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CS/SB 1854: Defendants with a Traumatic Brain Injury

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Farmer

Defendants with a Traumatic Brain Injury; Redefining the term “intellectual disability” as it relates to defendants who have been found to be incompetent to proceed by adding the terms “significantly deficient in adaptive functioning” and “traumatic brain injury”; requiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to assist certain defendants found incompetent to proceed with application to the long-term care managed care program, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
 Last Action: 4/30/2021 Senate - Died in Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/26/2021 Senate • Filed
3/4/2021 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Criminal Justice; Appropriations -SJ 206
3/10/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 206
3/18/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/23/21, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
3/23/2021 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 313
3/25/2021 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Criminal Justice
• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/30/21, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
• CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 322
3/30/2021 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 341
• Now in Appropriations
4/30/2021 Senate • Died in Appropriations