CHAPTER NUMBER: 700
File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 319
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Dewberry, Amedori, Boschert, Conroy, Conway, Elliott,
Hill, Howard, K. Kelly, Linton, O'Donnell, Proctor, and Valderrama
- Entitled:
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Assisted Suicide - Prohibition
Prohibiting a person from knowingly assisting another person's suicide
or suicide attempt; excepting specified medical situations and
procedures, including those that involve an advance directive;
providing that an individual who violates the Act is guilty of a
felony and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or
imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both; etc.
House Action
- 2/10
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/16
- Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/18
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 3/19
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Special Order 3/23 (Delegate Morhaim) Adopted
- 3/23
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Morhaim)
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Morhaim) Rejected (36-84)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/24
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (78-54)
- 4/5
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- 4/8
- Return Passed
- 5/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 700
Senate Action
- 3/25
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 4/5
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Special Order later today (Senator Della) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Hollinger)
- Motion Special Order 4/6 (Legislative Day) (Senator Ruben) Rejected (20-26)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Hollinger) Rejected (23-23)
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/6
- Floor Amendment (Senator Hollinger) Rejected (21-24)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Ruben) Adopted (23-22)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Dorman) Rejected (21-24)
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (26-20)
- 4/7
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- Motion Senate Recede (Senator Baker) Adopted
- Committee Amendment (Senator Ruben) Withdrawn
- Third Reading Passed (27-20)
- Senate Recede
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
- Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5
- Delegate David Boschert, District 33
- Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
- Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Kerry Hill, District 26
- Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
- Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B
- Delegate Samuel C. Linton, District 28
- Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
- Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
- Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES
- ATTORNEYS -see also- LEGAL AID; STATE'S ATTORNEYS
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
- DEATH -see also- ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES; WRONGFUL DEATH.
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
- LICENSES -see also- ALC. BEVERAGES LIC; DRIVERS' LIC
- PENALTIES
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
416
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 072602/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 19, 1999 at:
11:53 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 943414/2 (PDF) Offered on: March 23, 1999 at:
11:49 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Senate
- Number: 143617/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 6, 1999 at:
12:06 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 453415/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 1999 at:
12:48 p.m. Status: Withdrawn
- Number: 613510/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 7, 1999 at:
2:03 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 953014/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 7, 1999 at:
1:37 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 23, 1999: Floor Amendment (Morhaim) Rejected (36-84)
- March 24, 1999: Third Reading Passed (78-54)
- Senate
- April 5, 1999: Motion Special Order until 4/6 (Legislative Day) (Ruben) Rejected (20-26)
- April 5, 1999: Floor Amendment (Hollinger) {143617/1 Rejected (23-23)
- April 6, 1999: Floor Amendment (Hollinger) {953014/1 Rejected (21-24)
- April 6, 1999: Floor Amendment (Ruben) {453415/1 Adopted (23-22)
- April 6, 1999: Floor Amendment (Dorman) {613510/1 Rejected (21-24)
- April 6, 1999: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (26-20)
- April 7, 1999: Third Reading Passed (27-20)
