1999 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 303

CHAPTER NUMBER: 620 File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 124
Sponsored By:
Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates Amedori, Barkley, Bartlett, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Conway, Cryor, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Frush, Fulton, Glassman, Goldwater, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kopp, Love, McClenahan, McHale, McKee, Moe, Mohorovic, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Owings, Palumbo, Parrott, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rawlings, Redmer, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Sophocleus, Swain, Turner, Valderrama, and Zirkin
Entitled:
Victims' Rights - Attendance at Proceedings - Loss of Employment Prohibited

Synopsis:

Prohibiting an employer from depriving specified persons who are victims or victims' representatives of employment because of attendance at certain criminal or juvenile proceedings when the victims or victims' representatives have a right to attend the proceedings.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/4
First Reading Judiciary
2/10
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
3/8
Favorable Report by Judiciary
3/9
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
3/12
Third Reading Passed (133-3)
4/5
Return Passed
5/27
Signed by the Governor Chapter 620
Senate Action
3/15
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
4/7
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
4/6
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
4/7
Third Reading Passed (46-0)
Sponsored by:
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 3
Delegate David Boschert, District 33
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Anthony Brown, District 25
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Crime Victims' Rights Laws, T. F. to Examine MD's
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 Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate Nancy Hubers, District 6
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Verna Jones, District 44
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Charles A. McClenahan, District 38
Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A
Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8
Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34
Delegate Mary Rosso, District 31
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B
Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
HEARINGS
JUVENILE CAUSES
TRIALS
VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMP; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- LEAVE; O.T.; SALARIES.
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 9-205 )
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 778 )

Documents:

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

Amendments: None offered
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 12, 1999: Third Reading Passed (133-3)
Senate
April 7, 1999: Third Reading Passed (46-0)