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SB 1501 Capital murder; punishment if against law-enforcement officers and fire marshals.
Introduced by: Charles W. Carrico, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Capital murder; law-enforcement officers and fire marshals; mandatory minimum. Provides that any person convicted of capital murder of a law-enforcement officer or certain other public safety officials who was 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense shall be sentenced to no less than a mandatory minimum term of confinement for life. This bill is identical to HB 2615.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100824D pdf
- 01/23/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105751D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/23/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1501ER) pdf | impact statements
- 03/21/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0717) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100824D
- 01/08/19 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/23/19 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/23/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105751D-S1
- 01/23/19 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/30/19 Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/19 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/19 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19105751D-S1
- 02/01/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1501S1
- 02/04/19 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 5-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N)
- 02/06/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/19 House: Read first time
- 02/06/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/19 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/11/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/19 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 4-N)
- 02/19/19 House: Read second time
- 02/20/19 House: Read third time
- 02/20/19 House: Passed House (93-Y 5-N)
- 02/20/19 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (93-Y 5-N)
- 02/23/19 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/23/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1501ER)
- 02/23/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/23/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/19 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- 03/04/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/21/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 717 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/21/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0717)