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SF 523Withdrawn · HF 644 became law instead · April 25, 2023

Relating to criminal law including defense subpoenas, depositions, conditional guilty pleas, prosecution witnesses who are minors, and juror qualifications, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions

Sponsored by the Senate Judiciary Committee

Topics:Courts & civil law Crime & corrections

Same legislation: SF 204, HSB 156, HF 644

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 2, 2023
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 7, 2023
Done: Senate committeeMarch 6, 2023
Done: Passes the SenateApril 25, 202349–0
Skipped: House committeeSkipped
Done: Passes the HouseMarch 22, 202395–0
Done: To the GovernorMay 9, 2023
Done: Signed into lawMay 26, 2023

HF 644 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 644, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 644 What’s a funnel?

What changed before it passed The bill as introduced compared with the version both chambers passed.

Amendments · 4

3 adopted · 0 failed · 1 never voted on. Newest first.

H-1311 · filed April 26, 2023 by
AI summary This amendment removes the section of the bill that requires criminal defendants to get a judge's permission before using a subpoena to get evidence. It also removes the phrase "defense subpoenas" from the bill's title. Its wording →
Never voted on
S-3179Strike everything · filed April 25, 2023 by Sen. Dan Dawson (R)
Replaces the whole bill with new text.
Amends this SF 523 to CONFORM to HF 644
Adopted
April 25, 2023
S-3178 · filed April 25, 2023 by Sen. Dan Dawson (R)
By striking page 1, line 1, through page 2, line (3 changes)
Adopted
April 25, 2023
H-1140 · filed March 21, 2023 by
Page 1, by striking line 16 and inserting “a preponderance of the evidence any of the following:” (10 changes)
Adopted
March 22, 2023