OR SB295 | 2021 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: Passed on July 7 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-07-07 - Effective date, June 23, 2021.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: Passed on July 7 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-07-07 - Effective date, June 23, 2021.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Defines terms related to fitness to proceed. Defines terms related to fitness to proceed. Reorganizes and restructures statutes related to fitness to proceed. Modifies procedures and criteria for committing defendant charged with felony to state mental hospital or other facility in order to gain or regain fitness to proceed. Requires court to find that defendant requires hospital level of care due to public safety concerns or acuity of symptoms of defendant's mental disorder, and that appropriate community restoration services are not provided. Modifies procedures and criteria for committing defendant charged with misdemeanor to state mental hospital or other facility in order to gain or regain fitness to proceed. Requires either recommendation from certified evaluator that defendant requires hospital level of care and statement from community mental health program director concerning available community restoration services, or for court to make certain findings concerning acuity of defendant's symptoms, public safety concerns and whether appropriate community restoration services are provided. Modifies procedures when circumstances authorizing commitment of defendant no longer exist. Provides that if defendant is charged with felony, superintendent of state mental hospital or director of facility to which defendant is committed may notify court when hospital level of care is no longer necessary. Requires superintendent or director to notify court when specified circumstances have changed for defendant charged with misdemeanor. Authorizes community mental health program director to notify court if community restoration services become available for committed defendant charged with felony or misdemeanor. Provides that documents related to involuntary medication of defendant are confidential and may be made available only to specified parties. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Title
Relating to fitness to proceed; and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors
| No sponsor information available at this time. |
Roll Calls
2021-06-09 - Senate - Senate Third Reading in Concurrence (Y: 29 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-06-07 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 57 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-05-24 - House - House Committee Do pass with amendments to resolve conflicts. (Printed B-Eng.) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-04-07 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 27 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-03-15 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) (Y: 4 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-06-07 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 57 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-05-24 - House - House Committee Do pass with amendments to resolve conflicts. (Printed B-Eng.) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-04-07 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 27 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-03-15 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) (Y: 4 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-07 | Senate | Effective date, June 23, 2021. |
| 2021-07-07 | Senate | Chapter 395, 2021 Laws. |
| 2021-06-23 | Senate | Governor signed. |
| 2021-06-15 | House | Speaker signed. |
| 2021-06-14 | Senate | President signed. |
| 2021-06-09 | Senate | Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. Ayes, 29; Nays, 1--Heard. |
| 2021-06-07 | House | Third reading. Carried by Morgan. Passed. Ayes, 57; Excused, 3--Grayber, Hayden, Nearman. |
| 2021-06-03 | House | Rules suspended. Carried over to June 7, 2021 Calendar. |
| 2021-06-02 | House | Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2021 Calendar. |
| 2021-06-01 | House | Second reading. |
| 2021-05-27 | House | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. |
| 2021-05-24 | House | Work Session held. |
| 2021-05-04 | House | Work Session held. |
| 2021-04-28 | House | Returned to Full Committee. |
| 2021-04-28 | House | Work Session held. |
| 2021-04-26 | House | Public Hearing held. |
| 2021-04-23 | House | Assigned to Subcommittee On Civil Law. |
| 2021-04-12 | House | Referred to Judiciary. |
| 2021-04-07 | House | First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. |
| 2021-04-07 | Senate | Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard. |
| 2021-04-07 | Senate | Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. Ayes, 27; Nays, 1--Heard; Excused, 2--Johnson, Thatcher. |
| 2021-04-05 | Senate | Second reading. |
| 2021-04-01 | Senate | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) |
| 2021-03-15 | Senate | Work Session held. |
| 2021-03-11 | Senate | Work Session held. |
| 2021-03-08 | Senate | Public Hearing held. |
| 2021-03-04 | Senate | Public Hearing held. |
| 2021-01-19 | Senate | Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. |
| 2021-01-11 | Senate | Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. |
