HB 1505: Prosecution of Defendants
GENERAL BILL by Weinberger
Prosecution of Defendants; Specifies that it is defense to prosecution under any law that defendant, as result of mental disease or defect, lacked culpable mental state required as element of crime charged; specifies that mental disease or defect is not otherwise defense to prosecution under any law; removes affirmative defense to criminal prosecution that, at time of commission of acts constituting offense, defendant was insane; revises mitigating circumstance under which departure from lowest permissible sentence is reasonably justified; authorizes incorporation into convicted defendant's criminal sentence certain specialized treatment for mental health disease or defects; specifies that certain provisions do not prevent sentencing court from considering defendant's mental disease or defect when imposing sentence within permissible sentencing range.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/9/2026 House • Filed
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HB 1505, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/9/2026 at 6:16 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1326 Prosecution of Defendants Martin Identical Last Action: 1/7/2026 S Filed 
Citations - Statutes (4)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 775.027 Insanity defense. Page 2 (pdf) 916.12 Mental competence to proceed. Page 3 (pdf) 921.0026 Mitigating circumstances. Page 4 (pdf) 921.245 Page 5 (pdf)