File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 587/96 - JPR
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Van
Hollen, Colburn, Ferguson, Mitchell, Mooney, and Sfikas
- Entitled:
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First Degree Rape and First Degree Sexual Offense - Mandatory Minimum
Penalty
Imposing a 10-year mandatory minimum term of imprisonment on a person
who is convicted of first degree rape or first degree sexual offense;
providing that the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment may not be
suspended; and providing that a person sentenced to a mandatory
minimum term of imprisonment for a conviction for first degree rape or
first degree sexual offense may not be granted parole except under
specified circumstances.
Senate Action
- 2/14
- First Reading Senate Rules
- 2/21
- Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
- Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/19
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/22
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
House Action
- 3/24
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/27
- Hearing 4/4 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
- Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
- Senator Timothy R. Ferguson, District 4
- Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44
- Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
- Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- PAROLE AND PROBATION
- PENALTIES
- SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
- SEXUAL OFFENSES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
462 ,
464
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 758979/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 22, 2001 at:
9:59 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
- Senate
- March 26, 2001: Third Reading Passed (46-0)