File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 825
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Stone, Boozer, and Middlebrooks (Committee to Revise Article
27)
- 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.
Senate Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/7
- Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/12
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/13
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/15
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
House Action
- 3/15
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/18
- Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/2
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
- Senator F. Vernon Boozer, District 9
- Senator Edward Middlebrooks, District 32
- 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 (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
None available