CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the Task Force on Sentencing for Second Degree Murder to determine the best changes to sentencing for second degree murder.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Governor
Introduced May 10, 2023
Last action Jun 8, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2023 · House Jun 7, 2023
How they voted
28–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 32
May 11, 2023
D
Democratic10
80% Yea
R
Republican22
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Jun 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
Jun 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read by title, amended, concurred in by vote of 99 yeas, 0 nays.
lower
May 31, 2023
Introduced
Reported without amendments (8-0-1).
lower
May 25, 2023
Committee
Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
May 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (8-0-1) To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
May 15, 2023
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
May 11, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read by title and adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered sent to the House.
upper
May 10, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Abraham
RRepublican
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