File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Stone, Colburn, Green, Haines, and Jimeno
- Entitled:
-
Sexually Violent Predators
Creating a procedure in which a person who has been convicted of or
charged with a sexually violent offense and who suffers from a mental
abnormality or personality disorder may be placed in the custody of
the Secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene until the
person is safe to be at large; requiring the Commissioner of the
Division of Probation to give notice to the Attorney General before
persons convicted of specified sexually violent offenses are released
from confinement; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/21
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 1/28
- Hearing 2/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/16
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 2/17
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment Adopted
- Special Order 2/18 (Senator Stone) Adopted
- 2/18
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Stone) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/20
- Third Reading Passed (43-1)
House Action
- 2/23
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/19
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/6
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
- Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
- Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
- Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
- Senator C. Edward Middlebrooks, District 32
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ATTORNEY GENERAL
- CIRCUIT COURTS
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEARINGS
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- MENTAL HEALTH
- NOTICES
- PAROLE AND PROBATION
- PETITIONS
- PRISONERS
- SEXUAL OFFENSES
- STATE HOSPITALS
- TRIALS
- VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMP; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
789A ,
792 ,
792 ,
792 ,
792
)
- Health - General
- (
1-101 ,
10-101 ,
10-634 ,
10-635 ,
10-636 ,
10-637 ,
10-638 ,
10-639 ,
10-640 ,
10-641 ,
10-642 ,
10-643 ,
10-644 ,
10-645
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 543408/1 (PDF) Offered on: February 18, 1998 at:
10:42 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 548650/1 (PDF) Offered on: February 17, 1998 at:
10:39 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
- Senate
- February 20, 1998: Third Reading Passed (43-1)
