Change Maximum Criminal Penalty One Year To 364 Days
Summary
Criminal sentencing - misdemeanors and municipal violations - change maximum penalty from one year to 364 days. Under current law, the maximum sentence for a class 2 misdemeanor, level 2 drug misdemeanor, a misdemeanor without a fixed statutory penalty, and a municipal ordinance violation is one year. The act changes the maximum sentence to 364 days.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
House Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Mar 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 29, 2019
Signed Mar 28, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Mar 8, 2019 · House Mar 8, 2019
How they voted
23–11
Passed
Total votes 34
Mar 8, 2019
D
Democratic19
100% Yea
R
Republican15
73% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Mar 28, 2019
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Mar 8, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (41-21-2)
house
Mar 8, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
Mar 4, 2019
Committee
Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
Feb 12, 2019
Committee
House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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