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2011 Regular Session

House Bill 6537

AN ACT CONCERNING SPEEDY TRIALS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 11, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To revise the time period and procedure for commencing the trial of a defendant charged only with a misdemeanor so that he or she is not held pretrial for a longer period of time than the maximum sentence which could be imposed.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Martin M. Looney

    Its course

    March 3 to May 11, 2011, 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 action15 actions on 9 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMar 3 to May 11 · stopped69 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMar 3 to Mar 118 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMay 4 to May 95 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 3 – May 9

    1. Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
    2. Heard in Judiciary Committee
    3. Judiciary Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Sent to Appropriations Committee
    5. Appropriations Committee recommended it
    All 15 actions, as published