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Legislation


1996 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 335

File Code: Domestic Abuse
Sponsored By:
Delegates Grosfeld, Healey, Cummings, Valderrama, Howard, Hixson, Kopp, Heller, R. Baker, Pendergrass, Hecht, Cadden, Workman, Petzold, Franchot, Cryor, Frush, Goldwater, Kagan, Pitkin, Menes, Bobo, Parker, Snodgrass, T. Murphy, Hutchins, Hubbard, Shriver, Mandel, McIntosh, Faulkner, Ciliberti, Mossburg, Turner, Brinkley, Hurson, Jacobs, Genn, Dypski, and Marriott
Entitled:
Domestic Violence - Penalties

Synopsis:

Making it a misdemeanor, subject to specified penalties, for a respondent in a proceeding for relief from abuse under specified provisions of law relating to household violence to willfully fail to complete counseling or a domestic violence program ordered by the court in a protective order.

Legislative History

House Action
1/25
First Reading Judiciary
1/31
Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2/26
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Sharon Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti, District 39
Delegate Jean Cryor, District 15
Delegate Elijah E. Cummings, District 44
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Patricia Anne Faulkner, District 14A
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16
Delegate Marilyn Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate Sue Hecht, District 3
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28
Delegate Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Adrienne Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Mathew Mossburg, District 39
Delegate Timothy D. Murphy, District 47A
Delegate Joan N. Parker, District 10
Delegate Shane Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES, SENTENCES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PENALTIES
Bill affects the following Statute:
Family Law
( 4-509 )

Documents:

Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None available
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