SB 5354: Death penalty elimination
Reducing criminal justice expenses by eliminating the death penalty and instead requiring life imprisonment without possibility of release or parole as the sentence for aggravated first degree murder.
Summary
- Eliminates the death penalty and requires life imprisonment without possibility of release or parole as the sentence for aggravated first degree murder.
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- IntroducedJan 20, 2017
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Mark Miloscia (R-30)
- Introduced
- January 20, 2017 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 8, 2018
- Requested by
- State agency
- Companion bill
- HB 1935
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to reducing criminal justice expenses by eliminating the death penalty and instead requiring life imprisonment without possibility of release or parole as the sentence for aggravated first degree murder;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Mark Miloscia (R-30)
11 co-sponsors (10 Democrats, 1 Republican)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
SB 5354 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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