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SB 855 Capital cases; determination of mental retardation.
Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Capital cases; mental retardation. Requires that the results of an intelligence test given in the process of determining whether a capital case defendant is mentally retarded must be reported as a range of scores calculated by adding to and subtracting from the defendant's test score the standard error of measurement for such test.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102310D pdf | impact statements
- 02/27/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB855ER) pdf | impact statements
- 03/19/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0360) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/06/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102310D
- 01/06/15 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/15 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/15 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/20/15 Senate: Read third time
- 01/20/15 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/20/15 Senate: Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/15 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/30/15 House: Read first time
- 01/30/15 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/09/15 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/16/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/15 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/15 House: Read second time
- 02/24/15 House: Read third time
- 02/24/15 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/15 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/15 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/27/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB855ER)
- 02/27/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/04/15 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/4/15
- 03/04/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/19/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 360 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/19/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0360)