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2016 SESSION
HB 543 Involuntary psychiatric treatment of an inmate; petition filed by sheriff.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Involuntary psychiatric admission from local correctional facility. Clarifies that for the purposes of petitioning for the involuntary psychiatric treatment of an inmate in a local correctional facility, the petition shall be filed by the sheriff or other person in charge of the local correctional facility where the inmate is incarcerated. This bill is identical to SB 566.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102369D pdf
- 02/15/16 House: Printed as engrossed 16102369D-E pdf
- 03/02/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB543ER) pdf
- 04/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0599) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102369D
- 01/09/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
- 02/05/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/16 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/16 House: Read first time
- 02/15/16 House: Read second time
- 02/15/16 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/15/16 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB543E
- 02/15/16 House: Printed as engrossed 16102369D-E
- 02/16/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/24/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 Senate: Read third time
- 02/29/16 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/02/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB543ER)
- 03/02/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/07/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016
- 03/07/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 04/01/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 599 (effective 7/1/16)
- 04/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0599)