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2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2118

Gubernatorial pardon; require public hearing.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND SHERIFF OF A COUNTY IN WHICH A FELONY CRIME IS COMMITTED SHALL BE CONTACTED BY THE GOVERNOR, OR HIS DESIGNEE, WHEN THE GOVERNOR EXERCISES HIS POWER TO GRANT A PARDON FOR A PERSON CONVICTED OF SUCH FELONY CRIME; TO REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADVERTISEMENT THEREOF AT THE EXPENSE OF THE APPLICANT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

Its course

January 4 to February 1, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature 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 Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 4 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published