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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 386

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Relating to: the time limitation for prosecution of lesser included offenses.

Court — Procedure Crime and criminals — Felony

  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

Current law provides the time limitations on prosecutions for various crimes.

This bill provides that if a prosecution has been commenced for first-degree

intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide, first degree sexual assault, or

first degree sexual assault of a child, and if a jury finds the defendant guilty of a lesser

included crime, the defendant may be convicted of the lesser included crime even if

the time to commence a prosecution for the lesser crime has expired.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brandtjen (R) , Edming (R) , Moses (R) , Rozar (R) , Schraa (R) , Thiesfeldt (R)

5 cosponsors

Feyen (R) , Jacque (R) , Knodl (R) , Ringhand (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 5, Noes 3

Passed 5–3 Feb 1, 2022 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. Jun 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Brandtjen, Edming, Moses, Rozar and Schraa; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Jacque, Ringhand and Wanggaard

  2. Jun 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Jun 24, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Knodl added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 1, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  7. Feb 1, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1