Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on April 8, 2005. The 2005 session has ended.
2005 Regular Session
House Bill 6488
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEATH PENALTY.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To make certain revisions to the penalty phase procedure in capital felony trials including specifying the burden of persuasion to establish aggravating and mitigating factors, specifying the process for determining the existence of mitigating factors, specifying the level of certitude necessary for a finding that aggravating factors outweigh mitigating factors, specifying the sentence imposed when a jury deadlocks, requiring the court to instruct the jury as to the consequences of their verdict or failure to reach a verdict, granting the defendant a right of allocution and authorizing a victim impact statement to be made prior to the return of a verdict.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 26 to April 8, 2005, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 26 to Apr 8 · stopped72 days
Judiciary CommitteeJan 26 to Apr 8 · stopped72 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 House of Representatives Jan 26 – Apr 8
- Jan 26Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
- Jan 27Heard in Judiciary Committee
- Apr 8Merged into SB 895
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 26REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Jan 27PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Apr 8Merged intoBoth houses