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CS/SB 464: Controlled Substances

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Joyner

Controlled Substances; Authorizing a defendant to move to depart from the 3-year mandatory minimum term of imprisonment and from the mandatory fine for a drug trafficking violation involving a specified quantity of a specified controlled substance; authorizing the state attorney to file an objection to the motion; authorizing the sentencing court to grant the motion if the court finds that the defendant has demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence that specified criteria are met, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died in Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)
  4. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/22/2015 Senate • Filed
1/28/2015 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy; Rules -SJ 62
3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 62
3/25/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/30/15, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
3/30/2015 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 258
3/31/2015 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice -SJ 258
4/3/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/08/15, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Office Building
4/8/2015 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 378
4/10/2015 Senate • Now in Fiscal Policy -SJ 378
4/15/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/20/15, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
4/20/2015 Senate • CS by Fiscal Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 2 -SJ 425
4/21/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time -SJ 429
4/27/2015 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 425
5/1/2015 Senate • Died in Rules