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1999 SESSION
SB 1077 Substance abuse screening of certain offenders.
Introduced by: Kenneth W. Stolle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Substance abuse screening of certain offenders. Amends legislation enacted last year, to become effective July 1, 1999, that required drug screening and assessments and presentence investigations of certain offenders. This bill makes an assessment contingent on whether the screening identifies the offender as having a substance abuse problem. Screenings and assessments may be performed by a person working under the direction of a certified substance abuse counselor, rather than the counselor only. The bill restores the provision that a presentence report is permissive for guilty plea agreements and misdemeanor convictions. A presentence report is required only when the defendant pleads guilty without a plea agreement or is found guilty by a court after a plea of not guilty. The Secretary of Public Safety is responsible for convening an Interagency Offender Drug Assessment and Screening Committee to oversee the implementation of this act. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may select pilot sites for the implementation of the bill’s provisions. This bill is identical to HB 2159.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/99 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 991831825 pdf
- 02/05/99 Senate: Printed as engrossed 991831825-E pdf
- 02/19/99 House: Committee substitute printed 994811739-H1 pdf
- 03/04/99 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1077ER) pdf
- 04/12/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0891) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/20/99 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 991831825
- 01/20/99 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/27/99 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amd. (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/99 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/03/99 Senate: Reported from Finance (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/99 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/05/99 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/05/99 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/05/99 Senate: Printed as engrossed 991831825-E
- 02/05/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/10/99 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/99 House: Read first time
- 02/10/99 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/10/99 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
- 02/19/99 House: Committee substitute printed 994811739-H1
- 02/19/99 House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (24-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/99 House: Read second time
- 02/23/99 House: Read third time
- 02/23/99 House: Committee substitute agreed to 994811739-H1
- 02/23/99 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 994811739-H1
- 02/23/99 House: Passed House with substitute (Block Vote) (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/99 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/99 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/25/99 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/99 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/99 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1077ER)
- 03/12/99 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/12/99 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/99 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/29/99 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 891 (effective 7/1/99)
- 04/12/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0891)