Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on March 12, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 244
AN ACT CONCERNING NOTIFICATION TO THE OFFICE OF PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION INMATE SUICIDES AND DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES CLIENT DEATHS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To ensure that timely and complete information is provided by the Department of Correction to the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities in the event of an inmate suicide and to require the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to promptly report deaths of individuals with psychiatric or substance use disorders to said office in certain circumstances.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 15 to March 12, 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 action8 actions on 5 days
In the SenateFeb 15 to Mar 12 · stopped26 days
Public Health CommitteeFeb 15 to Mar 1024 days
Judiciary CommitteeMar 10 to Mar 12 · 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 Senate Feb 15 – Mar 10
- Feb 15Introduced and sent to Public Health Committee
- Feb 25Heard in Public Health Committee
- Mar 10Public Health Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Judiciary Committee
All 8 actions, as published
- Feb 15REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 25PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 7Vote to Hold until next meetingBoth houses
- Mar 10Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
- Mar 10FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 12RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Mar 12FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
- Mar 12FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives