SB 96 INCREASE ATTEMPTED MURDER PENALTY

Sen Antonio "Moe" Maestas

Actions: [1] SCC/SHPAC/SJC/SFC-SCC [2]germane-SHPAC [6] DP-SJC [10] DP-SFC- w/drn [12] PASSED/S (32-4) [14] HJC-HJC [15] DP - PASSED/H (49-18) SGND BY GOV (Mar. 4) Ch. 51.

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

 Senate Bill 96 (SB 96) increases the penalty for second degree murder and attempted murder in the second degree.  

 Senate Bill 96 (SB 96) increases the penalty for attempted murder from three years to nine years imprisonment. The bill also increases the penalty for murder in the second degree from fifteen to eighteen years imprisonment. 

 The current penalty for attempted second degree murder is three years imprisonment and the current penalty for second degree murder is fifteen years imprisonment.  

 SB 96 is related to HB 200