2003 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 389

File Code: Public Safety Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 858
Sponsored By:
The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Haines, Jimeno, Stoltzfus, Stone, Harris, DeGrange, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Lawlah, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Schrader, Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Greenip, and Hafer
Entitled:
Crimes - Firearms - Project Exile

Synopsis:

Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant charged with specified crimes; requiring a judge to consider as a rebuttable presumption that a defendant charged with specified crimes will flee and pose a danger to another person or the community; prohibiting a specified panel of judges, when reviewing a sentence, from decreasing a mandatory minimum sentence imposed for crimes involving firearms under specified circumstances; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
1/31
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Motion Rules Suspended Referred (Senator Green) Adopted (46-0)
Referred Judicial Proceedings
2/5
Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
President of the Senate
Administration
Senator David R. Brinkley, District 4
Senator Jim Brochin, District 42
Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
Senator Janet Greenip, District 33
Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 7
Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
Senator Robert H. Kittleman, District 9
Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
Senator E. J. Pipkin, District 36
Senator Sandra B. Schrader, District 13
Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
BAIL
CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES -see also- SUBSTANCE ABUSE
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
DISTRICT COURTS
GUNS
INTERSTATE AFFAIRS
JUDGES
JUDICIAL REVIEW -see also- APPEALS
PAROLE AND PROBATION
PENALTIES
PRETRIAL DETENTION OR RELEASE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
WEAPONS -see also- GUNS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Criminal Law
( 4-102 , 4-201 , 4-204 , 4-306 , 5-621 , 5-621 , 5-622 )
Criminal Procedure
( 5-202 , 8-105 , 8-107 )
Public Safety
( 5-101 , 5-101 , 5-133 , 5-133 , 5-133 , 5-143 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered
Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
Senate
January 31, 2003: Motion Rules Suspended Referred (Green) Adopted (46-0)