Legislation

Title: Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition
Sponsored by: Delegates Hutchinson, Adams, Hartman, Sample-Hughes, Schmidt, Crutchfield, Phillips, Arikan, and Kaufman
Status: In the Senate - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

Synopsis

Extending from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for prosecutions relating to destroying funerary objects and other elements of a cemetery to begin at the time local authorities knew or reasonably should have known of the violation; and prohibiting a person from willfully destroying, damaging, defacing, or removing a funerary object or another structure in a cemetery or landscaping or part of the grounds of a cemetery.

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Original:: Judiciary Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Judicial Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media

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Details

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2024

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/24/2024 Legislative Date 1/24/2024 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Criminal Law - Destruction of Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/30/2024 Legislative Date 1/30/2024 Action Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/16/2024 Legislative Date 3/16/2024 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/16/2024 Legislative Date 3/07/2024 Action Favorable with Amendments {643223/1 Adopted Proceedings 46 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/16/2024 Legislative Date 3/07/2024 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 46 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/18/2024 Legislative Date 3/10/2024 Action Third Reading Passed (139-0) Proceedings 49 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/18/2024 Legislative Date 3/06/2024 Action Referred Judicial Proceedings Proceedings 51 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/20/2024 Legislative Date 3/20/2024 Action Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/24/2024	1/24/2024	First Reading Judiciary
			Text - First - Criminal Law - Destruction of Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations
House	1/30/2024	1/30/2024	Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/16/2024	3/16/2024	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
House	3/16/2024	3/07/2024	Favorable with Amendments {643223/1 Adopted	46 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/16/2024	3/07/2024	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	46 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition
House	3/18/2024	3/10/2024	Third Reading Passed (139-0)	49 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/18/2024	3/06/2024	Referred Judicial Proceedings	51 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/20/2024	3/20/2024	Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.

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