HOUSE BILL 975

Sponsored By:

Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates W. Baker, Barve, Beck, Benson, Bonsack, Brinkley, M. Burns, Cadden, Ciliberti, Conroy, Conway, Crumlin, Cryor, Curran, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Elliott, Faulkner, Finifter, Frush, Fry, Fulton, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Hammen, Harkins, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Holt, Howard, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Hutchins, Jacobs, Kach, Klausmeier, Klima, Kopp, Krysiak, La Vay, Leopold, Linton, Love, Malone, Mandel, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Montague, Morhaim, Morgan, Mossburg, T. Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Opara, Owings, Palumbo, Parker, Patterson, Perry, Petzold, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Ports, Preis, Proctor, Rawlings, Rosapepe, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Shriver, Slade, Stocksdale, Stup, Taylor, Turner, Valderrama, Walkup, Wood, and Workman

Entitled:

Victims' Rights - Notification Procedures

Synopsis:

Establishing procedures for notifying victims of their rights during the criminal justice process; requiring the State Board of Victim Services to create and develop informational pamphlets notifying victims of rights, services, and procedures provided by law; altering the composition of the Board; providing for the creation of a notification request form through which a victim may request to be notified under the Act; requiring the State's Attorney to notify victims of certain proceedings; etc.

Legislative History

House Action

2/2

First Reading Judiciary

2/7

Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.

3/4

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary

3/5

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/8

Third Reading Passed (137-0)

4/4

House Concur - Senate Amendments

Third Reading Passed (133-0)

Passed Enrolled

5/23

Signed by the Governor Chapter 641

Senate Action

3/11

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

4/3

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

4/2

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

4/3

Special Order 4/6 (Sen. Stone) Adopted

4/4

Floor Amendment (Sen. Stone) Adopted

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36

Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17

Delegate Raymond Beck, District 39

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, District 34

Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A

Delegate Michael W. Burns, District 32

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti, District 39

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23

Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25

Delegate Jean Cryor, District 15

Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43

Delegate Dereck Davis, District 25

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A

Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B

Delegate Patricia Anne Faulkner, District 14A

Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Donald C. Fry, District 35A

Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40

Delegate Marilyn Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Sharon Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A

Delegate Sue Hecht, District 3

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate Kenneth Holt, District 6

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23

Delegate Brenda B. Hughes, District 25

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28

Delegate Nancy Jacobs, District 34

Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A

Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8

Delegate Martha S. Klima, District 9A

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Richard La Vay, District 15

Delegate John L. Leopold, District 31

Delegate Samuel C. Linton, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann Love, District 32

Delegate James E. Malone, District 12A

Delegate Adrienne Mandel, District 19

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 Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43

Delegate John S. Morgan, District 13B

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Mathew Mossburg, District 39

Delegate Timothy D. Murphy, District 47A

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C

Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A

Delegate Joan N. Parker, District 10

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Shane Pendergrass, District 13A

Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33

Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate James F. Ports, Jr., District 8

Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34

Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate James C. Rosapepe, District 21

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32

Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15

Delegate John F. Slade, III, District 29B

Delegate Nancy Reter Stocksdale, District 5

Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26

Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS

CLERKS OF COURT

COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES

COURTS - COSTS

COURTS - GENERAL

FORMS

NOTICES

PUBLICATIONS

STATE'S ATTORNEYS

TRIALS

VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMP, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments

( 773 )

Article - 26A Criminal Injuries Compensation Act

( 17 )

State Government

( 9-1701 , 9-1702 , 9-1703 , 9-1704 , 9-1705 , 9-1708 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 251573/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 5, 1996 at: 11:14 Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 128135/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 4, 1996 at: 11:36 Status: Adopted

Number: 762288/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 6, 1996 at: 17:19 Status: Adopted