BILL · 1995–96 SESSION
HB 2360: Expert witness/mental illnes
Limiting expert witness testimony as to competence in criminal proceedings.
Summary
- Declares that an expert may not testify as to whether the defendant formed or had the capacity to form the mental state for the crime charged.
From the Bill Digest (HB 2360), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 10, 1996
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Jeralita "Jeri" Costa (D-38)
- Introduced
- January 10, 1996 in the House
- Last action
- January 10, 1996
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Jeralita "Jeri" Costa (D-38)
6 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 3 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
HB 2360 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 2360 (2025–26) Albuterol access in schools
- HB 2360 (2023–24) Digital workforce
- HB 2360 (2019–20) Sharps waste stewardship
- HB 2360 (2017–18) Sexual exploitation
- HB 2360 (2015–16) Quality education council
- HB 2360 (2013–14) Industrial insurance taxes
- HB 2360 (2011–12) Prearrangement trust funds
- HB 2360 (2009–10) AIDS grants/dept of health