File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 264/94 - JUD
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate M. Burns
- Entitled:
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Homicide - Prosecution - "Year and a Day" Rule Abolished
Abolishing the common-law rule of "year and a day" by allowing a
prosecution for murder or manslaughter to be instituted regardless of
the time elapsed between the act or omission causing the death of the
victim and the death of the victim; providing for the application of
the Act; etc.
House Action
- 10/19
- Pre-filed
- 1/10
- First Reading Judiciary
- Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/26
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 2/27
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Committee Amendment (Judiciary) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/1
- Third Reading Passed (129-7)
- 4/1
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Dembrow, E. Burns, Hutchins
- 4/5
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (127-1)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/23
- Governor vetoed - Duplicative
Senate Action
- 3/4
- 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
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0)
- 4/4
- Senate Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Middlebrooks, Jimeno, Stone
- 4/5
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES, SENTENCES
- MANSLAUGHTER
- MURDER
- STATUTES OF LIMITATION
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
415
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
- House
- Number: 022084/1 (PDF) Offered on: FEBRUARY 27, 1996 at: 11:03
Status: Adopted
- Number: 271679/1 (PDF) Offered on: FEBRUARY 27, 1996 at: 11:02
Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 018038/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 4, 1996 at: 11:36
Status: Adopted