COURTS: Provides relative to the drug division probation program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
HB 864 proposes minor adjustments to the drug division probation program by changing specific legal terms within the bill text. The first amendment would allow courts discretion in certain actions instead of requiring them, while the second amendment would expand the scope of referenced legal articles to include an additional option. These changes affect how probation officers and judges interact with the program's administrative rules. The bill does not introduce new policies or alter the core operations of the drug division but rather refines existing language to provide more flexibility or broaden applicability.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Apr 2, 2024
Signed Jun 10, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 14, 2024 · House May 28, 2024
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 39
May 14, 2024
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
5
Committee
4
May 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 8, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kyle Green
DDemocratic
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