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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 63

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: bringing contraband into a jail or prison and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals — Felony Jail Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Prison

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, it is a crime to bring a prohibited object into a jail or prison

with the intent to deliver the object to another person, or to transport a prohibited

item out of a jail or prison. Under the bill, it is also a crime to bring a prohibited object

into a jail or prison with intent to keep the object for oneself.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , Horlacher (R) , Murphy (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

4 cosponsors

Jacque (R) , James (R) , Marklein (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 6, Noes 1

Passed 6–1 Nov 4, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Tusler, Edming, Gundrum, Horlacher, Murphy, Skowronski, Sortwell, Spiros, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Marklein and Wanggaard

  2. Mar 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  3. Mar 19, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. May 24, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative James added as a coauthor

  5. Oct 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Nov 4, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 6, Noes 1

  7. Nov 4, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1