1997 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 768

CHAPTER NUMBER: 312 File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 173
Sponsored By:
Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates R. Baker, Barve, Beck, Bozman, Brinkley, E. Burns, M. Burns, Cadden, Ciliberti, Conroy, Conway, Crumlin, Cryor, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Elliott, Exum, Faulkner, Finifter, Frank, Frush, Fry, Fulton, Genn, Goldwater, Gordon, Grosfeld, Hammen, Harkins, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Holt, Howard, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Hutchins, Kach, Klausmeier, Klima, Kopp, Krysiak, Leopold, Love, Malone, Mandel, McIntosh, McKee, Minnick, Morgan, Morhaim, Mossburg, T. Murphy, Owings, Parker, Pendergrass, Perry, Pitkin, Preis, Proctor, Rawlings, Redmer, Rosapepe, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Shriver, Slade, Snodgrass, Stup, Taylor, Turner, Valderrama, Wood, and Workman
Entitled:
Victims' Rights Act of 1997

Synopsis:

Expanding and clarifying the right of victims to participate in sentencing and parole hearings and to be notified of various proceedings concerning the defendant; establishing that specified evidence relating to a victim's prior sexual conduct is not admissible in a prosecution for attempted rape or attempted sexual offense in the first or second degree; etc.

Legislative History

House Action
1/31
First Reading Judiciary
2/5
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
3/24
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
3/23
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/24
Third Reading Passed (127-3)
3/31
House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
House Requests Senate Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Delegates Genn, E. Burns, Harkins
4/3
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (138-0)
4/6
Passed Enrolled
5/8
Signed by the Governor Chapter 312
Senate Action
3/26
First Reading Senate Rules
4/1
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
4/3
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/4
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
4/5
Senate Refuses to Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Senators Stone, Jimeno, Middlebrooks
4/6
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (42-0)
Sponsored by:
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Raymond Beck, District 39
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38
Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Michael W. Burns, District 32
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti, District 39
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Crime Victims' Rights Laws, T. F. to Examine Maryl
Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Dereck Davis, District 25
Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
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 Nathaniel Exum, District 24
Delegate Patricia Anne Faulkner, District 14A
Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Donald C. Fry, District 35A
Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40
Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
Delegate Sharon M. 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 C. Hecht, District 3
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate Kenneth C. 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 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 John R. Leopold, District 31
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7
Delegate John S. Morgan, District 13B
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Mathew Mossburg, District 39
Delegate Timothy D. Murphy, District 47A
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Joan N. Parker, District 10
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8
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 Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3
Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3
Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A
Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
AIDS
APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
ATTORNEYS -see also- LEGAL AID; STATE'S ATTORNEYS
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION
DEATH PENALTY
DISTRICT COURTS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
EVIDENCE
HEARINGS
JURIES -see also- GRAND JURIES
JUVENILE CAUSES
JUVENILE JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPT. OF
MENTAL HEALTH
MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
NOTICES
PAROLE AND PROBATION
PATUXENT INSTITUTION
PRETRIAL DETENTION OR RELEASE
PRISONERS
PRIVACY
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
RESTITUTION
SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
SEXUAL OFFENSES
STATE'S ATTORNEYS
SUBPOENAS
TRIALS
VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMP; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
WITNESSES
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Article - 19 Comptroller
( 43 )
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 3-828 )
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 461A , 616 1/2 , 700G , 760 , 762 , 763 , 768 , 769 , 770 , 771 , 772 , 774 , 775 , 776 , 780 , 780A , 781 , 783A , 784 , 786 , 787 , 788 , 789 , 791 , 792 , 799 , 800 , 805A , 806 , 807 , 808 , 809 , 810 , 811 , 812 , 815 , 825 , 837 , 842 , 854 , 855 , 857 )
Article - 41 Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments
( 4-504 , 4-504 , 4-506 , 4-511 , 4-511A , 4-612 )
Health - General
( 12-106 , 12-122 )
Article - 31B Patuxent Institution
( 10 , 11 )
State Finance and Procurement
( 3-305 )

Documents:

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

Amendments:
House
Number: 811980/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 25, 1997 at: 11:27 Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 698547/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 3, 1997 at: 11:29 Status: Adopted
Conference Committee Documents:
Report Number: 772190/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997 at: 15:12 Status: Adopted
Amendment Number: 292799/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997 at: 15:12 Status: Incomplete