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2006 SESSION

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HB 782 Triggerman rule; eliminated.

Introduced by: C. Todd Gilbert | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Elimination of the triggerman rule. Eliminates the "triggerman rule," which provides that only the actual perpetrator of a capital murder is eligible for the death penalty, and that accessories and principals in the second degree can only be punished with first degree murder.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 066144306  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/10/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 066144306
• 01/10/06  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/18/06  House: Assigned to Courts of Justice sub-committee: Criminal Law
• 02/06/06  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 1-N)
• 02/08/06  House: Read first time
• 02/09/06  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/10/06  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/13/06  House: Read third time and passed House (83-Y 16-N)
• 02/13/06  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (83-Y 16-N)
• 02/13/06  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/14/06  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/14/06  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 03/06/06  Senate: Continued to 2007 in Courts of Justice with letter (15-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/06  Senate: Letter sent to Crime Commission