts the death penalty to those who are 18 years of age or older at the time of the capital offense. Currently, the age requirement to receive the death penalty is 16 years of age or older at the time of the offense. This change is being made in response to the case of Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005), decided March 1, 2005, in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments forbid the execution of offenders who were under the age of 18 at the time of the crime. This bill is identical to SB 362.
FULL TEXT
- 12/12/05 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063408260 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB45ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0036) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/12/05 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063408260
- 12/12/05 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/06 House: Assigned to Courts of Justice sub-committee: Criminal Law
- 01/30/06 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/01/06 House: Read first time
- 02/02/06 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/03/06 House: Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N)
- 02/03/06 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (63-Y 34-N)
- 02/03/06 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/06/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/06 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/15/06 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/17/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/06 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/06 Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
- 02/20/06 Senate: VOTE: (36-Y 4-N)
- 02/22/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB45ER)
- 02/22/06 House: Enrolled
- 02/23/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/06/06 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 36 (effective 7/1/06)
- 03/27/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0036)