File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 500
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Stone (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims'
Rights Laws)
- Entitled:
-
Victims' Rights - Presence of Victims
Altering the circumstances under which a victim or a representative of
a victim has the right to be present at specified proceedings;
altering the circumstances under which a judge may sequester a victim
or victim's representative; applying provisions of law concerning the
presence of a victim or representative to specified juvenile
delinquency proceedings; defining a specified term; altering specified
definitions; and generally relating to victims' rights in criminal and
juvenile proceedings.
Senate Action
- 2/5
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 2/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/27
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/9
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Stone, Jimeno, Middlebrooks
- 4/11
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (43-0)
- 4/8
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/21
- Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
House Action
- 3/2
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/19
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 4/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/2
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0)
- 4/5
- House Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Genn, Perry, Bissett
- 4/8
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
- Crime Victims' Rights Laws, T. F. to Examine MD's
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
- JUDGES
- JUVENILE CAUSES
- TRIALS
- VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMP; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
773
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 368155/1 (PDF) Offered on: February 25, 1998 at:
10:36 a.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 131296/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 6, 1998 at:
4:18 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Conference Committee Documents:
- Report Number: 883305/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 1998 at:
3:57 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Amendment Number: 553005/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 1998 at:
3:57 p.m. Status: Incomplete
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- February 27, 1998: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- April 11, 1998: Third Reading Passed (43-0)
- House
- April 2, 1998: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- April 8, 1998: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
