CHAPTER NUMBER: 360
File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 264/94 - JUD
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators
Middlebrooks, Astle, Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, Haines, Jimeno, and
Kelley
- Entitled:
-
Homicide - Prosecution - "Year and a Day" Rule Abolished
Abolishing the common-law rule of "year and a day" by allowing a
prosecution for murder or manslaughter to be instituted regardless of
the time elapsed between the act or omission causing the death of the
victim and the death of the victim.
Senate Action
- 9/19
- Pre-filed
- 1/10
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 1/3
- Hearing 1/17 at 2:00 p.m.
- 1/23
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 1/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 1/26
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/4
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Middlebrooks, Jimeno, Stone
- 4/6
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/14
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 360
House Action
- 1/29
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/20
- Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 3/29
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/30
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (134-2)
- 4/4
- House Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Dembrow, E. Burns, Hutchins
- 4/6
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (130-4)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Edward Middlebrooks, District 32
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator Richard Colburn, District 37
- Senator Timothy R. Ferguson, District 4
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
- Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES, SENTENCES
- MANSLAUGHTER
- MURDER
- STATUTES OF LIMITATION
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
415
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 188738/1 (PDF) Offered on: JANUARY 24, 1996 at: 10:22
Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 571772/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 4, 1996 at: 10:45
Status: Adopted