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CS/SB 54: Criminal Law

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Lee ; Silver

Criminal Law; (THIS BILL COMBINES S54,902) prohibits consideration of evidence of defendant's voluntary intoxication to determine existence of mental state that is element of crime; requires that enhanced penalty be imposed if victim of felony is related by lineal consanguinity to defendant or is defendant's legal guardian. Creates 90.4051, 775.0852.

Effective Date: 07/01/1999
Last Action: 4/22/1999 Senate - Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00637, -SJ 00707; Read second time -SJ 00675; Amendment(s) failed -SJ 00675; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00675; House Bill substituted -SJ 00675; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/HB 421 (Ch. 99-174)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
9/4/1998 Senate • Prefiled
11/10/1998 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Fiscal Policy
3/2/1999 Senate • Introduced, referred to Criminal Justice; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00019; On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/03/99, 10:45 am, Room-37S
3/3/1999 Senate • CS combines this bill with 902; Comm. Action: CS by Criminal Justice -SJ 00131; CS read first time on 03/05/99 -SJ 00131
3/5/1999 Senate • Now in Fiscal Policy -SJ 00131
3/18/1999 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/24/99, 1:00 pm, Room-37S
3/24/1999 Senate • Comm. Action:-Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Fiscal Policy -SJ 00352
3/25/1999 Senate • Placed on Calendar -SJ 00352
4/7/1999 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00468
4/8/1999 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00468, -SJ 00481
4/13/1999 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00481, -SJ 00512
4/15/1999 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00512, -SJ 00575
4/16/1999 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00575
4/21/1999 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00637
4/22/1999 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00637, -SJ 00707; Read second time -SJ 00675; Amendment(s) failed -SJ 00675; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00675; House Bill substituted -SJ 00675; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/HB 421 (Ch. 99-174)