l9n/ Connecticut

2013 Regular Session

House Bill 5298

AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on April 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To require the probate court to follow certain procedures before issuing an order for involuntary electroconvulsive therapy and to replace the term "shock therapy" with "electroconvulsive therapy".

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

1 co-sponsor

Sandy H. Nafis

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Paul R. Doyle

    Its course

    January 15 to April 5, 2013, 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 action11 actions on 10 days

    In the House of RepresentativesJan 15 to Apr 5 · stopped80 days

    Public Health CommitteeJan 15 to Apr 277 days

    Judiciary CommitteeApr 2 to Apr 5 · stopped3 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 15 – Apr 2

    1. Jan 15Introduced and sent to Public Health Committee
    2. Feb 15Heard in Public Health Committee
    3. Mar 27Drafted as a bill by Public Health Committee
    4. Mar 28Sent to Public Health Committee
    5. Apr 2Public Health Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Judiciary Committee
    All 11 actions, as published
    1. Jan 15REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 4Reserved for Subject Matter Public HearingBoth houses
    3. Feb 15PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    4. Mar 11Vote to DraftBoth houses
    5. Mar 27DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    6. Mar 28REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    7. Apr 2Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    8. Apr 3FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    9. Apr 4RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    10. Apr 4FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
    11. Apr 5FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate