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2021 SESSION
SB 1165 Death penalty; abolition of current penalty, life sentence.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100656D pdf | impact statement
- 01/18/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103081D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 01/28/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103373D-S2 (Stanley) pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103876D-S3 (Norment) pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103949D-S4 (Surovell) pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21104328D-S5 (Norment) pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute bill reprinted 21104328D-S5 pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21104325D-S6 (Norment) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100656D
- 01/08/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/18/21 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
- 01/18/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103081D-S1
- 01/18/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/26/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N)
- 01/27/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103373D-S2 (Stanley)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103876D-S3 (Norment)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/21 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/01/21 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/02/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103949D-S4 (Surovell)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21104328D-S5 (Norment)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute bill reprinted 21104328D-S5
- 02/02/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21104325D-S6 (Norment)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/21 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 21103081D-S1
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator Stanley rejected 21103373D-S2 (17-Y 22-N)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator Norment withdrawn 21103876D-S3
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator Surovell passed by temporarily
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator Norment rejected 21104325D-S6 (16-Y 23-N)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator Norment rejected 21104328D-S5 (17-Y 22-N)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to 21103949D-S4
- 02/02/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1165S4
- 02/03/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote