Legislation

Title: Criminal Law - Distribution of Faked Controlled Dangerous Substance - Substantially Similar Chemical Structure
Sponsored by: Delegates Haddaway-Riccio, Conway, Eckardt, Hershey, Hogan, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, Otto, Rudolph, Schuh, Schulz, and Vitale
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Requiring a court, in determining if a person has violated the prohibition against distributing, attempting to distribute, or possessing with intent to distribute a specified noncontrolled substance, to consider whether the chemical structure of the noncontrolled substance is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled dangerous substance.

Committees

Original:: Judiciary Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Judicial Proceedings

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0348

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2013

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/22/2013 Legislative Date 1/23/2013 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/23/2013 Legislative Date 1/23/2013 Action Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/13/2013 Legislative Date 2/18/2013 Action Favorable Report by Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/19/2013 Legislative Date 2/19/2013 Action Favorable Report Adopted Proceedings 30
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/19/2013 Legislative Date 2/19/2013 Action Special Order until 2/20 (Delegate Vitale) Adopted Proceedings 30
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/20/2013 Legislative Date 2/20/2013 Action Floor Amendment (Delegate Vitale) {313126/2 Proceedings 31
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/20/2013 Legislative Date 2/20/2013 Action Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted Proceedings 31
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/20/2013 Legislative Date 2/20/2013 Action Floor Amendment (Delegate Vitale) Rejected (39-97) Proceedings 31
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/20/2013 Legislative Date 2/20/2013 Action Second Reading Passed Proceedings 31
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/22/2013 Legislative Date 2/22/2013 Action Third Reading Passed (133-2) Proceedings 33
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/25/2013 Legislative Date 2/25/2013 Action First Reading Judicial Proceedings Proceedings 32

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/22/2013	1/23/2013	First Reading Judiciary
House	1/23/2013	1/23/2013	Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
House	2/13/2013	2/18/2013	Favorable Report by Judiciary
House	2/19/2013	2/19/2013	Favorable Report Adopted	30
House	2/19/2013	2/19/2013	Special Order until 2/20 (Delegate Vitale) Adopted	30
House	2/20/2013	2/20/2013	Floor Amendment (Delegate Vitale) {313126/2	31
House	2/20/2013	2/20/2013	Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted	31
House	2/20/2013	2/20/2013	Floor Amendment (Delegate Vitale) Rejected (39-97)	31
House	2/20/2013	2/20/2013	Second Reading Passed	31
House	2/22/2013	2/22/2013	Third Reading Passed (133-2)	33
Senate	2/25/2013	2/25/2013	First Reading Judicial Proceedings	32

Documents

Date Posted	Document Name
2/20/2013	Amendments House - (Delegate Vitale) {313126/02 Rejected
1/23/2013	Text - First - Criminal Law - Distribution of Faked Controlled Dangerous Substance - Substantially Similar Chemical Structure
2/20/2013	Text - Third - Criminal Law - Distribution of Faked Controlled Dangerous Substance - Substantially Similar Chemical Structure
2/14/2013	Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary
2/20/2013	Vote - House Floor - Floor Amendment (Vitale) Rejected (39-97) - 02/20/13
2/22/2013	Vote - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (133-2) - 02/22/13

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