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2013 SESSION
SB 809 Juvenile offenders; punishment for conviction of certain felonies.
Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Juvenile offenders; sentences. Provides that the punishment is a Class 2 felony (20 years to life) for persons convicted of a crime committed when a juvenile for which the only available punishment is a life sentence. This bill is in response to Miller v. Alabama (567 U.S.___, 2012) where the United States Supreme Court held that the Eighth Amendment prohibits a sentencing scheme that requires life in prison without the possibility of parole for juvenile homicide offenders.
FULL TEXT
- 12/20/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100737D pdf
- 01/30/13 Senate: Committee substitute printed 13104571D-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 12/20/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100737D
- 12/20/12 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/30/13 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
- 01/30/13 Senate: Committee substitute printed 13104571D-S1
- 02/01/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/13 Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/13 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/04/13 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 13104571D-S1
- 02/04/13 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB809S1
- 02/04/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/13 Senate: Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
- 02/06/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/13 House: Read first time
- 02/06/13 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/13 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
- 02/13/13 House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N)
- 02/18/13 House: Left in Courts of Justice