EMERGENCY BILL
File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 135  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Rosenberg, Anderson, and Dumais
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Criminal Procedure - Petition for Writ of Actual Innocence - Notice of Filing
and Hearing
 
Limiting to a person charged by indictment or criminal information
with a crime triable in circuit court and convicted of that crime the
authority to file a petition for writ of actual innocence under
specified circumstances; requiring a specified person who files a
petition for writ of actual innocence to notify the State of the
filing in a specified manner; authorizing the State to file a response
to a petition for writ of actual innocence within a specified period
of time; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/18
 - First Reading Judiciary
 - 1/22
 - Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/24
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
 - 3/22
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/23
 - Third Reading Passed (140-0)
 - 4/3
 - House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
 -      House Requests Senate Recede
 -      Conference Committee Appointed
 -      Delegates Anderson, Barnes, and Carter
 - 4/7
 - Conference Committee Report Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (139-0)
 - 4/9
 - Passed Enrolled
 
Senate Action
- 3/26
 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
 - 4/8
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
 - 4/4
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/5
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0)
 - 4/6
 - Senate Refuses to Recede
 -      Conference Committee Appointed
 -      Senators Gladden, Haines, and Raskin
 - 4/9
 - Conference Committee Report Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (46-0)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 5/4
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 234
 
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
 - Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
 - Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Appeals -see also- Judicial Review
 - Bail
 - Circuit Courts
 - Court of Special Appeals
 - Crimes and Punishments -see also- Penalties and Sentnc; etc.
 - Evidence
 - Ex-Offenders
 - Hearings
 - Notices
 - Petitions
 - Prisoners -see also- Ex-Offenders
 - Victims -see also- Criminal Injuries Compensation
 
Bill affects the following Statute:
-   Criminal Procedure
 - (
 8-301 
)
 
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
 - Fiscal and Policy Note:
 Available
 - Amendments:
 House 
- Number: 872110/02     Offered on: March 24, 2010      at:
10:29 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
Senate
- Number: 948071/01     Offered on: April 8, 2010       at:
12:52 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Conference Committee Documents::
 
- Report Number: 803124/1      Offered on: April 12, 2010      at:
9:45 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
- 
Committee Votes :
 
 House 
- Judiciary
 
Senate
- Judicial Proceedings
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- March 23, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (140-0)
 - April 7, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (139-0)
 
Senate
- April 5, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (45-0)
 - April 9, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (46-0)