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CS/HB 1085: Veterans Treatment Court

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Ponder ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Altman ; Donalds ; Eagle ; Fetterhoff ; Fine ; Fischer ; McClain

Veterans Treatment Court; Authorizes creation & administration of veterans treatment courts; provides eligibility criteria; specifies program implementation procedures, components, & policies; requires participant agreements & specifying requirements for such agreements; removes provisions addressing Military Veterans & Servicemembers Court Program; provides for eligibility for certain pretrial intervention programs.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Military and Veterans Affairs and Space
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Military and Veterans Affairs and Space (MS)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/3/2020 House • Filed
1/13/2020 House • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 94
1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 94
1/24/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
1/28/2020 House • Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 471
1/29/2020 House • Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 471
2/7/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/11/20, 1:30 pm, Sumner Hall
2/11/2020 House • Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 550
• Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 550
2/14/2020 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/18/20, 3:00 pm, Sumner Hall
2/18/2020 House • CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 607
2/19/2020 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time -HJ 602
2/20/2020 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 627
3/3/2020 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
3/6/2020 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 863
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/9/2020 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 954
• CS passed; YEAS 120 NAYS 0 -HJ 954
3/9/2020 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 559
• Received -SJ 559
3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Military and Veterans Affairs and Space