Criminal procedure; clarifying evidentiary hearing requirements; effective date.
HB 1693 amends criminal procedure related to death penalty cases, specifically clarifying requirements for determining a person's mental competency to be executed. The bill defines what it means to be "mentally incompetent to be executed" and outlines the process for an attorney to challenge a person's competency after an execution date is set. It establishes procedures for trial courts to hold evidentiary hearings, order mental health examinations, and if found incompetent, mandates a stay of execution and the provision of competency restoration services. If deemed competent, the execution proceeds.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 12, 2025
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The Senate version of HB 1693 restructures the bill's formatting and page numbering while maintaining the same substantive content regarding death penalty procedures for mentally incompetent individuals. The changes are primarily technical formatting adjustments rather than policy modifications.
TECHNICAL
Page headers and footers were changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated page numbering and formatting.
The bill's introductory text was reorganized with different line breaks and spacing, though the legal content remains identical.
Section 1005.1 text was reformatted with different indentation and line breaks, but the legal provisions and requirements remain unchanged.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
6
May 12, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/09/2025
lower
May 1, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 7
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 69 Nays: 14
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Judiciary
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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