Key Votes
HCS HB 185 - Death Penalty Rules - Key Vote
Georgia Key Votes
Stages
- March 20, 2007 Senate Bill Sent To Committee
- March 20, 2007 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 29, 2007 Introduced
Family
- HCS HB 185 - Death Penalty Rules
- S Amdt 1064 - Repeals Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq
Issues
Note
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (Senate) - March 20, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (106-65) - March 20, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Death Penalty Rules
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill changing the procedure by which the death penalty is applied.
Highlights:
-Allows for a sentence of death in cases where at least ten members of a jury vote for such, provided the jury has found that a defendant has committed at least one statutory aggravating circumstance (Sec. 2).
Note:
NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS APPROVAL IN EACH CHAMBER FOR PASSAGE. IT MUST THEN BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF CITIZENS VOTING IN THE NEXT ELECTION TO BE ENACTED.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 29, 2007
Title: Death Penalty Rules
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill changing the procedure by which the death penalty is applied.
Highlights:
-Allows for a sentence of death in cases where at least ten members of a jury vote for such, provided the jury has found that a defendant has committed at least one statutory aggravating circumstance (Sec. 2).
Sponsors
- Barry A. Fleming (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Timothy J. Bearden (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Burkhalter (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Melvin Everson (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jerry L. Keen (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Willie L. Talton (GA - R)
