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2019 SESSION
HB 2615 Capital murder; punishment if against law-enforcement officers and fire marshals.
Introduced by: Todd E. Pillion | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Capital murder; law-enforcement officers and fire marshals; mandatory minimum. Provides that any person convicted of capital murder of a law-enforcement officer or certain other public safety officials who was 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense shall be sentenced to no less than a mandatory minimum term of confinement for life. This bill is identical to SB 1501.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/19 House: Presented and ordered printed 19103652D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106312D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/15/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2615ER) pdf | impact statements
- 04/03/19 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2615ER2) pdf
- 04/03/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0835) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/09/19 House: Presented and ordered printed 19103652D
- 01/09/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/15/19 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/30/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/19 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106312D-H1
- 02/03/19 House: Read first time
- 02/04/19 House: Read second time
- 02/04/19 House: Committee substitute agreed to 19106312D-H1
- 02/04/19 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2615H1
- 02/05/19 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/19 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/11/19 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 4-N 1-A)
- 02/12/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/13/19 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- 02/15/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/15/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2615ER)
- 02/15/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/15/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/19/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
- 02/19/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/21/19 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/03/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/03/19 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- 04/03/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
- 04/03/19 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (34-Y 4-N)
- 04/03/19 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/03/19 House: Reenrolled
- 04/03/19 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2615ER2)
- 04/03/19 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/03/19 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/03/19 House: Enacted, Chapter 835 (effective 7/1/19)
- 04/03/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0835)