Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on March 25, 2002. The 2002 session has ended.
2002 Regular Session
Senate Bill 558
AN ACT CONCERNING AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To provide an affirmative defense in a prosecution for a violation of a no contact order that the defendant did not initiate the prohibited contact.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
March 5 to March 25, 2002, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateMar 5 to Mar 25 · stopped20 days
Judiciary CommitteeMar 5 to Mar 25 · stopped20 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Mar 5 – Mar 25
- Mar 5Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
- Mar 7Heard in Judiciary Committee
- Mar 25Judiciary Committee took no action on it
All 3 actions, as published
- Mar 5REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 7PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 25No ActionBoth houses