OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS

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SB-280

AN ACT REVISING THE PENALTY FOR CAPITAL FELONIES.

AMENDMENT

LCO No.: 3121

File Copy No.: 111

House Calendar No.: 240

Senate Calendar No.: 113

OFA Fiscal Note

State Impact: See below

Municipal Impact: None

Explanation

The amendment requires any bill that alters the sentence of a murder with special circumstance to receive approval of a vote of at least three-fourths of the members of each house of the General Assembly and does not result in a fiscal impact.

The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst's professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.