Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on March 7, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
House Bill 5876
AN ACT CONCERNING MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCES FOR REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To require a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of release for a person convicted of a violent offense for the third time and to require a prosecutor to state his or her reasons for not charging an otherwise eligible defendant as a third-time offender.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
March 5 to March 7, 2008, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesMar 5 to Mar 7 · stopped2 days
Judiciary CommitteeMar 5 to Mar 7 · stopped2 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 Mar 5 – Mar 7
- Mar 5Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
- Mar 7Heard in Judiciary Committee
All 2 actions, as published
- Mar 5REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 7PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses