HOUSE BILL 302

Sponsored By:

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

Entitled:

Victims' Rights - Juvenile Hearings and Dispositions

Synopsis:

Requiring that specified victims be notified of specified waiver hearings involving a child; granting victims the right to be present at specified juvenile proceedings; authorizing a victim to submit a victim impact statement to the court in specified waiver hearings involving a child; authorizing the court to consider a victim impact statement in determining its jurisdiction in specified waiver hearings involving a child; requiring the State's Attorney to notify a victim of the right to submit a victim impact statement; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/4

First Reading Judiciary

2/10

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

3/15

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary

3/16

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/18

Third Reading Passed (135-0)

4/5

Return Passed

5/27

Signed by the Governor Chapter 619

Senate Action

3/19

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 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 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 Anne Healey, District 22A

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 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 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

Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS

HEARINGS

JURISDICTION

JUVENILE CAUSES

MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH

NOTICES

STATE'S ATTORNEYS

VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMP; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings

( 3-801 , 3-801 , 3-802 , 3-812 , 3-817 , 3-818 , 3-820 )

Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments

( 594A , 770 , 781 )

Documents:

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

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 472109/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 1999   at: 10:49 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 18, 1999: Third Reading Passed (135-0)

Senate

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