1996 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 975

CHAPTER NUMBER: 641 File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 699
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