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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 1165 Death penalty; abolition of current penalty.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Abolition of the death penalty. Abolishes the death penalty, including for those persons currently under a death sentence. The bill provides that no person may be sentenced to death or put to death on or after its effective date for any violation of law. This bill is identical to HB 2263.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100656D pdf | impact statement
- 01/18/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103081D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 01/28/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103373D-S2 (Stanley) pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103876D-S3 (Norment) pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103949D-S4 (Surovell) pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21104328D-S5 (Norment) pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute bill reprinted 21104328D-S5 pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21104325D-S6 (Norment) pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1165ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0345) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100656D
- 01/08/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/18/21 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
- 01/18/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103081D-S1
- 01/18/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/26/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N)
- 01/27/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103373D-S2 (Stanley)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103876D-S3 (Norment)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/21 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/01/21 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/02/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103949D-S4 (Surovell)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21104328D-S5 (Norment)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute bill reprinted 21104328D-S5
- 02/02/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21104325D-S6 (Norment)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/21 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 21103081D-S1
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator Stanley rejected 21103373D-S2 (17-Y 22-N)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator Norment withdrawn 21103876D-S3
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator Surovell passed by temporarily
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator Norment rejected 21104325D-S6 (16-Y 23-N)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator Norment rejected 21104328D-S5 (17-Y 22-N)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to 21103949D-S4
- 02/02/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1165S4
- 02/03/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
- 02/17/21 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/19/21 House: Read second time
- 02/22/21 House: Read third time
- 02/22/21 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/22/21 House: Passed House (57-Y 43-N)
- 02/22/21 House: VOTE: Passage (57-Y 43-N)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/24/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1165ER)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/25/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/21 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- 02/26/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/24/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 345 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/24/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0345)