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2014 SESSION
SB 576 Mental health; prohibition of firearms.
Introduced by: A. Donald McEachin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Mental health; prohibition of firearms. Requires the district court judge or special justice to file any order from a commitment hearing for involuntary admission or involuntary outpatient treatment or any certification of voluntary admission subsequent to a temporary detention order with the district court clerk for the county or city where the hearing took place as soon as practicable but no later than the close of business on the next business day following the completion of the hearing. The bill also amends guardianship provisions to require that a copy of the court's findings that a person is incapacitated or has been restored to capacity or a copy of any order appointing a conservator or guardian shall be filed by the judge with the clerk of the circuit court for the county or city where the hearing took place as soon as practicable, but no later than the close of business on the next business day following the completion of the hearing. Current law does not specify in which county or city the copy shall be filed, nor does it provide a deadline. The bill also changes the deadline for a clerk to certify and forward to the Central Criminal Records Exchange a copy of any order adjudicating a person incapacitated, any order appointing a conservator or guardian, or any order of restoration of capacity to as soon as practicable, but no later than the close of business on the following day instead of the current requirement that a clerk perform these actions "forthwith." This bill is identical to HB 743.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/14 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 14101408D pdf
- 01/27/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14104471D-S1 pdf
- 02/27/14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB576ER) pdf
- 03/27/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/14 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 14101408D
- 01/10/14 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/27/14 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/27/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14104471D-S1
- 01/28/14 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/14 Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/14 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/30/14 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 14104471D-S1
- 01/30/14 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB576S1
- 01/31/14 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/14 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/14 House: Read first time
- 02/07/14 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/17/14 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/14 House: Read second time
- 02/20/14 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/21/14 House: Read third time
- 02/21/14 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/21/14 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/21/14 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/14 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/14 House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/21/14 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/14 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/14 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/14 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/27/14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB576ER)
- 02/27/14 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/14 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/14 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 374 (effective 7/1/14)
- 03/27/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374)