1997 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 300

File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 619
Sponsored By:
Senator McCabe
Entitled:
Sexual Offenses - Custodial Employees and Persons in Custody

Synopsis:

Making it a sexual offense in the third degree for specified governmental custodial employees to engage in vaginal intercourse, a sexual act, or sexual contact with a person in custody in a home detention program or correctional facility; and allowing a sentence that is imposed for a violation of the Act to be imposed separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence for any one of other sexual offenses that are based on a use of force or lack of consent.

Legislative History

Senate Action
1/23
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
1/29
Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2/26
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2/27
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
3/3
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
House Action
3/4
First Reading Judiciary
3/18
Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
4/4
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
HOME DETENTION
PRISONERS
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES -see also- STATE EMPLOYEES
SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
SEXUAL OFFENSES
STATE EMPLOYEES
Bill affects the following Statute:
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 464B-1 )

Documents:

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