prohibit capital punishment for any person suffering from a severe mental illness.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2020
Last action Feb 20, 2020
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
2
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Judiciary Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3.
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Committee
Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Failed, YEAS 3, NAYS 4.
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Introduced
Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 64C
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
Judiciary Hoghoused, Passed Amendment 64B
upper
Jan 22, 2020
Introduced
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 62
upper
20 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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
Jim White
RRepublican
P
Kyle Schoenfish
RRepublican
P
Marli J. Wiese
RRepublican
P
Oren Lesmeister
DDemocratic
P
Ray Ring
DDemocratic
P
Reynold Nesiba
DDemocratic
P
Scyller J Borglum
RRepublican
P
Susan Wismer
DDemocratic
P
Thomas J Brunner
RRepublican
P
Tim Reed
RRepublican
P
Timothy R Johns
RRepublican
P
Tom Pischke
RRepublican
P
Troy E. Heinert
DDemocratic
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