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Legislation


1999 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 304

CHAPTER NUMBER: 621 File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 147
Sponsored By:
Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates Amedori, Barkley, Bartlett, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Conway, Cryor, DeCarlo, D. Davis, Dembrow, Dewberry, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Frush, Fulton, Giannetti, Glassman, Goldwater, Greenip, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, Hutchins, A. Jones, Kach, Klima, Kopp, La Vay, Linton, Love, Mandel, McHale, McKee, McClenahan, Menes, Minnick, Moe, Mohorovic, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Owings, Palumbo, Parrott, Patterson, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rawlings, Redmer, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Sher, Sophocleus, Swain, Turner, and Valderrama
Entitled:
Victims' Rights - Notification and Attendance - Posttrial Proceedings

Synopsis:

Requiring the notification of victims and victims' representatives about specified postconviction proceedings and hearings on motions for new trials; authorizing victims and victims' representatives to attend specified postconviction proceedings and hearings on motions for new trials; and requiring the State's Attorney to notify a victim or designated family member of any appeals to the Court of Special Appeals and the Court of Appeals.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/4
First Reading Judiciary
2/10
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
3/8

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
3/9
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/12
Third Reading Passed (136-1)
4/5
Return Passed
5/27
Signed by the Governor Chapter 621
Senate Action
3/15
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
4/7
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
4/6
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
4/7
Third Reading Passed (46-0)
Sponsored by:
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 3
Delegate David Boschert, District 33
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Anthony Brown, District 25
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Crime Victims' Rights Laws, T. F. to Examine MD's
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Dereck Davis, District 25
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 George C. Edwards, District 1A
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40
Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Janet Greenip, District 33
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate Nancy Hubers, District 6
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A
Delegate Martha S. Klima, District 9A
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Richard La Vay, District 15
Delegate Samuel C. Linton, District 28
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Charles A. McClenahan, District 38
Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7
Delegate Brian R. Moe, 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 Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A
Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8
Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34
Delegate Mary Rosso, District 31
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B
Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32
Delegate Tod David Sher, District 14A
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
HEARINGS
NOTICES
SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
STATE'S ATTORNEYS
TRIALS
VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMP; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 594 , 645A , 784 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 512606/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 9, 1999   at: 11:41 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 12, 1999: Third Reading Passed (136-1)
Senate
April 7, 1999: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
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