File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Bromwell
- Entitled:
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Crimes and Punishments - Cemetery Desecration - Penalties
Increasing the maximum penalty for a person convicted of willfully
committing specified destructive acts upon specified structures in a
cemetery from a $2,000 fine or 3 years' imprisonment to a $5,000 fine
or 5 years' imprisonment; and increasing the maximum penalty for a
person convicted of willfully destroying, cutting, breaking, or
removing specified natural objects or engaging in indecent or
disorderly conduct in a cemetery from a $500 fine and 2 years'
imprisonment to a $1,000 fine and 3 years' imprisonment.
Senate Action
- 1/18
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 1/24
- Hearing 2/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/18
- Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
- No Action
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CEMETERIES
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES, SENTENCES
- PENALTIES
- VANDALISM
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
267
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
None available
