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2007 SESSION
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.
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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
- 12/11/06 Senate: Left in Courts of Justice