l9n/ Oregon

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 2955

Provides that person commits crime of strangulation if person knowingly impedes normal breathing or circulation of another person by applying pressure to chest of other person.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on July 7, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Provides that person commits crime of strangulation if person knowingly impedes normal breathing or circulation of another person by applying pressure to chest of other person. Increases penalty for crime of strangulation when victim is family or household member. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

5 co-sponsors

Jeff Barker, Andy Olson, A. Richard Vial, Duane Stark, Tawna Sanchez

In the Senate

Its course

February 20 to July 7, 2017, 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.

Every action7 actions on 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Jul 7 · stopped137 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 20 to Feb 200 days

JudiciaryFeb 20 to Apr 342 days

Ways and MeansApr 3 to Jul 7 · stopped95 days

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly 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 Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 20 – Jul 7

  1. Feb 20Introduced
  2. Sent to Judiciary
  3. Mar 23Heard in Judiciary
  4. Mar 30Heard in Judiciary
  5. Apr 3Judiciary recommended it, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Jul 7Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 20First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Feb 20Referred to Judiciary.House of Representatives
  3. Mar 23Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Mar 30Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Apr 3Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  6. Apr 3Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker.House of Representatives
  7. Jul 7In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives