CHAPTER NUMBER: 338
File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 591
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Menes and Vallario
- Entitled:
-
Criminal Procedure - Defendant with an Alcohol or Drug Dependency -
Commitment Procedures
Requiring that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on
receiving an order to treat a defendant with an alcohol or drug
dependency, order a report of the defendant's pending cases, warrants,
and detainers; requiring the Department to forward a copy of the
report to the court, the defendant, and the defendant's attorney;
providing that a court may not order a defendant delivered to the
Department until specified conditions are met; etc.
House Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/8
- Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/27
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- 2/28
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/2
- Third Reading Passed (140-0)
- 4/1
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/3
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 4/3
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/30
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/2
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 338
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- REPORTS
- SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
- SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
8-507 ,
8-507 ,
8-507 ,
8-507
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 2, 2006: Third Reading Passed (140-0)
Senate
- April 1, 2006: Third Reading Passed (47-0)