SB 84: Controlled Substances
GENERAL BILL by Joyner
Controlled Substances; Authorizing a defendant to move to depart from the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 3 years and from the mandatory fine for a drug trafficking violation involving a specified quantity of a specified controlled substance; authorizing the state attorney to file an objection to the motion; authorizing the sentencing court to grant the motion if the court finds that the defendant has demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence that specified criteria are met, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2016
Last Action: 3/11/2016 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/11/2016 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Criminal Justice (CJ)
- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
- Fiscal Policy (FP)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 8/3/2015 Senate • Filed
8/19/2015 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy; Rules -SJ 10
9/28/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 10/05/15, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
10/5/2015 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 124
10/6/2015 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice -SJ 124
1/12/2016 Senate • Introduced -SJ 10
3/11/2016 Senate • Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
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SB 84, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/3/2015 at 11:59 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 10/2/2015 (pdf)
Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 10/6/2015 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 327 Controlled Substances Powell Identical Last Action: 3/11/2016 H Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Location: In committee/council (CRJS)
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 10/5/2015 4:00 PM Criminal Justice 5 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 893.135 Trafficking; mandatory sentences; suspension or reduction of sentences; conspiracy to engage in trafficking. Page 1 (pdf)