1996 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 618

File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prior Year Introduction As: HB 844/95 - JUD Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 749
Sponsored By:
Senators Stone, Boozer, and Middlebrooks (Committee to Revise Article 27)
Entitled:
Crimes - Assault Laws - Revision

Synopsis:

Revising and restating the laws concerning crimes involving physical injury and threatened physical injury; establishing the crimes of first and second degree assault; providing defenses; establishing procedures; allowing assault cases to be dismissed; providing that expert testimony is admissible but not required to prove injuries; making into felonies the attempt offenses of attempt to commit murder, rape, sexual offense, robbery, and robbery with a dangerous or deadly weapon; etc.

Legislative History

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 (45-0)
4/3
Senate Concur - House Amendments
Third Reading Passed (45-0)
Passed Enrolled
5/23
Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
House Action
3/15
First Reading Judiciary
3/18
Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
4/2
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
3/28
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/29
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (131-4)
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:
ASSAULT
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES, SENTENCES
FORMS
MURDER
PENALTIES
PRISONERS
ROBBERY
SEXUAL OFFENSES
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 3-804 , 3-804 , 9-103.1 , 9-106 , 10-916 )
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 11E , 12 , 12 , 12A , 12A , 12A-1 , 12A-2 , 12A-3 , 12A-4 , 12A-5 , 12A-6 , 12A-7 , 120 , 372 , 384 , 385 , 386 , 441 , 461B , 486 , 487 , 488 , 594B , 616 1/2 , 643B , 692A )
Family Law
( 4-501 )
Article - 10 Legal Officials
( 37 )

Documents:

Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:
House
Number: 091376/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 3, 1996 at: 10:41 Status: Adopted