2004 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 181

File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 301
Sponsored By:
The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Brinkley, Dyson, Hafer, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Munson, Pipkin, Schrader, Stoltzfus, and Stone
Entitled:
Crimes - Victim and Witness Intimidation - Death Penalty

Synopsis:

Making the first degree murder of victims, witnesses, and specified individuals in the course of committing or attempting to commit specified crimes relating to the murdered individuals' official duties or participation in specified proceedings, reports, or investigations an aggravating factor for the purpose of imposing the death penalty.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
1/23
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2/11
Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
President of the Senate
Administration
Senator David R. Brinkley, District 4
Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Senator Robert H. Kittleman, District 9
Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
Senator E. J. Pipkin, District 36
Senator Sandra B. Schrader, District 13
Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
DEATH PENALTY
HARASSMENT
JURIES -see also- GRAND JURIES
MURDER
SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION
WITNESSES
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Criminal Law
( 2-303 , 2-303 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered