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 (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-19 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S00898 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Catharine Young [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-057	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Rich Funke [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-055	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Thomas O'Mara [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-058	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Ranzenhofer [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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