A bill to amend title 18 to limit the insanity defense.

Summary

Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a defense to a Federal prosecution that the defendant, as a result of mental disease or defect, lacked the state of mind required as an element of the offense (current law contains no statutory insanity defense).

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Timeline

1. 26 March 1981

   Introduced

   Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 March 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 7 April 1981

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.

   Source: Committee

4. 24 June 1982

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

5. 30 June 1982

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

6. 14 July 1982

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

7. 19 July 1982

   Committee

   Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

8. 28 July 1982

   Committee

   Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

9. 2 August 1982

   Committee

   Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

10. 4 August 1982

    Committee

    Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held.

    Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 26 March 1981

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] · R · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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