Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on June 3, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1224
AN ACT CONCERNING COURT OPERATIONS AND VICTIM SERVICES.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To make changes necessitated by the expansion of the judicial performance evaluation program to judge trial referees; to authorize court orders and notices to be signed and disseminated by electronic means; to enact statutory authorization for an existing practice whereby prosecutors and defendants reach agreements as to the amount to be paid for infractions and violations that have been transferred to Superior Court and such payments are processed without a plea or appearance before a judicial authority; to delete language that limits the circumstances under which a retired Supreme Court justice who has not yet reached seventy years of age may sit on a Supreme Court panel; to add holders of state identification cards issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to the jury pool; to make the use of alternate jurors in civil cases consistent with that in criminal cases; to clarify that violations that carry a penalty of more than one year of incarceration are deemed felonies for the purposes of particular statutes; to allow cases that have been continued for more than thirteen months at the request of the prosecutors to be nolled; to repeal obsolete references to supreme court messengers; to provide a mechanism for victim compensation in cases alleging sexual assault or child abuse when a police report has not been issued; to eliminate language imposing a deductible on victim compensation awards; to clarify that the Office of Victim Services is authorized to be reimbursed for two-thirds of the amount paid out regardless of the source of the money received by the victim; and to make other technical changes to the victim services sections.
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 25 to June 3, 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 action19 actions on 11 days
In the SenateMar 25 to Jun 269 days
Judiciary CommitteeMar 25 to Apr 511 days
Transportation CommitteeApr 27 to May 36 days
In the House of RepresentativesJun 2 to Jun 3 · stopped1 day
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 25 – Jun 2
- Mar 25Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
- Mar 28Heard in Judiciary Committee
- Apr 5Judiciary Committee recommended it
- Apr 27Sent to Transportation Committee
- May 3Transportation Committee recommended it
- Jun 2Passed the Senate
In the House of Representatives Jun 3
- Jun 3Arrived in the House of Representatives
All 19 actions, as published
- Mar 25REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 28PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Apr 5Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Apr 6FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Apr 15REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 21RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 21FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- Apr 21SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
- Apr 21FILE NO.Both houses
- Apr 27REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
- May 3Joint FavorableBoth houses
- May 3FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- May 3RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- May 4NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
- May 4FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- Jun 2SENATE PASSEDSenate
- Jun 2ON CONSENT CALENDARSenate
- Jun 3FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Jun 3HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives