CHAPTER NUMBER: 418
File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Hughes, Forehand, Green, Kelley, Middleton,
Mitchell, Sfikas, Blount, Colburn,
Conway, Currie, Ferguson, Hoffman, Lawlah, McFadden, Miller, Pinsky,
and Ruben
- Entitled:
-
Criminal Procedure - DNA
Evidence - Postconviction Review
Authorizing a person convicted of specified offenses to file a
petition for postconviction DNA testing of scientific identification
evidence that the State possesses and is related to the judgment of
conviction; requiring a judge to make specified findings before
issuing an order for DNA testing; requiring a petitioner to give the
State written notice of the filing of a petition; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/7
- Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/22
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order later (Senator Kelley) Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- 4/7
- Special Order later today (Senator Bromwell) Adopted
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Returned Passed
- 5/15
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 418
House Action
- 3/24
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/27
- Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/9
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Motion Special Order next session (Delegate J. Kelly) Rejected (58-76)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/5
- Motion Special Order next session (Delegate Brinkley) Rejected (57-78)
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Flanagan)
- Laid Over (Delegate Flanagan) Adopted
- Motion to keep bill & Amendments before House Withdrawn
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Flanagan) Withdrawn
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Brinkley) Rejected (58-65)
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (84-55)
- 4/6
- Motion Recede (Delegate Vallario) Adopted
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Fulton) Adopted
- House Recede
- Third Reading Passed (93-47)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
- Senator Clarence W. Blount, District 41
- Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
- Senator Timothy R. Ferguson, District 4
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
- Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., District 27
- Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
- CHEMICAL TESTS
- CIRCUIT COURTS
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- EVIDENCE
- GENETICS
- IDENTIFICATION
- JUDGES
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES
- MANSLAUGHTER
- MURDER
- NOTICES
- PETITIONS
- PRISONERS
- SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
- SEXUAL OFFENSES
- TRIALS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Criminal Procedure
- (
8-201
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 618375/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 22, 2001 at:
11:28 a.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 203729/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 2001 at:
9:22 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 782511/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 2001 at:
6:10 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 813521/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 2001 at:
7:03 p.m. Status: Withdrawn
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 26, 2001: Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- House
- April 4, 2001: Motion Special Order until next session (Kelly) Rejected (58-76)
- April 5, 2001: Motion Special Order until next session (Brinkley) Rejected (57-78)
- April 5, 2001: Floor Amendment (Brinkley) {203729/1 Rejected (58-65)
- April 5, 2001: Third Reading Passed (84-55)
- April 6, 2001: Third Reading Passed (93-47)