CS/HB 641: Sentencing for Possession of a Controlled Substance
GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Shaw ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Cortes, J.
Sentencing for Possession of a Controlled Substance; Requires that court sentence defendant who is convicted of primary offense of possession of controlled substance committed on or after specified date to nonstate prison sanction.
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/6/2017 | House |
• Filed |
| 2/15/2017 | House |
• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 79 |
| 3/7/2017 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 79 |
| 3/24/2017 | House |
• PCS on Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/28/17, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall |
| 3/28/2017 | House |
• CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 490 • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) |
| 3/29/2017 | House |
• Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 489 • CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 483 |
| 4/13/2017 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/17/17, 4:00 pm, Morris Hall |
| 4/17/2017 | House |
• Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 1 -HJ 720 • Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 720 |
| 5/5/2017 | House |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Judiciary Committee |
