HOUSE BILL 9

Sponsored By:

Delegates Hecht, Menes, Grosfeld, Taylor, Vallario, Dewberry, Hurson, Rawlings, Curran, Busch, Guns, Hixson, Harrison, Kopp, Arnick, W. Baker, Benson, Billings, Bozman, Cadden, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, Doory, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Goldwater, Howard, Jones, Kagan, Krysiak, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shriver, Weir, and Workman

Entitled:

Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce - Domestic Violence

Synopsis:

Adding cruelty of treatment and excessively vicious conduct, if there is not reasonable expectation of reconciliation, as grounds for an absolute divorce.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

1/14

First Reading Judiciary

1/21

Hearing 2/4 at 10:30 a.m.

2/9

Favorable Report by Judiciary

2/10

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

2/13

Third Reading Passed (131-3)

4/4

House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments

House Requests Senate Recede

Conference Committee Appointed ...

Delegates Grosfeld, Menes, and Hutchins

4/10

Conference Committee Report Adopted

Third Reading Passed (132-3)

4/13

Passed Enrolled

5/12

Signed by the Governor Chapter 350

Senate Action

2/16

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

4/6

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

4/7

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

4/8

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-2)

4/10

Senate Refuses to Recede

Conference Committee Appointed ...

Green, Stone, Middlebrooks

4/13

Conference Committee Report Adopted

Third Reading Passed (44-3)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3

Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7

Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate Leon G. Billings, District 18

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38

Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38

Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43

Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10

Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15

Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6

Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

DIVORCE -see also- ANNULMENT

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE -see also- CHILD ABUSE

FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Bill affects the following Statute:

Family Law

( 7-103 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

Senate

Number: 328453/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 7, 1998   at: 10:53 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Conference Committee Documents:

Report Number: 153303/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 13, 1998   at: 9:36 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

February 13, 1998: Third Reading Passed (131-3)

April 10, 1998: Third Reading Passed (132-3)

Senate

April 8, 1998: Third Reading Passed (44-2)

April 13, 1998: Third Reading Passed (44-3)