HOUSE BILL 304

Sponsored By:

Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates Amedori, Barkley, Bartlett, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Conway, Cryor, DeCarlo, D. Davis, Dembrow, Dewberry, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Frush, Fulton, Giannetti, Glassman, Goldwater, Greenip, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, Hutchins, A. Jones, Kach, Klima, Kopp, La Vay, Linton, Love, Mandel, McHale, McKee, McClenahan, Menes, Minnick, Moe, Mohorovic, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Owings, Palumbo, Parrott, Patterson, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rawlings, Redmer, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Sher, Sophocleus, Swain, Turner, and Valderrama

Entitled:

Victims' Rights - Notification and Attendance - Posttrial Proceedings

Synopsis:

Requiring the notification of victims and victims' representatives about specified postconviction proceedings and hearings on motions for new trials; authorizing victims and victims' representatives to attend specified postconviction proceedings and hearings on motions for new trials; and requiring the State's Attorney to notify a victim or designated family member of any appeals to the Court of Special Appeals and the Court of Appeals.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/4

First Reading Judiciary

2/10

Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.

3/8

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary

3/9

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/12

Third Reading Passed (136-1)

4/5

Return Passed

5/27

Signed by the Governor Chapter 621

Senate Action

3/15

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

4/7

Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

4/6

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

4/7

Third Reading Passed (46-0)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5

Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39

Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 3

Delegate David Boschert, District 33

Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38

Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16

Delegate Anthony Brown, District 25

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38

Crime Victims' Rights Laws, T. F. to Examine MD's

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Dereck Davis, District 25

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20

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 Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40

Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B

Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Janet Greenip, District 33

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A

Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23

Delegate Nancy Hubers, District 6

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10

Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A

Delegate Martha S. Klima, District 9A

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Richard La Vay, District 15

Delegate Samuel C. Linton, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Charles A. McClenahan, District 38

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7

Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21

Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A

Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

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

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8

Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34

Delegate Mary Rosso, District 31

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32

Delegate Tod David Sher, District 14A

Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32

Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW

COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS

HEARINGS

NOTICES

SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY

STATE'S ATTORNEYS

TRIALS

VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMP; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments

( 594 , 645A , 784 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 512606/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 9, 1999   at: 11:41 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 12, 1999: Third Reading Passed (136-1)

Senate

April 7, 1999: Third Reading Passed (46-0)