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2012 SESSION
HB 972 Involuntary commitment; criteria for commitment.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Criteria for involuntary commitment. Provides that when a court is to make a decision as to whether it should involuntarily commit a person for 30 days when less restrictive alternatives are inappropriate, it shall consider, in addition to other relevant evidence, whether the person recently has been found by a court to be unrestorably incompetent to stand trial.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/12 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102967D pdf
- 03/06/12 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB972ER) pdf
- 03/30/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0451) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/12 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102967D
- 01/11/12 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/24/12 House: Assigned Courts sub: #5 Mental Health
- 02/06/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/12 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/12 House: Read first time
- 02/13/12 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/14/12 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/12 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/15/12 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/27/12 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/12 Senate: Read third time
- 02/29/12 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/12 House: Enrolled
- 03/06/12 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB972ER)
- 03/06/12 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/12 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/30/12 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 451 (effective 7/1/12)
- 03/30/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0451)