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HB 2318 Sentencing proceeding; victim impact testimony and prior convictions may be presented to jury.
Introduced by: John J. Welch, III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Jury sentencing proceeding. Restates, to eliminate any possibility of confusion, the provision in current law that victim impact testimony may be presented at the sentencing proceeding. The bill also allows the prior criminal history and punishments imposed on the defendant for prior convictions to be presented to the jury (as opposed to current law, which allows "prior convictions"). This bill is identical to SB 1294.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073379105 pdf
- 02/03/07 House: Committee substitute printed 070426552-H1 pdf
- 02/21/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2318ER) pdf
- 03/27/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073379105
- 01/09/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/07 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/02/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/07 House: Committee substitute printed 070426552-H1
- 02/03/07 House: Read first time
- 02/05/07 House: Read second time
- 02/05/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 070426552-H1
- 02/05/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2318H1
- 02/06/07 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/07 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/07/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/07 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/07 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/07 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2318ER)
- 02/21/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 478 (effective 7/1/07)
- 03/27/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)