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Legislation


1998 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 782

File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Sponsored By:
Delegates Jacobs, O'Donnell, Comeau, Stull, M. Burns, Elliott, Kach, Ports, Bissett, Hutchins, Schade, Klima, Brinkley, Holt, Stocksdale, Leopold, Flanagan, and Harkins
Entitled:
Crimes - Sexually Violent Offenses - Penalties

Synopsis:

Providing that a person who has been convicted on a prior occasion of a sexually violent offense is subject to imprisonment for not more than life without parole on conviction of a second or subsequent sexually violent offense; providing that the Act may not be construed to abrogate or affect the operation of the crimes of violence law; providing that the Act applies to offenses committed on or after October 1, 1998, regardless of the date of the first offense; defining sexually violent offenses; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/12
First Reading Judiciary
2/18
Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m.
3/9
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Delegate Phillip D. Bissett, District 30
Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A
Delegate Michael W. Burns, District 32
Delegate Michael G. Comeau, District 35A
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate Robert L. Flanagan, District 14B
Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A
Delegate Kenneth C. Holt, District 6
Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28
Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A
Delegate Martha S. Klima, District 9A
Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
Delegate James F. Ports, Jr., District 8
Delegate Victoria L. Schade, District 31
Delegate Nancy Reter Stocksdale, District 5
Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CHILD ABUSE
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
PAROLE AND PROBATION
SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
SEXUAL OFFENSES
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 35C , 462 , 463 , 464 , 464A , 464B , 464G )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered
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