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2010 SESSION

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SB 87 Inmates; court or person having custody to determine if treatment of mental illness is necessary.

Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Hospitalization of inmates in local correctional facilities.  Repeals provisions dealing with determining (i) a defendant's competency to be sentenced after he has been convicted of a crime and (ii) whether an inmate who is in the custody of a local correctional facility needs to be involuntarily hospitalized for treatment of mental illness, and substantially incorporates these provisions into statutes dealing generally with determinations of a defendant's competency and the hospitalization of inmates in the custody of local correctional facilities. The bill sets forth the procedures that a court or a person having custody of an inmate must follow to determine whether treatment of mental illness is necessary. This bill is identical to HB 311.

FULL TEXT

• 01/05/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102686D  pdf
• 02/10/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104902D-S1  pdf
• 03/13/10  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB87ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/10/10  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0340)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/05/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102686D
• 01/05/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/18/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
• 02/10/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104902D-S1
• 02/12/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/10  Senate: Read second time
• 02/15/10  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/15/10  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10104902D-S1
• 02/15/10  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB87S1
• 02/15/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/10  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/10  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/17/10  House: Read first time
• 02/17/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/18/10  House: Assigned Courts sub: #3 Mental Health
• 03/05/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/10  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/10  House: Read second time
• 03/09/10  House: Constitutional reading dispensed BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/10  House: VOTE: --- AGREE TO (96-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/10  House: Motion to reconsider constitutional reading dispensed agreed to
• 03/09/10  House: Constitutional reading dispensed BLOCK VOTE (94-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/10  House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION #2 (94-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/10  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/10  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
• 03/13/10  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/13/10  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB87ER)
• 03/14/10  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/15/10  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/10/10  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 340 (effective 7/1/10)
• 04/10/10  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0340)