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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2263 Death penalty; abolition of current penalty.
Introduced by: Michael P. Mullin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Abolition of the death penalty. Abolishes the death penalty, including for those persons currently under a death sentence. The bill provides that no person may be sentenced to death or put to death on or after its effective date for any violation of law. The bill incorporates HB 1779 and is identical to SB 1165.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21101951D pdf | impact statements
- 02/03/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104346D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/18/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21200391D-S1 (Stanley) pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2263ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/13/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21101951D
- 01/13/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/28/21 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/29/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/03/21 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
- 02/03/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104346D-H1
- 02/03/21 House: Incorporates HB1779 (Carter)
- 02/03/21 House: Read first time
- 02/04/21 House: Read second time
- 02/04/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21104346D-H1
- 02/04/21 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/04/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2263H1
- 02/05/21 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/05/21 House: Read third time and passed House (57-Y 41-N)
- 02/05/21 House: VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-N)
- 02/05/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/21 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/10/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/16/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 3-N)
- 02/16/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/21 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/18/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21200391D-S1 (Stanley)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/21 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/19/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/21 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/22/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/22/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator Stanley rejected 21200391D-S1 (18-Y 21-N)
- 02/22/21 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 16-N)
- 02/24/21 House: Enrolled
- 02/24/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2263ER)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/25/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- 02/26/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/24/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 344 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/24/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344)