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CS/HB 1085: Veterans Treatment Court

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Ponder ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Altman ; Donalds ; Eagle ; Fetterhoff ; Fine ; Fischer ; McClain

Veterans Treatment Court; Authorizes creation & administration of veterans treatment courts; provides eligibility criteria; specifies program implementation procedures, components, & policies; requires participant agreements & specifying requirements for such agreements; removes provisions addressing Military Veterans & Servicemembers Court Program; provides for eligibility for certain pretrial intervention programs.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Military and Veterans Affairs and Space
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Military and Veterans Affairs and Space (MS)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/3/2020 House • Filed
    1/13/2020 House • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 94
    1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 94
    1/24/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
    1/28/2020 House • Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 471
    1/29/2020 House • Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 471
    2/7/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/11/20, 1:30 pm, Sumner Hall
    2/11/2020 House • Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 550
    • Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 550
    2/14/2020 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/18/20, 3:00 pm, Sumner Hall
    2/18/2020 House • CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 607
    2/19/2020 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
    • CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time -HJ 602
    2/20/2020 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 627
    3/3/2020 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
    3/6/2020 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 863
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    3/9/2020 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 954
    • CS passed; YEAS 120 NAYS 0 -HJ 954
    3/9/2020 Senate • In Messages
    • Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 559
    • Received -SJ 559
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Military and Veterans Affairs and Space

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  • CS/HB 1085, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/19/2020 at 5:49 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1496 (c1) Veterans Treatment Courts Lee Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Appropriations Track This Bill

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    3/9/2020 2:03 PM House 120 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    43.51 Problem-solving court reports. Page 9 (pdf)
    394.47891 Military veterans and servicemembers court programs. Page 2 (pdf)
    910.035 Transfer from county for plea, sentence, or participation in a problem-solving court. Page 9 (pdf)
    948.06 Violation of probation or community control; revocation; modification; continuance; failure to pay restitution or cost of supervision. Page 10 (pdf)
    948.08 Pretrial intervention program. Page 12 (pdf)
    948.16 Misdemeanor pretrial substance abuse education and treatment intervention program; misdemeanor pretrial veterans’ treatment intervention program; misdemeanor pretrial mental health court program. Page 13 (pdf)
    948.21 Condition of probation or community control; military servicemembers and veterans. Page 14 (pdf)

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  • HB 1085, Original Filed Version Posted 1/3/2020 at 3:47 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/29/2020 (pdf)
    Justice Appropriations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/12/2020 (pdf)
    Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/19/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1496 (c1) Veterans Treatment Courts Lee Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Appropriations Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    115791 - Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Ponder 1/27/2020
    7:01 PM     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    26.58 Page 1 (pdf)

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