HB 7101: Sentencing for Capital Felonies
GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Trujillo ; Spano ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Avila ; Mayfield ; McBurney ; Passidomo
Sentencing for Capital Felonies; Requiring the prosecutor to give notice to the defendant and to file the notice with the court within a certain timeframe if the prosecutor intends to seek the death penalty; requiring juries to determine the existence of aggravating factors, if any, in the penalty phase of capital cases; requiring a certain determination by at least 10 jurors to support a recommendation of a sentence of death; deleting provisions relating to advisory sentencing by juries and findings by the court in support of sentences of death, etc.
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/5/2016 | House |
• Filed • Introduced -HJ 397 |
| 2/8/2016 | House |
• Referred to Judiciary Committee -HJ 406 • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/10/16, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall |
| 2/10/2016 | House |
• Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 1 -HJ 438 • Placed on Calendar -HJ 438 |
| 2/15/2016 | House |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/17/16 |
| 2/17/2016 | House |
• Read 2nd time -HJ 472 • Amendment(s) adopted (213683) -HJ 476 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 2/18/2016 | House |
• Read 3rd time -HJ 496 • Passed as amended; YEAS 93 NAYS 20 -HJ 497 |
| 2/23/2016 | Senate |
• In Messages • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations -SJ 480 • Received -SJ 480 |
| 3/2/2016 | Senate |
• Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Appropriations -SJ 528 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 528 • Substituted for CS/SB 7068 -SJ 528 • Read 2nd time -SJ 528 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 3/3/2016 | Senate |
• Read 3rd time -SJ 630 • Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 5 -SJ 630 |
| 3/3/2016 | House |
• Ordered enrolled -HJ 724 |
| 3/3/2016 |
• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor -HJ 726 |
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| 3/7/2016 |
• Approved by Governor -HJ 895 • Chapter No. 2016-13 |
