HOUSE BILL 2

Sponsored By:

The Speaker and Delegates Vallario, Boschert, Quinter, Barkley, Bobo, Bohanan, Bozman, Burns, Cane, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conroy, Conway, DeBoy, Donoghue, Feldman, Frush, Gilleland, Glassman, Gutierrez, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kach, Kaiser, King, Krysiak, Leopold, Levy, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, McMillan, Menes, Montgomery, Niemann, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rosenberg, Ross, Stern, Vaughn, Zirkin, Lee, Kelly, Shank, Simmons, Dumais, Shewell, Smigiel, Mayer, McComas, Sophocleus, Kelley, Anderson, Gaines, Cadden, Bronrott, Moe, Hixson, Parrott, James, Doory, Boteler, and Cluster

Entitled:

Law Enforcement Officer Protection Act

Synopsis:

Establishing the crime of assault against a law enforcement officer as an assault in the second degree; prohibiting a person from intentionally causing or attempting to cause physical injury to another knowing or having reason to know that the other is a law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of official duties; providing that the District Court has jurisdiction that is concurrent with a circuit court in criminal cases involving assault against specified law enforcement officers; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

1/12

First Reading Judiciary

1/26

Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.

2/21

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary

2/22

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Floor Committee Amendment Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate Boteler) Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

2/24

Third Reading Passed (133-1)

Senate Action

2/25

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

4/11

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

Sponsored by:

Speaker of the House of Delegates

Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43

Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr., District 29B

Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A

Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B

Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A

Delegate John W. E. Cluster, Jr., District 8

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B

Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15

Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22

Delegate Terry R. Gilleland, Jr., District 32

Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A

Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18

Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20

Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A

Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34A

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10

Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B

Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14

Delegate Darryl A. Kelley, District 26

Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B

Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16

Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31

Delegate Murray D. Levy, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18

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

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate William D. Mayer, District 35B

Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B

Delegate Herb McMillan, District 30

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21

Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14

Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47

Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13

Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19

Delegate Neil F. Quinter, District 13

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41

Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22

Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B

Delegate Tanya T. Shewell, District 5A

Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17

Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36

Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32

Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39

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

Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24

Delegate Bobby A. Zirkin, District 11

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ASSAULT

CIRCUIT COURTS

COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.

DISTRICT COURTS

JURISDICTION

LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF

PENALTIES

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings

( 4-301 , 4-301 , 4-302 )

Criminal Law

( 3-201 , 3-202 , 3-203 )

Public Safety

( 3-101 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):

House

Number: 022218/01 (PDF)     Offered on: February 22, 2005   at: 10:48 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 532311/01 (PDF)     Offered on: February 22, 2005   at: 10:49 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 793121/01 (PDF)     Offered on: February 22, 2005   at: 10:50 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):

House

February 24, 2005: Third Reading Passed (133-1)