HOUSE BILL 769

Sponsored By:

Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates R. Baker, Barve, Beck, Bozman, Brinkley, E. Burns, M. Burns, Conway, Cryor, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dewberry, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Elliott, Faulkner, Finifter, Frank, Frush, Fry, Genn, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Hammen, Harkins, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Holt, Howard, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Hutchins, Kach, Klausmeier, Klima, Kopp, Krysiak, Linton, Pitkin, Preis, Proctor, Rawlings, Rosapepe, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Shriver, Slade, Snodgrass, Stup, Taylor, Turner, Wood, Love, Malone, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Minnick, Mohorovic, Montague, Morgan, Morhaim, Mossburg, T. Murphy, Owings, Parker, Pendergrass, Perry, and Workman

Entitled:

Courts - Court Costs - Victims of Crime

Synopsis:

Increasing by $5 and $2.50 the amount of additional court costs that may be imposed on persons who are convicted of a crime or a violation of the Transportation Article which is punishable by imprisonment; requiring the Comptroller to deposit specified portions of the additional fees collected under the Act into the Maryland Victims of Crime Fund and the Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Fund; etc.

Legislative History

House Action

1/31

First Reading Judiciary

2/5

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

3/3

Favorable Report by Judiciary

3/4

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

3/6

Third Reading Passed (131-3)

3/30

Returned Passed

5/22

Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed

Senate Action

3/7

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 Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B

Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17

Delegate Raymond Beck, District 39

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38

Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Michael W. Burns, District 32

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38

Crime Victims' Rights Laws, T. F. to Examine Maryl

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Dereck Davis, District 25

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A

Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B

Delegate Patricia Anne Faulkner, District 14A

Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11

Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Donald C. Fry, District 35A

Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A

Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate Kenneth C. Holt, District 6

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23

Delegate Brenda B. Hughes, District 25

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28

Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A

Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8

Delegate Martha S. Klima, District 9A

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Samuel C. Linton, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7

Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7

Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43

Delegate John S. Morgan, District 13B

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Mathew Mossburg, District 39

Delegate Timothy D. Murphy, District 47A

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Joan N. Parker, District 10

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A

Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34

Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate James C. Rosapepe, District 21

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32

Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15

Delegate John F. Slade, III, District 29B

Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3

Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3

Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

COMPTROLLER

COURT COSTS

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES

VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMP; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

WITNESSES

Bill affects the following Statute:

Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments

( 830 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

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

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)