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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.

FULL TEXT

• 01/04/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100500D  pdf | impact statement

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)