CHAPTER NUMBER: 335
File Code: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 924/03 - JUD
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate Menes (Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse) and
Delegates Anderson, Boschert, Bronrott, Burns, Dumais, Eckardt,
Hennessy, Kelley, Nathan-Pulliam, and Petzold
- Entitled:
-
Probation before Judgment -
Alcohol- or Drug-Related Offenses -
Evaluation
Authorizing a court, before imposing a period of probation in a case
where judgment is being stayed for specified alcohol- or drug-related
offenses, to order the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to
evaluate the defendant as to whether the defendant needs or would
benefit from specified treatment; requiring a court to review the
evaluation before imposing a period of probation; etc.
House Action
- 1/28
- First Reading Judiciary
- Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/23
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 2/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/26
- Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- 4/9
- Returned Passed
- 5/11
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 335
Senate Action
- 2/27
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 3/24
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/10
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/8
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/9
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
- Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
- Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Special Comm. on (House)
- Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
- Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
- Delegate W. Louis Hennessy, District 28
- Delegate Darryl A. Kelley, District 26
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING
- EXAMINATIONS
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HOMICIDE -see also- MANSLAUGHTER; MURDER
- JUDGES
- MOTOR VEHICLES -see also- ABANDONED; AMBULANCES; BUSES; etc.
- PAROLE AND PROBATION
- SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
- SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Criminal Procedure
- (
6-220
)
- Transportation
- (
21-902
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 612912/01 (PDF) Offered on: February 24, 2004 at:
10:38 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- February 26, 2004: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- Senate
- April 9, 2004: Third Reading Passed (45-0)