HOUSE BILL 619

Sponsored By:

Delegates Hecht, Cadden, Heller, Howard, Love, Menes, Nathan-Pulliam, Parker, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Rawlings, Stup, Marriott, DeCarlo, B. Hughes, Dypski, and Bobo

Entitled:

Sexual Offenses - Custodial Employees and Persons in Custody

Synopsis:

Making it a sexual offense in the third degree for specified governmental custodial employees to engage in vaginal intercourse, a sexual act, or sexual contact with a person in custody in a home detention program or correctional facility; and allowing a sentence that is imposed for a violation of the Act to be imposed separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence for any one of other sexual offenses that are based on a use of force or lack of consent.

Legislative History

House Action

1/30

First Reading Judiciary

2/5

Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.

3/3

Unfavorable Report by Judiciary

Senate Action

No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate Brenda B. Hughes, District 25

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Joan N. Parker, District 10

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A

Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES

HOME DETENTION

PRISONERS

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES -see also- STATE EMPLOYEES

SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY

SEXUAL OFFENSES

STATE EMPLOYEES

Bill affects the following Statute:

Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments

( 464B-1 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)