Bill Title: Permits at the discretion of the court certain members of the deceased victim's family to read statements in court during the sentencing of a defendant, rather than allowing only a single member of the victim's family to read a statement in court, upon consultation with counsel for the defendant and the people.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to codes [A04804 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember Nick Perry [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-058	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Colton [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Sandra Galef [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-095	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember David Gantt [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-137	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Dov Hikind [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-048	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Earlene Hooper [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-097	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Annette Robinson [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-056	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Robin Schimminger [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-140	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Robert Sweeney [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Harvey Weisenberg [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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