Implementing the Constitutional amendment expanding the authority of District Court commissioners to include the issuance of interim orders for protection pending hearings on domestic violence and peace order petitions; making it a crime subject to specified penalties to knowingly provide false information on a specified petition; making the Act subject to a specified contingency; etc.

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Sponsored by:

Chairman, Judiciary Comm.

Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7

Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36

Delegate Charles E. Barkley, District 39

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

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

Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33

Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Michael E. Busch, District 30

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A

Delegate Paul H. Carlson, District 39

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 James G. Crouse, District 36

Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

Delegate Michael V. Dobson, District 43

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B

Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11

Delegate Robert L. Flanagan, District 14B

Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tony E. Fulton, District 40

Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B

Delegate Lisa A. Gladden, District 41

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate Nancy M. Hubers, District 6

Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18

Delegate Thomas E. "Tim" Hutchins, District 28

Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10

Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44

Judicial Conference

Delegate Wade Kach, District 9A

Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17

Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B

Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Susan C Lee, District 16

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A

Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 42

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7

Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21

Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7

Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A

Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42

Delegate Mary M. Rosso, District 31

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15

Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32

Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39

Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26

Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36

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

Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ARRESTS

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

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

DISTRICT COURTS

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE -see also- CHILD ABUSE

FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES

HEARINGS

JURISDICTION

LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF

PENALTIES

PERJURY

PETITIONS

PROCESS SERVING

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings

( 2-607 , 2-607 , 3-1501 , 3-1501 , 3-1501 , 3-1503 , 3-1503.1 , 3-1504 , 3-1505 , 3-1506 , 3-1507 , 3-1508 , 4-401 )

Family Law

( 4-501 , 4-501 , 4-501 , 4-501 , 4-501 , 4-503 , 4-504 , 4-504.1 , 4-505 , 4-506 , 4-507 , 4-508 , 4-509 )

Documents:

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

Fiscal Note: Available (Word / PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 342411/1 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: February 26, 2002   at: 10:35 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 763922/1 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: February 27, 2002   at: 10:56 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):

House

March 1, 2002: Third Reading Passed (129-0)