Relating to the creation of a commission to review certain penal laws of this state and to make certain recommendations regarding those laws, to criminal offenses previously compiled in statutes outside the Penal Code, to repealing certain of those offenses, and to conforming punishments for certain of those offenses to the penalty structure provided in the Penal Code; increasing the punishment for the criminal offenses of sedition, sabotage, and capital sabotage; imposing a civil penalty.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2019
Last action Apr 15, 2019
Floor votes · House Apr 9, 2019
How they voted
113–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 115
Apr 9, 2019
D
Democratic48
100% Yea
R
Republican67
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
11
Committee
10
Amendments
1
Apr 15, 2019
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice
upper
Apr 15, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
upper
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Apr 8, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
Apr 8, 2019
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Mar 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Mar 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Mar 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Mar 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Mar 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute considered in committee
lower
Feb 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Feb 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Feb 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute considered in committee
lower
Feb 19, 2019
Committee
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
lower
Feb 19, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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