CHAPTER NUMBER: 167
File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 133
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate O'Donnell
- Entitled:
-
Criminal Law - Child Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse - Increased
Penalties
Prohibiting a parent or other person with permanent or temporary care
or custody or responsibility for the supervision of a minor from
causing abuse resulting in severe physical injury or death to the
minor; altering specified penalties for child abuse; establishing the
offenses of child abuse in the first and second degrees; increasing
specified penalties for child sexual abuse; establishing specified
penalties for subsequent convictions of specified offenses; etc.
House Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/12
- Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/22
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- 4/3
- Returned Passed
- 4/22
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 167
Senate Action
- 3/23
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 4/5
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/3
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHILD ABUSE
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- DEATH -see also- ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES; WRONGFUL DEATH.
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
- PENALTIES
- SEXUAL OFFENSES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Criminal Law
- (
3-601 ,
3-602
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 402618/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 22, 2003 at:
1:01 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 22, 2003: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- Senate
- April 4, 2003: Third Reading Passed (45-0)