CHAPTER NUMBER: 117
File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 634
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Stone and Giannetti (Committee to Revise Article 27 -
Crimes and Punishments)
- Entitled:
-
Criminal Law - Extortion - Damages and Penalties
Prohibiting a person, with the intent to unlawfully extort money,
property, or anything of value, from falsely accusing, verbally
threatening to accuse, or knowingly sending a writing threatening to
accuse another of a crime or of anything that, if true, would tend to
bring the other into contempt or disrepute, or from verbally
threatening or knowingly sending a writing threatening to cause
physical injury or economic damage to a person, inflict emotional
distress on a person, or cause damage to the property of a person.
Senate Action
- 2/4
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/11
- Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/16
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/17
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/19
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/5
- Returned Passed
- 4/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 117
House Action
- 3/19
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/26
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/5
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- 4/2
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/3
- Third Reading Passed (139-1)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
- Senator John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 21
- Comm. to Revise Article 27
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- HARASSMENT
- PENALTIES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Criminal Law
- (
3-704 ,
3-705 ,
3-706
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 19, 2004: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- House
- April 3, 2004: Third Reading Passed (139-1)