The Bill as introduced requires a three-fourths majority in the House of Representatives and a two-thirds majority in the Senate in order to be passed.
Bills
1st Session of the 10th Republican Parliament
The Constitution (Amendment)(Capital Offences) Bill, 2011
An Act to amend the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to make special provisions with respect to capital offences
Introduced By:
Anand Ramlogan
Bill No:
House of Representatives Bill 2 of 2011
Introduced In:
Introduced On:
14-Jan-2011
Status
House of Representatives - Bill Defeated
Progress
14 Jan 2011
House of Representatives
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Anand Ramlogan, SC [Attorney General]
18 Feb 2011
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard 
8 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Anand Ramlogan, SC [Attorney General]
2.Ms. Marlene McDonald, MP [Port-of-Spain South] [Opposition Chief Whip]
3.Hon. Prakash Ramadhar, MP [St. Augustine] [Minister of Legal Affairs]
4.Mr. NiLeung Hypolite, MP [Laventille West] [Opposition Member]
5.Hon. Clifton De Coteau, MP [Moruga/Tableland] [Minister of State in the Ministry of Education]
6. Dr. Amery Browne, MP [Diego Martin Central] [Opposition Member]
7.Hon. Dr. Glenn Ramadharsingh, MP [Caroni Central] [Minister of the People and Social Development]
8.Ms. Alicia Hospedales, MP [Arouca/Maloney] [Opposition Member]
23 Feb 2011
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
10 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Dr. Surujrattan Rambachan, MP [Tabaquite] [Minister of Foreign Affairs]
2.Ms. Donna Cox, MP [Laventille East/Morvant] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Dr. Lincoln Douglas, MP [Lopinot/Bon Air West] [Minister of State in the Ministry of the People and Social Development]
4.Mr. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin North/East] [Opposition Member]
5.Hon. Errol Mc Leod, MP [Pointe-a-Pierre] [Minister of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development]
6.Mrs. Paula Gopee-Scoon, MP [Point Fortin] [Opposition Member]
7.Hon. Jack Warner, MP [Chaguanas West] [Minister of Works and Transport]
8.Hon. Anil Roberts, MP [D’Abadie/O’Meara] [Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs]
9.Hon. Herbert Volney, MP [St. Joseph] [Minister of Justice]
10.Sen. the Hon. Anand Ramlogan, SC [Attorney General]
28 Feb 2011
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Anand Ramlogan, SC [Attorney General]
28 Feb 2011
Committee Stage Hansard
amendments made in the House of Representatives
28 Feb 2011
Bill Defeated Hansard
29 for, 11 against.