HOUSE BILL 749

Sponsored By:

Delegates Doory, Genn, and Hurson (Committee to Revise Article 27)

Entitled:

Crimes - Assault Laws - Revision

Synopsis:

Revising and restating the laws concerning crimes involving physical injury and threatened physical injury; establishing the crimes of first and second degree assault; providing defenses; establishing procedures; allowing assault cases to be dismissed; providing that expert testimony is admissible but not required to prove injuries; making into felonies the attempt offenses of attempt to commit murder, rape, sexual offense, robbery, and robbery with a dangerous or deadly weapon; etc.

Legislative History

House Action

2/1

First Reading Judiciary

2/7

Hearing 2/20 at 4:00 p.m.

2/13

Hearing cancelled

Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.

3/11

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary

3/13

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/18

Third Reading Passed (128-8)

4/2

Returned Passed

5/23

Signed by the Governor Chapter 632

Senate Action

3/18

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

4/5

Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

4/3

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

4/4

Third Reading Passed (47-0)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Committee to revise Article 27

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ASSAULT

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES, SENTENCES

FORMS

MURDER

PENALTIES

PRISONERS

ROBBERY

SEXUAL OFFENSES

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings

( 3-804 , 3-804 , 9-103.1 , 9-106 , 10-916 )

Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments

( 11E , 12 , 12 , 12A , 12A , 12A-1 , 12A-2 , 12A-3 , 12A-4 , 12A-5 , 12A-6 , 12A-7 , 120 , 372 , 384 , 385 , 386 , 411A , 441 , 461B , 464F , 486 , 487 , 488 , 594B , 616 1/2 , 643B , 692A )

Family Law

( 4-501 )

Article - 10 Legal Officials

( 37 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 361172/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 13, 1996 at: 11:09 Status: Adopted