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Legislation


1996 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 699

File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 975
Sponsored By:
Senator Stone (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Senators Miller, Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, Green, Haines, Jimeno, Kelley, and Middlebrooks
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; providing for the creation of a notification request form through which a victim may request to be notified under the Act; providing for the distribution of the pamphlets and request forms to victims; requiring the State's Attorney to notify victims of certain proceedings; etc.

Legislative History

Senate Action
2/7
First Reading Senate Rules
2/14
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
2/22
Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
3/5
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
3/6
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/8
Third Reading Passed (43-0)
4/3
Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
Senate Requests House Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Stone, Jimeno, Haines
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (46-0)
4/1
Passed Enrolled
5/23
Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
House Action
3/11
First Reading Judiciary
3/13
Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
4/2
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
3/27
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/28
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0)
3/31
House Refuses to Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Menes, R. Baker, Bissett
4/1
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (131-0)
Sponsored by:
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
Senator Richard Colburn, District 37
Crime Victims' Rights Laws, Task Force to Study Ma
Senator Timothy R. Ferguson, District 4
Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
Senator Edward Middlebrooks, District 32
Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., District 27
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:
Senate
Number: 338633/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 6, 1996 at: 10:42 Status: Adopted
House
Number: 311873/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 2, 1996 at: 10:45 Status: Adopted
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