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2007 SESSION
HB 2943 Misdemeanor cases; law-enforcement officer may issue summons or arrest person.
Introduced by: Jackson H. Miller | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Misdemeanor summons. Gives a law-enforcement officer the choice of issuing a summons and releasing the person or arresting him for Class 1 and 2 misdemeanors. Under current law the law-enforcement officer must release the person on a summons for most Class 1 and 2 misdemeanors unless the person fails to stop the unlawful act or indicates that he will not appear as directed in the summons. The bill also requires the officer to arrest the person if he fails to stop the unlawful act; currently arrest is discretionary.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073383105
- 01/10/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/07 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/02/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 3-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 (74-Y 23-N)
- 02/06/07 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (74-Y 23-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
- 02/19/07 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (5-Y 10-N)
- 02/19/07 Senate: Letter sent to Crime Commission