Legislative Committee Person With Mental Health Disorder Justice System
Summary
The bill changes the name of the 'legislative oversight committee concerning the treatment of persons with mental illness in the criminal and juvenile justice systems' to the 'legislative oversight committee concerning the treatment of persons with mental health disorders in the criminal and juvenile justice systems'. The bill makes a corresponding change to the associated task force and cash fund. The bill also modernizes terminology related to mental health disorders. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2017
Committee Review
Apr 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
House Passage
Apr 2017
Signed into Law
Apr 2017
Introduced Mar 16, 2017
Signed Apr 28, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Apr 28, 2017
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Apr 4, 2017
Committee
House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
legislature
Mar 30, 2017
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services
legislature
Mar 22, 2017
Committee
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
legislature
Mar 16, 2017
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
legislature
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Beth Martinez Humenik
RRepublican
P
Dafna Michaelson Jenet
DDemocratic
P
JS
Jonathan Singer
DDemocratic
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