HOUSE BILL 713

Sponsored By:

The Speaker (By Request - Administration and Attorney General) and Delegates James, Riley, Rosenberg, Ali, Anderson, Aumann, Barkley, Barnes, Bartlett, Barve, Bates, Beidle, Beitzel, Benson, Bohanan, Boteler, Branch, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, Cane, Cardin, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conway, Costa, Davis, DeBoy, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Eckardt, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, Frush, Gaines, George, Gilchrist, Glassman, Glenn, Griffith, Guzzone, Haddaway, Hammen, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hucker, Jameson, Jennings, Jones, Kach, Kelly, J. King, N. King, Kipke, Kirk, Kramer, Krysiak, Kullen, Lafferty, Lawton, Lee, Levi, Levy, Love, Malone, Manno, Mathias, McComas, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, Miller, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murphy, Myers, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Rice, Ross, Rudolph, Schuh, Schuler, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stein, Stifler, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, Walker, Weir, and Wood

Entitled:

Maryland Gang Prosecution Act of 2007

Synopsis:

Prohibiting a person from participating in a specified criminal gang, knowing that the members of the gang engage in a specified pattern of criminal gang activity; prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully directing or participating in a specified criminal offense committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal gang; prohibiting a person from committing a violation of the Act involving the commission of an offense that results in the death of the victim; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

House Action

2/8

First Reading Judiciary

2/14

Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m.

3/22

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary

3/19

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/20

Third Reading Passed (134-1)

4/5

House Concur - Senate Amendments

Third Reading Passed (138-0)

Passed Enrolled

Senate Action

3/23

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

3/28

Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.

4/6

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

4/2

Favorable with Amendments

Special Order later today (Senator Garagiola) Adopted

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

4/3

Floor Amendment (Senator Harris) Rejected (19-27)

Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley) Rejected (18-29)

Floor Amendment (Senator Kittleman) Rejected (17-29)

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-2)

Action after passage in House and Senate

5/17

Approved by the Governor

- Chapter 496

Sponsored by:

Speaker, The

Administration, Attorney General, & MD State's Att. Assoc.

Delegate Saqib Ali, District 39

Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43

Delegate Susan L. M. Aumann, District 42

Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39

Delegate Ben Barnes, District 21

Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A

Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17

Delegate Gail H. Bates, District 9A

Delegate Pamela Beidle, District 32

Delegate Wendell R. Beitzel, District 1A

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

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

Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8

Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45

Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8

Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A

Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11

Delegate Jill P. Carter, District 41

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B

Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B

Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25

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 Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37

Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A

Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15

Delegate William J. Frank, District 42

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22

Delegate Ronald A. George, District 30

Delegate Jim Gilchrist, District 17

Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A

Delegate Cheryl Glenn, District 45

Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25

Delegate Guy Guzzone, District 13

Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22

Delegate Sue Hecht, District 3A

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 Tom Hucker, District 20

Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34A

Delegate Sally Jameson, District 28

Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10

Delegate Wade Kach, District 5

Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B

Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39

Delegate James S. King, District 33A

Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31

Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44

Delegate Benjamin F. Kramer, District 19

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B

Delegate Stephen W. Lafferty, District 42

Delegate Jane E. Lawton, District 18

Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16

Delegate Gerron Levi, District 23A

Delegate Murray D. Levy, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

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

Delegate Roger Manno, District 19

Delegate James N. Mathias, Jr., District 38B

Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46

Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Warren E. Miller, District 9A

Delegate Heather Mizeur, District 20

Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Peter Murphy, District 28

Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47

Delegate John A. Olszewski, Jr., District 6

Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk, District 21

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13

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

Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15

Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41

Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B

Delegate Steven R. Schuh, District 31

Delegate Todd Schuler, District 8

Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B

Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36

Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32

Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36

Delegate Dana Stein, District 11

Delegate Donna Stifler, District 35A

Delegate Melvin Stukes, District 44

Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40

Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13

Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24

Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher, District 18

Delegate Jay Walker, District 26

Delegate Michael H. Weir, Jr., District 6

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Attorney General

Crimes and Punishments -see also- Penalties; Sentences; etc.

Death -see also- Advance Medical Directives; Wrongful Death.

Grand Juries

Investigations and Inquiries -see also- Crim Bckgrnd Invest.

Penalties

Reports

Sentences -see also- Death Penalty

State's Attorneys

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Criminal Law

( 9-801 , 9-804 )

Documents:

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

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):

House

Number: 822916/02     Offered on: March 22, 2007   at: 11:45 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 188978/02     Offered on: April 6, 2007   at: 8:32 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 193728/01     Offered on: April 9, 2007   at: 3:48 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 413122/01     Offered on: April 9, 2007   at: 3:55 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 433026/01     Offered on: April 9, 2007   at: 3:59 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 20, 2007: Third Reading Passed (134-1)

April 5, 2007: Third Reading Passed (138-0)

Senate

April 3, 2007: Floor Amendment (Harris) {193728/1 Rejected (19-27)

April 3, 2007: Floor Amendment (Brinkley) {413122/1 Rejected (18-29)

April 3, 2007: Floor Amendment (Kittleman) {433026/1 Rejected (17-29)

April 3, 2007: Third Reading Passed (44-2)