File Code: Public Safety
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Hecht, Hubbard, Harkins, Hutchins, W. Baker, Edwards,
Dewberry, and Stup
- Entitled:
-
Crimes - Harassment of Prison Employees by Inmates
Making it a misdemeanor for an inmate to harass, alarm, or annoy
employees of the Division of Correction, jails, detention centers, and
the Sheriff's offices of counties by causing or attempting to cause
the employees to come in contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, or
feces; specifying a maximum fine of $10,000 and maximum term of
imprisonment of 10 years; prohibiting an inmate who is convicted of a
specified offense from being eligible for specified programs that are
alternatives to incarceration; etc.
House Action
- 1/22
- First Reading Judiciary
- Hearing 2/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/10
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3
- Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36
- Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
- Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A
- Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
- Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28
- Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ASSAULT
- CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
- HARASSMENT
- HOME DETENTION
- PENALTIES
- PRISONERS
- SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
- SHERIFFS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
12A-6
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)