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2010 SESSION
SB 54 Capital murder; fire and emergency personnel added to capital murder statute.
Introduced by: Stephen H. Martin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Capital murder; fire and emergency personnel. Adds the following personnel to the capital murder statute so that the death sentence can be imposed for the murder of such a person in the performance of the person's official duties: fire marshals and assistant fire marshals with law-enforcement powers, firefighters, special forest wardens, emergency medical technicians, lifesaving and rescue squad members, arson investigators, volunteer firefighters and lifesaving or rescue squad members if the governing body has adopted a resolution acknowledging the volunteers as employees for the purposes of workers' compensation, and persons certified as emergency medical service providers.
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HISTORY
- 01/04/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100500D
- 01/04/10 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/15/10 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)