File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 797
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Lawlah, Britt, Conway, Currie, Exum, Gladden, Jones,
Kelley, and McFadden
- Entitled:
-
Nonviolent Drug Offenders - Drug Treatment Alternative to
Incarceration
Requiring a court to require each defendant who is convicted for a
first or second violation of a specified drug-related crime to undergo
an evaluation of eligibility for drug treatment by an alcohol or drug
counselor; requiring a court to commit to the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene a defendant for drug treatment as a condition of
probation instead of incarceration under specified circumstances; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/11
- Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
- Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES -see also- SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- COUNSELORS -see also- SOCIAL WORKERS
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- EXAMINATIONS
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- NUISANCES -see also- NOISE; WEEDS
- PAROLE AND PROBATION
- RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
- SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
8-507
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
