CS/CS/SB 728 (2020) -  Threats

General Bill by Criminal Justice and Infrastructure and Security and Stargel (CO-SPONSORS) Hutson
Threats: Decreasing the criminal penalty for threatening to throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device with intent to do bodily harm to any person or with intent to do damage to any property of any person; prohibiting threats to use a firearm or weapon with specified intent; providing criminal penalties; redefining the term “violence” to include incidents of cyberstalking, etc.
Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect October 1, 2020
Last Event: Died on Second Reading Calendar on Saturday, March 14, 2020 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Infrastructure and Security
    • On agenda for: 01/13/20 3:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Criminal Justice
    • On agenda for: 02/04/20 9:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 0
  • Appropriations
    • On agenda for: 03/03/20 1:00 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 21   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 311 Subject: Threats Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Engrossed 1
    • D 056839 , Massullo Date Filed: 03/07/20, Line#: 0 House: Withdrawn 03/09/2020 02:19 PM
    • D 065839 , Massullo Date Filed: 03/09/20, Line#: 0
    • AA 576321 , Massullo Date Filed: 03/10/20, Line#: 20
  • Committee Substitute 2
    • A 161760 , Simmons Date Filed: 03/05/20, Line#: 104 Senate: Adopted 3/5/2020 3:42:10 PM
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • A 493844 , Criminal Justice, Stargel Date Filed: 01/27/20, Line#: 35 Senate(c): Replaced by Substitute Amendment 02/04/2020 12:30 PM
    • SA 430974 , Criminal Justice, Stargel Date Filed: 01/27/20, Line#: 35 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/04/2020 12:30 PM
    • ASA 862884 , Criminal Justice, Stargel Date Filed: 02/03/20, Line#: 14 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/04/2020 12:30 PM
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 651314 , Infrastructure and Security, Stargel Date Filed: 01/10/20, Line#: 16 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 01/14/2020 04:29 PM
    • AA 402684 , Infrastructure and Security, Stargel Date Filed: 01/13/20, Line#: 14 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 01/14/2020 04:29 PM
    • A 728976 , Infrastructure and Security, Stargel Date Filed: 01/10/20, Line#: 22 Senate(c): Withdrawn 01/14/2020 04:29 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 3/3/2020 7:50:07 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 3/2/2020 1:05:14 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 2/5/2020 2:41:38 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 2/3/2020 8:17:39 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Infrastructure and Security 1/14/2020 4:07:30 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Infrastructure and Security 1/9/2020 10:23:07 AM

Vote History

Chamber Date Yeas Nays Action Action 2 Vote Detail Barcode
Chamber: Senate Date: 03/06/2020 10:26 AM   Yeas: 39 Nays: 0 Action: Action 2: Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 10] Barcode:

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died on Second Reading Calendar Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Added to Second Reading Calendar Time: 03/10/2020 - 9:51 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading Time: 03/10/2020 - 4:15 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Amendment 576321 filed Time: 03/10/2020 - 8:48 AM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2020) Time: 03/10/2020 - 12:29 AM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/09/2020 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Bill referred to House Calendar Time: 03/09/2020 - 11:57 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Amendment 065839 filed Time: 03/09/2020 - 6:01 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Amendment 056839 withdrawn Time: 03/09/2020 - 2:19 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Amendment 056839 filed Time: 03/07/2020 - 3:40 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H In Messages Time: 03/06/2020 - 11:50 AM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: S CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 483 Time: 03/06/2020 - 10:27 AM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: S Read 3rd time -SJ 483 Time: 03/06/2020 - 10:26 AM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: S Placed on 3rd reading Time: 03/05/2020 - 3:46 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Ordered engrossed -SJ 449 Time: 03/05/2020 - 3:46 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Amendment(s) adopted (161760) -SJ 449 Time: 03/05/2020 - 3:42 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 449 Time: 03/05/2020 - 3:39 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20 -SJ 461 Time: 03/03/2020 - 7:44 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading Time: 03/03/2020 - 7:42 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c2
Event: S Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -SJ 411 Time: 03/03/2020 - 7:37 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c2
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/03/20, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 02/27/2020 - 6:23 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c2
Event: S Now in Appropriations Time: 02/10/2020 - 1:36 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 245 Time: 02/06/2020 - 3:31 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/05/2020 - 3:03 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 239 Time: 02/04/2020 - 11:35 AM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/04/20, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building Time: 01/30/2020 - 4:09 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/28/20, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building --Amendment(s) Adopted - Temporarily Postponed Time: 01/23/2020 - 3:45 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c1
Event: S CS by Infrastructure and Security read 1st time -SJ 186 Time: 01/22/2020 - 6:00 PM Member: Committee: Infrastructure and Security Version: c1
Event: S Now in Criminal Justice Time: 01/16/2020 - 12:42 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 01/15/2020 - 10:07 AM Member: Committee: Infrastructure and Security Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 56 Time: 01/14/2020 - 11:02 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S CS by Infrastructure and Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 155 Time: 01/13/2020 - 6:16 PM Member: Committee: Infrastructure and Security Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Infrastructure and Security, 01/13/20, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building Time: 01/06/2020 - 4:13 PM Member: Committee: Infrastructure and Security Version: __
Event: S Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Criminal Justice; Appropriations -SJ 56 Time: 11/21/2019 - 4:33 PM Member: Committee: Infrastructure and Security Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 11/01/2019 - 8:57 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
784.046
784.048
790.162 CS/CS/HB 311
921.0022 SB 92, HB 273, CS/CS/HB 311, HB 339, SB 560, SB 564, HB 631, CS/CS/HB 745*, CS/HB 801, CS/HB 1145, CS/CS/SB 1286, SB 1534, HB 6053, SB 7000

(*) Not the latest version