CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Constitutional amendment to require unanimous juries for felonies. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2018
Committee Review
Apr 2018
Senate Passage
Apr 2018
House Passage
May 2018
Governor
Introduced Mar 1, 2018
Last action May 17, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Amendments
2
May 15, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 28 yeas and 7 nays.
legislature
May 14, 2018
Introduced
Received from the House with amendments.
legislature
May 14, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 15. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
legislature
May 1, 2018
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
legislature
Apr 30, 2018
Committee
Reported without amendments (6-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
legislature
Apr 26, 2018
Committee
Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
legislature
Apr 25, 2018
Committee
Reported with amendments (16-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
legislature
Apr 6, 2018
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
legislature
Apr 4, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 10 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
legislature
Mar 20, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Reported favorably.
legislature
Mar 12, 2018
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
legislature
0 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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