BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 5694: Capital punishment
Allowing defendants age sixteen and older to be sentenced to death.
Summary
- Persons 16 years or older can be sentenced to death.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5694), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 7, 1997
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Pam Roach (R-31)
- Introduced
- February 7, 1997 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Pam Roach (R-31)
11 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 11 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.
SB 5694 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5694 (2025–26) Boiler operator cert.
- SB 5694 (2023–24) Public empl. salary surveys
- SB 5694 (2021–22) DOC-tribal agreements
- SB 5694 (2019–20) Commercial beekeeper drivers
- SB 5694 (2017–18) Sealing juvenile records
- SB 5694 (2015–16) Nuisance abatement
- SB 5694 (2013–14) Incapacitated adults
- SB 5694 (2011–12) Specialty producer licenses