File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 550  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senator Stone (By Request - Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and
Punishments)
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Criminal Law - Forgery of Signature and Counterfeit Documents - Prohibition
 
Prohibiting a person from writing, signing, or possessing specified
counterfeited documents; prohibiting a person from forging,
falsifying, or counterfeiting the signature of specified persons;
establishing specified penalties; providing that a specified crime is
not covered by the 1-year statute of limitations for a misdemeanor;
etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 1/24
 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
 - 1/30
 - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 2/26
 - Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
 - 2/27
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 2/29
 - Third Reading Passed (46-0)
 - 3/28
 - Returned Passed
 
House Action
- 3/3
 - First Reading Judiciary
 - 3/12
 - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/31
 - Favorable Report by Judiciary
 - 3/25
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 3/26
 - Third Reading Passed (139-0)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/8
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 29
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
 - Committee to Revise Article 27
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Courts -see also- Circuit; Appeals; District; Orphans`; etc.
 - Crimes and Punishments -see also- Penalties; Sentences; etc.
 - Forgery
 - Penalties
 - Signatures
 - State Documents -see also- Maryland Register
 - Statutes of Limitation
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Criminal Law
 - (
 8-605 ,
 8-606.1 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments:
None offered
 - Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- February 29, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (46-0)
 
House 
- March 26, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (139-0)