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CS/CS/SB 728: Threats

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Infrastructure and Security ; Stargel ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Hutson

Threats; Decreasing the criminal penalty for threatening to throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device with intent to do bodily harm to any person or with intent to do damage to any property of any person; prohibiting threats to use a firearm or weapon with specified intent; providing criminal penalties; redefining the term “violence” to include incidents of cyberstalking, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect October 1, 2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Infrastructure and Security (IS)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/1/2019 Senate • Filed
11/21/2019 Senate • Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Criminal Justice; Appropriations -SJ 56
1/6/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Infrastructure and Security, 01/13/20, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
1/13/2020 Senate • CS by Infrastructure and Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 155
1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 56
1/15/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/16/2020 Senate • Now in Criminal Justice
1/22/2020 Senate • CS by Infrastructure and Security read 1st time -SJ 186
1/23/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/28/20, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building --Amendment(s) Adopted - Temporarily Postponed
1/30/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/04/20, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building
2/4/2020 Senate • CS/CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 239
2/5/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/6/2020 Senate • CS/CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 245
2/10/2020 Senate • Now in Appropriations
2/27/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/03/20, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/3/2020 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -SJ 411
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20 -SJ 461
3/5/2020 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 449
• Amendment(s) adopted (161760) -SJ 449
• Ordered engrossed -SJ 449
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/6/2020 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 483
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 483
3/6/2020 House • In Messages
3/9/2020 House • Referred to Calendar -HJ 1003
• Received -HJ 1003
3/10/2020 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
• Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading -HJ 1047
3/14/2020 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died on Calendar