prohibit capital punishment of any person with severe mental illness.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2019
Last action Feb 13, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Feb 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. S.J. 363
upper
Feb 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
Judiciary Reconsidered, Passed
upper
Feb 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Recalled from committee (Rule 7-7), Passed S.J. 330
upper
Feb 7, 2019
Upper · Passed
Judiciary Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3. S.J. 299
upper
Jan 23, 2019
Introduced
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 155
upper
29 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Arch Beal
RRepublican
P
Arthur L. Rusch
RRepublican
P
Bob Ewing
RRepublican
P
Bob Glanzer
RRepublican
P
Craig Kennedy
DDemocratic
P
Deb Soholt
RRepublican
P
Doug J. Barthel
RRepublican
P
FE
Fred E Deutsch
RRepublican
P
Jeffrey D Partridge
RRepublican
P
John A Lake
RRepublican
P
John Mills
RRepublican
P
Justin R Cronin
RRepublican
P
Kyle Schoenfish
RRepublican
P
Larry P Zikmund
RRepublican
P
Marli J. Wiese
RRepublican
P
Mary Duvall
RRepublican
P
Nancy L. York
RRepublican
P
Oren Lesmeister
DDemocratic
P
Ray Ring
DDemocratic
P
Reynold Nesiba
DDemocratic
P
Roger Chase
RRepublican
P
Steven D McCleerey
DDemocratic
P
Susan Wismer
DDemocratic
P
Thomas J Brunner
RRepublican
P
Tim Reed
RRepublican
P
Timothy R Johns
RRepublican
P
TH
Tom Hansen
RRepublican
P
Tom Pischke
RRepublican
P
Troy E. Heinert
DDemocratic
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