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2007 SESSION
HB 2756 Probation and suspended sentence; violations thereof considered misdemeanor charge.
Introduced by: Robert Hurt | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Probation and suspended sentence violations; escape. Provides that a warrant or capias issued by a court for the arrest of a person for violating the terms of a suspended sentence or probation is considered an arrest warrant for a misdemeanor charge if the underlying charge is a misdemeanor and an arrest warrant for a felony if the underlying charge is a felony. The bill makes a similar provision for escape from custody, providing that a person in custody on a misdemeanor charge or after conviction of a misdemeanor who escapes is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. In the case of a felony, the person who escapes is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 075088340 pdf | impact statement
- 01/23/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077033340-H1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 075088340
- 01/10/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/07 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 01/22/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077033340-H1
- 01/24/07 House: Read first time
- 01/25/07 House: Read second time
- 01/25/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 077033340-H1
- 01/25/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2756H1
- 01/26/07 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/29/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/07 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/19/07 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/07 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/20/07 Senate: Left in Finance