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SB 938: Death Penalty

GENERAL BILL by Farmer

Death Penalty; Deleting provisions providing for the death penalty for capital felonies; repealing provisions relating to capital collateral representation and constitutionally deficient representation, respectively; deleting a public records exemption relating to capital collateral proceedings; deleting provisions relating to the effect of a declaration by a court of last resort that the death penalty in a capital felony is unconstitutional, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Criminal Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/14/2019 Senate • Filed
12/13/2019 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 71
1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 71
3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Criminal Justice