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1999 SESSION

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SB 771 Unlawful possession of firearms on school property.

Introduced by: Kenneth W. Stolle | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Penalty and bail for unlawful possession of firearms. Provides that any person convicted of (i) possessing a firearm on school grounds with the intent to use it, or displaying it in a threatening manner, (ii) possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony, or (iii) simultaneously possessing a firearm and drugs with intent to sell, shall not be eligible for probation and shall be sentenced to a minimum, mandatory term of imprisonment of five years, which shall not be suspended in whole or in part and which shall be served consecutively with any other sentence. The bill also creates the rebuttable presumption that persons charged with those offenses are not eligible for bail.

FULL TEXT

• 01/13/99  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 994602817  pdf
• 02/05/99  Senate: Printed as engrossed 994602817-E  pdf

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HISTORY

• 01/13/99  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 994602817
• 01/13/99  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/20/99  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
• 01/20/99  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/03/99  Senate: Reported from Finance with amendments (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 amendments waived
• 02/05/99  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/05/99  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/05/99  Senate: Printed as engrossed 994602817-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 on Militia and Police
• 02/17/99  House: Assigned to M. & P. sub-committee: 1
• 02/23/99  House: Reported from Militia and Police (19-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/99  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/24/99  House: No action taken by Appropriations by voice vote