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Legislation


1997 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 680

CHAPTER NUMBER: 316 File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 157
Sponsored By:
Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Family Violence Council), and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Curran, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Hecht, Grosfeld, Montague, Love, Pendergrass, Conway, Cadden, Stup, Petzold, Nathan-Pulliam, Willis, McIntosh, Parker, Rosenberg, B. Hughes, Branch, Slade, Donoghue, Franchot, Edwards, Brinkley, Eckardt, Conroy, Fry, Bobo, Watson, Mandel, Hubbard, and Pitkin
Entitled:
Domestic Abuse - Duties of Law Enforcement Officers

Synopsis:

Clarifying that when a law enforcement officer is required to accompany an alleged victim of domestic abuse to the family home so that the victim may remove his or her personal effects, and the effects of any child in the care of the complainant, those effects may include specified medicine or medical devices; and authorizing the removal of specified items regardless of who paid for them.

Legislative History

House Action
1/30
First Reading Judiciary
Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
3/10
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
3/11
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/13
Special Order 3/14 (Delegate C. Davis) Adopted
3/14
Third Reading Passed (137-0)
3/30
Returned Passed
5/8
Signed by the Governor Chapter 316
Senate Action
3/17
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
3/31
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
4/1
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
4/2
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Sponsored by:
Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A
Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43
Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Donald C. Fry, District 35A
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate Brenda B. Hughes, District 25
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Chairman, Judiciary Comm.
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
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 Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate John F. Slade, III, District 29B
Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3
Delegate Carmena F. Watson, District 44
Delegate Ellen L. Willis, District 5
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DRUGS -see also-CONTROLLED DANG.SUBST.;DRUNK & DRUGGED DRIVG
EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPT. OF
VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMP; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Bill affects the following Statute:
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 798 )

Documents:

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

Amendments:
House
Number: 261987/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 11, 1997 at: 10:40 Status: Adopted
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