File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 472
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Doory and Genn (Committee to Revise Article 27) and Delegate
Preis
- Entitled:
-
Crimes - Theft, Bad Checks, and Credit Card Offenses - District Court
Offenses
Adding crimes concerning theft, bad checks, and credit cards if the
value of the items is less than $100 for the purpose of requiring
trial in the District Court; prohibiting the trial of these crimes in
the circuit court unless a District Court conviction is appealed or
there is another charge; providing that proof of a value over $100 is
not a defense to these crimes; providing that these crimes are not
lesser included offenses of any other offenses; etc.
House Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/7
- Hearing 2/20 at 4:00 p.m.
- 2/13
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/11
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
- Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16
- Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34
- Committee to revise Article 27
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHECKS
- CIRCUIT COURTS
- COURTS - GENERAL
- CREDIT
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES, SENTENCES
- DISTRICT COURTS
- JURISDICTION
- THEFT
- TRIALS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
143 ,
143A ,
145A ,
342B ,
344
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
None available