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2019 SESSION

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SB 1231 Defendants; disposition of unrestorably incompetent, capital murder.

Introduced by: Adam P. Ebbin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Incompetent defendants; capital murder. Provides that when a defendant charged with capital murder is determined to be unrestorably incompetent, the court may order that the defendant receive continued treatment to restore competency provided that hearings be held at yearly intervals for five years and at biennial intervals thereafter, or at any time that the director of the treating facility or his designee submits a competency report to the court that the defendant's competency has been restored. Under current law, hearings are held every six months for an incompetent defendant receiving treatment to restore competency. The bill also provides that no unrestorably incompetent defendant charged with capital murder shall be released except pursuant to a court order.

FULL TEXT

• 01/04/19  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103597D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/18/19  House: Committee substitute printed 19107277D-H1  pdf
• 02/23/19  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1231ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/19  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0797)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/04/19  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103597D
• 01/04/19  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/21/19  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 01/22/19  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/19  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/24/19  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
• 01/29/19  House: Placed on Calendar
• 01/29/19  House: Read first time
• 01/29/19  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/15/19  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/19  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/19  House: Committee substitute printed 19107277D-H1
• 02/19/19  House: Read second time
• 02/20/19  House: Read third time
• 02/20/19  House: Committee substitute agreed to 19107277D-H1
• 02/20/19  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1231H1
• 02/20/19  House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/19  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/19  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N)
• 02/21/19  Senate: Title replaced 19107277D-H1
• 02/23/19  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/23/19  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1231ER)
• 02/23/19  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/23/19  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/04/19  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
• 03/04/19  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 03/25/19  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 797 (effective 7/1/19)
• 03/25/19  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0797)