SB 1022: Death Penalty
GENERAL BILL by Bullard
Death Penalty; Deleting provisions providing for the death penalty for capital felonies; repealing provisions relating to prohibiting the imposition of the death sentence upon a defendant with mental retardation; repealing provisions relating to determination of whether to impose a sentence of death or life imprisonment for a capital drug trafficking felony; deleting provisions relating to preservation of DNA evidence in death penalty cases, etc.
Last Action: 5/3/2013 Senate - Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7083 (Ch. 2013-216)
Location: In committee/council (JU)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
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