CHAPTER NUMBER: 593
File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 711/99 - JUD
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 356
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Montague, Owings, Stern, R. Baker, W. Baker, Barkley,
Bartlett, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Brinkley,
Bronrott, Brown, Cadden, Cane, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Conway, DeCarlo,
Dembrow, Dewberry, Dobson, Dypski, Edwards, Elliott, Finifter, Frush,
Getty, Giannetti, Glassman, Goldwater, Hammen, Hecht, Heller, Hixson,
Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, James, A. Jones, Kagan, K. Kelly, Klausmeier,
Kopp, Krysiak, La Vay, Love, Malone, McClenahan, McHale, Menes, Moe,
Mohorovic, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, O'Donnell, Patterson,
Pitkin, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Shank, Sher, Snodgrass,
Sophocleus, Stull, Turner, Valderrama, Walkup, Weir, and Zirkin
- Entitled:
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Crimes - Aggravated Cruelty to Animals
Establishing as the felony of aggravated cruelty to animals, acts
relating to the mutilation, torture, killing, or beating of an animal,
actions relating to dogfighting and cockfighting, or specified
injuries to animals owned or used by law enforcement units; allowing a
court to order psychological counseling paid for by the defendant for
persons convicted of crimes involving cruelty to animals; repealing
provisions relating to animal cruelty; etc.
House Action
- 2/7
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/13
- Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/23
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Special Order next session (Delegate Baldwin) Adopted
- 3/21
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/24
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- 4/2
- Returned Passed
- 5/18
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 593
Senate Action
- 3/27
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 4/5
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/2
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/3
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
- Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
- Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36
- Delegate Charles E. Barkley, District 39
- Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 3
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33
- Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
- Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38
- Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
- Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
- Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
- Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
- Delegate William H. Cole, IV, District 47A
- Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
- Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
- Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
- Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
- Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
- Delegate Michael V. Dobson, District 43
- Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
- Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
- Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
- Delegate Joseph M. Getty, District 5
- Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B
- Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
- Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
- Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
- Delegate Nancy M. Hubers, District 6
- Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34
- Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
- Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
- Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B
- Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
- Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
- Delegate Richard La Vay, District 15
- Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
- Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
- Delegate Charles A. McClenahan, District 38
- Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
- Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
- Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
- Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
- Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
- Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34
- Delegate Mary M. Rosso, District 31
- Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B
- Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32
- Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
- Delegate Tod David Sher, District 14A
- Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3
- Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
- Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
- Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
- Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
- Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
- Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6
- Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ANIMALS -see also- BIRDS; TURTLES
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- DISTRICT COURTS
- JURISDICTION
- LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
- MENTAL HEALTH
- PENALTIES
- SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
4-301 ,
4-301 ,
4-302
)
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
59 ,
59
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 172314/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 23, 2001 at:
10:57 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 24, 2001: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- Senate
- April 3, 2001: Third Reading Passed (45-0)