DRUG FREE ZONES
Summary
Creates the Legislative Task Force on Drug Free Zones to study State laws that created drug free zones to determine the effectiveness of these laws, whether these laws have a desperate impact on African American communities, and whether these laws should be amended to more effectively deter drug activity that occurs within sight of schools and other protected locations and lessen the impact of mandatory sentencing on urban communities, thereby reducing racial disparities and to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before November 1, 2007.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2007
Committee Review
Jul 2007
House Passage
Aug 2007
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 1, 2007
Last action Aug 3, 2007
Floor votes · House Aug 2, 2007
How they voted
50–45
Passed · 20 other
Total votes 115
Aug 2, 2007
D
Democratic64
67% Yea
R
Republican51
68% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Aug 2, 2007
Lower · Passed
Resolution Adopted 053-045-000
lower
Jul 31, 2007
Lower · Passed
Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-005-000
lower
Jul 25, 2007
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
lower
Mar 2, 2007
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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