Became P.L.2011, c.232, on January 17, 2012.
2010–2011 Session
Assembly Bill 4403
Eliminates the term "mentally defective" from the Criminal Code.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Dec 5
Chief co-sponsor from Dec 15
2 co-sponsors
In the Senate
2 co-sponsors
Its course
December 8, 2011 to January 17, 2012, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Judiciary5–0
Do pass · Dec 12
Who voted how
Yea Annette Quijano, Louis D. Greenwald, Michael Patrick Carroll, Peter J. Barnes III, Ralph R. Caputo
Not voting Caroline Casagrande, Reed Gusciora
Judiciary6–0
Do pass as amended · Jan 5, 2012
Who voted how
Yea Annette Quijano, Caroline Casagrande, Michael Patrick Carroll, Peter J. Barnes III, Ralph R. Caputo, Reed Gusciora
Not voting Louis D. Greenwald
General Assembly, third reading76–0
Passed · Jan 9, 2012
Senate, third reading37–0
Passed · Jan 9, 2012
Who voted how
Yea Anthony R. Bucco, Barbara Buono, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Christopher Bateman, Christopher J. Connors, Dawn Marie Addiego, Diane B. Allen, Donald Norcross, Fred H. Madden Jr., James Beach, Jeff Van Drew, Jennifer Beck, Jim Whelan, John A. Girgenti, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr., Joseph Pennacchio, Kevin J. O'Toole, Linda R. Greenstein, Loretta Weinberg, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael J. Doherty, Nia H. Gill Esq., Nicholas J. Sacco, Nicholas P. Scutari, Paul A. Sarlo, Raymond J. Lesniak, Richard J. Codey, Robert M. Gordon, Robert W. Singer, Ronald L. Rice, Sandra B. Cunningham, Shirley K. Turner, Stephen M. Sweeney, Steven V. Oroho, Thomas H. Kean Jr.
Not voting Andrew R. Ciesla, Gerald Cardinale, Sean T. Kean
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jan 5, 2012
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Dec 8 – Jan 9, 2012
- Dec 8Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Judiciary
- Dec 12Judiciary recommended it
- Read a second time
- Jan 5, 2012Sent to Judiciary
- Judiciary recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jan 9, 2012Passed the General Assembly, 76 to 0
In the Senate Jan 9, 2012
- Jan 9, 2012Arrived in the Senate
- Read a second time
- Passed the Senate, 37 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 17, 2012
- Jan 17, 2012Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2011, c.232