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2007 SESSION
SB 1308 Courthouse security; training of officers providing.
Introduced by: Stephen D. Newman | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Courthouse security; training. Provides that sheriffs may designate deputies that will provide only partial courthouse security, primarily guarding the entrances and working metal detectors. The bill also provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services will establish an abbreviated two-week training course for such deputies. Currently, deputies used in this limited role must attend the same training as those who are fulfilling all the duties of courthouse and courtroom security officers, which lasts between six and eight weeks.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070021776
- 01/10/07 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/31/07 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/07 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/06/07 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/07 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/08/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/07 House: Read first time
- 02/08/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/20/07 House: Left in Appropriations