CS/HB 293: Certain Defendants with Mental Illness
GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Fetterhoff
Certain Defendants with Mental Illness; Exempts certain fiscally constrained counties from local match requirements for specified grants; creates pilot programs in certain counties for specified purpose & number of years; requires sheriffs' offices in such counties to establish law enforcement behavioral health intervention units; provides training & program requirements; requires annual reports; provides expiration dates for pilot programs.
Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died in Appropriations Committee
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died in Appropriations Committee
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 10/4/2019 | House |
• Filed |
| 10/16/2019 | House |
• Referred to Judiciary Committee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 28 |
| 1/14/2020 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 28 |
| 2/24/2020 | House |
• PCS on Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/26/20, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall |
| 2/26/2020 | House |
• CS by Judiciary Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -HJ 681 |
| 2/27/2020 | House |
• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) |
| 2/28/2020 | House |
• Now in Appropriations Committee -HJ 681 • CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time -HJ 679 |
| 3/14/2020 | House |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Appropriations Committee |
