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2022 SESSION

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SB 745 Marijuana-related offenses; modification of sentence.

Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Modification of sentence for marijuana-related offenses. Creates a process by which persons convicted of certain felony marijuana-related offenses committed prior to July 1, 2021, who remain incarcerated or on community supervision on July 1, 2022, shall receive an automatic hearing to consider modification of such person's sentence. The bill also provides that a person is eligible to be considered for parole if such person was convicted of a felony conviction, except for an act of violence, and had such felony conviction sentence enhanced because of a felony marijuana conviction and such offense was committed on or after January 1, 1995, and the person was committed by a court to the Department of Corrections and remained incarcerated for such offense on July 1, 2022. The bill incorporates SB 518.

FULL TEXT

• 01/21/22  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22103531D  pdf
• 02/07/22  Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106159D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/15/22  Senate: Printed as engrossed 22106159D-ES1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/02/22  House: Committee substitute printed 22107177D-H1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/21/22  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22103531D
• 01/21/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
• 01/28/22  Senate: Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/22  Senate: Rereferred to Judiciary
• 02/01/22  Senate: Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
• 02/07/22  Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
• 02/07/22  Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106159D-S1
• 02/07/22  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/07/22  Senate: Incorporates SB518 (Lucas)
• 02/10/22  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (12-Y 4-N)
• 02/11/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/22  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/15/22  Senate: Read second time
• 02/15/22  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/15/22  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22106159D-S1
• 02/15/22  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/15/22  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/15/22  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB745ES1
• 02/15/22  Senate: Printed as engrossed 22106159D-ES1
• 02/15/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/22  Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N 1-A)
• 02/15/22  Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/22  Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
• 02/22/22  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/22/22  House: Read first time
• 02/22/22  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/27/22  House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
• 02/28/22  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
• 02/28/22  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 03/02/22  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 7-N)
• 03/02/22  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 03/02/22  House: Committee substitute printed 22107177D-H1
• 03/04/22  House: Tabled in Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
• 03/07/22  House: Reconsidered by Appropriations
• 03/07/22  House: Failed to report (defeated) in Appropriations (10-Y 12-N)