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2024 Regular Session

House Bill 5397

AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY INTERVENTION BY A POLICE OFFICER WHEN A PERSON IS INCAPACITATED BY DRUGS OR DUE TO A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 3, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To allow a police officer, with approval of a medical control official, to take a person who appears to be incapacitated by drugs or due to a medical emergency into protective custody and have such person brought to a treatment facility or hospital.

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

Craig C. Fishbein

Its course

February 29 to April 3, 2024, 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 action9 actions on 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 29 to Apr 3 · stopped34 days

Public Safety and Security CommitteeFeb 29 to Mar 1919 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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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 Feb 29 – Mar 19

  1. Feb 29Introduced and sent to Public Safety and Security Committee
  2. Mar 1Heard in Public Safety and Security Committee
  3. Mar 19Public Safety and Security Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Feb 29REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 1PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 19Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  4. Mar 19FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 27REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Apr 3RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Apr 3FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Apr 3HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Apr 3FILE NO.Both houses