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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 887

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Relating to: hiding, burying, or mutilating a corpse to conceal a crime and providing a penalty.

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

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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 Class F felony to mutilate, disfigure, dismember, hide,

or bury a corpse if the act is done to conceal a crime or to avoid being apprehended,

prosecuted, or convicted for a crime. This bill increases the penalty to a Class C

felony.

A person who is convicted of a Class F felony is subject to a fine of not more than

$25,000, imprisonment for not more than 12 years and 6 months, or both. A person

who is convicted of a Class C felony is subject to a fine of not more than $100,000,

imprisonment for not more than 40 years, or both.

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: Bewley (D) , Jacque (R) , Stroebel (R)

11 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Andraca (D) , B. Meyers (D) , Bowen (D) , Brooks (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Milroy (D) , Pope (D) , Rozar (R) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D)

Full history

  1. Jan 21, 2022 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Bewley, Jacque and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Milroy, Allen, Andraca, Bowen, Cabral-Guevara, B. Meyers, Pope, Rozar, Sinicki and Stubbs

  2. Jan 21, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Jan 27, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Brooks added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1