SB 382: Judicial Accountability
GENERAL BILL by Gibson
Judicial Accountability; Requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to collect specified information and prepare a report on the sentences imposed by each circuit judge and county judge in criminal and juvenile cases; requiring the office to post the report annually by a specified date to its website; requiring disqualification of a judge from a case involving a member of a certain demographic group for which there is evidence of disparity in sentencing by that judge with regard to that demographic group, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Criminal Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Criminal Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Criminal Justice (CJ)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Appropriations (AP)
- Rules (RC)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/17/2017 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 2/1/2017 | Senate |
• Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations; Rules -SJ 64 |
| 2/27/2017 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/06/17, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Office Building --Amendment(s) Adopted - Temporarily Postponed |
| 3/7/2017 | Senate |
• Introduced -SJ 64 |
| 5/5/2017 | Senate |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Criminal Justice |
