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H1505Introduced in the House

Prosecution of Defendants

Failed

Introduced by Meg Weinberger, District 94

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Specifies that it is defense to prosecution under any law that defendant, as result of mental disease or defect, lacked culpable mental state required as element of crime charged; specifies that mental disease or defect is not otherwise defense to prosecution under any law; removes affirmative defense to criminal prosecution that, at time of commission of acts constituting offense, defendant was insane; revises mitigating circumstance under which departure from lowest permissible sentence is reasonably justified; authorizes incorporation into convicted defendant's criminal sentence certain specialized treatment for mental health disease or defects; specifies that certain provisions do not prevent sentencing court from considering defendant's mental disease or defect when imposing sentence within permissible sentencing range.

Where it stands

Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

March 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. Filed

  2. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  3. Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  4. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  5. Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  6. Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

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