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2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 261

AN ACT CONCERNING THE INHERITANCE RIGHTS OF A BENEFICIARY OR SURVIVOR WHO IS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MURDER OR MANSLAUGHTER OF THE DECEASED BY REASON OF MENTAL DISEASE OR DEFECT.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To: (1) Prohibit a person found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of causing the death of the deceased from benefiting from the estate of the deceased or from the deceased's life insurance policy or annuity, and (2) add the crimes of manslaughter in the second degree and manslaughter in the second degree with a firearm to the list of crimes for which the conviction of a beneficiary for such crime committed against the deceased disqualifies the beneficiary from benefiting from the estate of the deceased or from the deceased's life insurance policy or annuity.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

2 co-sponsors

Paul R. Doyle, Kevin D. Witkos

Its course

February 25 to May 4, 2014, 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 action13 actions on 7 days

In the SenateFeb 25 to May 266 days

Judiciary CommitteeFeb 25 to Apr 236 days

In the House of RepresentativesMay 2 to May 4 · 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 25 – May 2

  1. Feb 25Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
  2. Feb 27Heard in Judiciary Committee
  3. Apr 2Judiciary Committee recommended it
  4. May 2Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives May 4

  1. May 4Arrived in the House of Representatives
All 13 actions, as published
  1. Feb 25REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 27PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Apr 2Joint FavorableBoth houses
  4. Apr 2FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Apr 10REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Apr 16RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Apr 16FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  8. Apr 16SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
  9. Apr 16FILE NO.Both houses
  10. May 2SENATE PASSEDSenate
  11. May 2ON CONSENT CALENDARSenate
  12. May 4FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  13. May 4HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives