HB1959
Disposition of the unrestorably incompetent defendant; aggravated murder charge.
Summary
As Introduced. Disposition of the unrestorably incompetent defendant; aggravated murder charge; sexually violent offense charge.
Provides that if a defendant is ordered to undergo treatment to restore his competency to stand trial and the initial evaluator has found that the defendant has an ongoing and irreversible medical condition causing him to likely remain incompetent for the foreseeable future or that the defendant has been found ... (More) to be unrestorably incompetent in the past two years, the initial evaluator shall send a report to the court and the court shall proceed with a competency determination. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/10/2023 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100522D
- 01/10/2023 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/21/2023 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/23/2023 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2023 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/2023 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1959)
- 01/31/2023 - House: Read first time
- 02/01/2023 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/02/2023 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2023 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/20/2023 - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/2023 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/2023 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2023 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2023 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1959ER)
- 03/07/2023 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1959ER)
- 03/08/2023 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/2023 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/2023 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
- 03/13/2023 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/26/2023 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 614 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/26/2023 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0614)
