2000 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 863

File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 321
Sponsored By:
Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates R. Baker, Barkley, Bartlett, Bobo, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Bronrott, Burns, Cadden, Cane, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Doory, Dypski, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Finifter, Franchot, Fulton, Giannetti, Glassman, Hammen, Harrison, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Hubbard, Hutchins, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kach, K. Kelly, Kirk, Klima, Krysiak, La Vay, Leopold, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Mohorovic, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Owings, Paige, Parrott, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rawlings, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Shank, Sophocleus, Stern, Stocksdale, Turner, and Valderrama
Entitled:
Victims' Rights - Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Program - Assistance for Victims and Witnesses

Synopsis:

Requiring that money appropriated to the Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Program be used to assist victims and witnesses for the purposes of protecting them or facilitating their participation in court proceedings.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/11
First Reading Judiciary
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
3/6
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
Delegate Charles E. Barkley, District 39
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 3
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
Delegate William H. Cole, IV, District 47A
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Crime Victims' Rights Laws, T. F. to Examine MD's
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Tony E. Fulton, District 40
Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate Thomas E. "Tim" Hutchins, District 28
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44
Delegate Wade Kach, District 9A
Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Martha S. Klima, District 9A
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Richard La Vay, District 15
Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34
Delegate Mary M. Rosso, District 31
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B
Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Nancy R. Stocksdale, District 5
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION
WITNESSES
Bill affects the following Statute:
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 835 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered