HOUSE BILL 248

Sponsored By:

The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Anderson, Arnick, Aumann, Barkley, Bartlett, Bates, Benson, Bobo, Bohanan, Boschert, Boteler, Boutin, Branch, Burns, Cadden, Cane, Cluster, Conroy, Conway, Costa, Cryor, C. Davis, DeBoy, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Dwyer, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Gilleland, Goodwin, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Hammen, Haynes, Heller, Hennessy, Hogan, Howard, Hubbard, Impallaria, James, Jameson, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, King, Kirk, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Lee, Leopold, Levy, Love, Madaleno, Mandel, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, McMillan, Menes, Miller, Minnick, Moe, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Myers, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, O'Donnell, Paige, Parker, Parrott, Petzold, Proctor, Quinter, Ramirez, Ross, Rudolph, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Taylor, Trueschler, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vaughn, Walkup, Weir, Weldon and Wood

Entitled:

Crimes and Criminal Procedure - Victim and Witness Intimidation

Synopsis:

Prohibiting a person from harming another, threatening to harm another, or damaging or destroying property with the intent to induce a victim or witness not to report the existence of facts relating to a crime or delinquent act; prohibiting solicitation of another person to harm another, threaten to harm another, or damage or destroy property with the intent to induce a victim or witness not to report the existence of facts relating to a crime or delinquent act; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

1/25

First Reading Judiciary

2/2

Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.

4/7

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary

4/2

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

4/3

Third Reading Passed (131-4)

Senate Action

4/6

First Reading Senate Rules

4/7

Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

Sponsored by:

Speaker of the House of Delegates

Administration

Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43

Delegate John S. Arnick, District 6

Delegate Susan L. M. Aumann, District 42

Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39

Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A

Delegate Gail H. Bates, District 9A

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr., District 29B

Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A

Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8

Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A

Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A

Delegate John W. E. Cluster, Jr., District 8

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B

Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45

Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15

Delegate Donald H. Dwyer, Jr., District 31

Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B

Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A

Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B

Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A

Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15

Delegate William J. Frank, District 42

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tony E. Fulton, District 40

Delegate Terry R. Gilleland, Jr., District 32

Delegate Marshall T. Goodwin, District 40

Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25

Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18

Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate W. Louis Hennessy, District 28

Delegate Patrick N. Hogan, District 3A

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A

Delegate Rick Impallaria, District 7

Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34A

Delegate Sally Jameson, District 28

Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7

Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B

Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B

Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39

Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44

Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B

Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16

Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31

Delegate Murray D. Levy, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B

Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A

Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46

Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Herb McMillan, District 30

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Warren E. Miller, District 9A

Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 6

Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21

Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20

Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47

Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41

Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C

Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44

Delegate Rosetta C. Parker, District 47

Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A

Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19

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

Delegate Neil F. Quinter, District 13

Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47

Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B

Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B

Delegate Tanya T. Shewell, District 5A

Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36

Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32

Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36

Delegate Nancy R. Stocksdale, District 5A

Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A

Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14

Delegate John G. Trueschler, District 42

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13

Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26

Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24

Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36

Delegate Michael H. Weir, Jr., District 6

Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B

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

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.

EVIDENCE

HARASSMENT

HEARINGS

JURIES -see also- GRAND JURIES

JURISDICTION

JUVENILE CAUSES

MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH

NOTICES

PENALTIES

REPORTS

SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY

SUBPOENAS

TRIALS

VANDALISM

VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION

VIOLENCE -see also- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HARASSMENT

WITNESSES

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings

( 10-901 )

Criminal Law

( 9-301 , 9-302 , 9-303 , 9-305 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):

House

Number: 272619/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 7, 2005   at: 11:17 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):

House

April 3, 2005: Third Reading Passed (131-4)