CHAPTER NUMBER: 343 
File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 708  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Stone, Middlebrooks, and Boozer (Committee to Revise
Article 27) and Senator Forehand
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Crimes - Explosives and Destructive Devices - Revision
 
Revising and restating the laws concerning explosives and destructive
devices; repealing obsolete provisions; prohibiting the manufacture,
transport, possession, control, storage, sale, distribution, or use of
a destructive device; prohibiting possession of explosive, incendiary,
or toxic materials with intent to create a destructive device;
providing penalties; providing for specified persons under specified
circumstances; making a specified misdemeanor offense a felony; making
stylistic, conforming, and substantive changes; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/22
 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
 - 2/5
 - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/3
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
 - 3/4
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/6
 - Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Stoltzfus) Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Stoltzfus) Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/10
 - Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 - 4/4
 - Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
 -      Senate Requests House Recede
 -      Conference Committee Appointed ...
 -      Senators Stone, Green, Middlebrooks
 - 4/6
 - Conference Committee Report Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (46-0)
 - 4/4
 - Passed Enrolled
 - 5/8
 - Signed by the Governor Chapter 343
 
House Action
- 3/11
 - First Reading Judiciary
 - 3/18
 - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/31
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
 - 3/27
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/28
 - Floor Amendment (Delegate Arnick) Adopted (67-62)
 -      Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0)
 - 3/31
 - House Refuses to Recede
 -      Conference Committee Appointed ...
 -      Delegates Doory, Genn, Jacobs
 - 4/4
 - Conference Committee Report Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (131-0)
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
 - Senator F. Vernon Boozer, District 9
 - Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
 - Senator C. Edward Middlebrooks, District 32
 - Comm. to Revise Article 27
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND
 - ARRESTS
 - BAIL
 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
 - EXPLOSIVES
 - FIRE PROTECTION
 - MURDER
 - PENALTIES
 - RESTITUTION
 - WIRETAPPING -see also- ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE
 
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
 -   Courts and Judicial Proceedings
 - (
 10-402 ,
 10-406 
)
 - Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
 - (
 33 ,
 111B ,
 119 ,
 139A ,
 139A ,
 139B ,
 139B ,
 139C ,
 139C ,
 139D ,
 151A ,
 151C ,
 410 ,
 594B ,
 616 1/2 
)
 - Article - 38A Fires and Investigations
 - (
 8 ,
 26 
)
 -   State Government
 - (
 2-1702 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 -  First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF) 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF) 
Amendments: 
- Senate
 - Number: 482696/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 6, 1997      at: 10:54
 Status: Adopted         
 - Number: 728541/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 4, 1997      at: 10:29
 Status: Adopted         
 - House 
 - Number: 561387/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 31, 1997     at: 15:40
 Status: Adopted         
 - Number: 562295/2 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 1, 1997      at: 11:40
 Status: Adopted         
 
Conference Committee Documents:
- Report Number: 832892/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997      at: 16:45
 Status: Adopted         
 - Amendment Number: 242891/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997      at: 16:45
 Status: Adopted