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1997 SESSION
HB 2621 Aggravated malicious wounding of a pregnant woman.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Aggravated malicious wounding, capital murder; murder of a pregnant woman; penalty.
Adds the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of a pregnant woman by one who knows that the woman is pregnant and intends to terminate her pregnancy to the list of capital murder offenses.
The bill creates a new crime for the willful and deliberate killing of a woman known to be pregnant and with the intent to terminate her pregnancy, without premeditation. This offense would be punishable by a term of 10 - 40 years.
Punishable as a Class 2 felony, a new classification of aggravated malicious wounding is cheated where the defendant caused bodily injury with the intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill and the victim suffered the termination of a pregnancy.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/97 House: Presented & ordered printed 973194485 pdf
- 02/03/97 House: Committee substitute printed 974337485-H1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/20/97 House: Presented & ordered printed 973194485
- 01/20/97 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/23/97 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
- 02/03/97 House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/97 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/03/97 House: Reported from Appropriations with sub. (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/97 House: Committee substitute printed 974337485-H1
- 02/03/97 House: Read first time
- 02/04/97 House: Read second time
- 02/04/97 House: Committee substitute agreed to 974337485-H1
- 02/04/97 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/04/97 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 974337485-H1
- 02/04/97 House: Constitutional reading dispensed (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/97 House: Passed House (97-Y 1-N)
- 02/04/97 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 1-N)
- 02/04/97 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/06/97 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/97 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/17/97 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amds. (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/17/97 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/17/97 Senate: Reported from Finance (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/97 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/97 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/97 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/97 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/20/97 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/20/97 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/20/97 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 2-N)
- 02/20/97 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (38-Y 2-N)
- 02/20/97 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/97 House: Pending question ordered (62-Y 34-N)
- 02/20/97 House: VOTE: PENDING QUESTION (62-Y 34-N)
- 02/20/97 House: Passed by for the day (51-Y 45-N)
- 02/20/97 House: VOTE: BY FOR THE DAY (51-Y 45-N)
- 02/20/97 House: No further action taken
- 02/20/97 House: Failed to pass in House