2000 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 494

EMERGENCY BILL
File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
Sponsored By:
Senators Ferguson, Jacobs, Hooper, Harris, and Mooney
Entitled:
Sentencing - Confinement as a Condition of Probation - Ineligibility for Probation

Synopsis:

Expanding the authority of the courts throughout the State to impose a sentence of confinement as a condition of probation; making persons who violate a specified motor vehicle law relating to drunk driving ineligible to receive probation; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/4
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2/9
Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m.
3/13
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
3/14
Favorable
Special Order 3/16 (Senator Bromwell) Adopted
3/16
Favorable
Special Order 3/20 (Senator Teitelbaum) Adopted
3/20
Favorable
Recommit to Committee Judicial Proceedings (Senator McFadden)
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator Timothy R. Ferguson, District 4
Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 9
Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING
PAROLE AND PROBATION
SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 639 , 641 , 641A )

Documents:

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