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2007 SESSION

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HB 2053 Capital murder; sentencing of juvenile convicted thereof.

Introduced by: Michele B. McQuigg | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Sentencing of juvenile convicted of capital murder.  Provides that, upon a finding of guilty of any felony charge, the court shall fix the sentence of a juvenile defendant without the intervention of a jury. Currently, the Code provides for involvement of a jury in a capital case. In Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005), 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.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/07  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 077002412  pdf
• 02/21/07  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2053ER)  pdf
• 03/27/07  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0460)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/08/07  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 077002412
• 01/08/07  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 (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/07  House: Read first time
• 02/05/07  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/06/07  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/07  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-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 (15-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 (HB2053ER)
• 02/21/07  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/22/07  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/19/07  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 460 (effective 7/1/07)
• 03/27/07  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0460)