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HOUSE BILL 2

File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 60/04 - JUD

Sponsored By:
The Speaker and Delegates Vallario, Boschert, Quinter, Barkley, Bobo, Bohanan, Bozman, Burns, Cane, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conroy, Conway, DeBoy, Donoghue, Feldman, Frush, Gilleland, Glassman, Gutierrez, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kach, Kaiser, King, Krysiak, Leopold, Levy, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, McMillan, Menes, Montgomery, Niemann, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rosenberg, Ross, Stern, Vaughn, Zirkin, Lee, Kelly, Shank, Simmons, Dumais, Shewell, Smigiel, Mayer, McComas, Sophocleus, Kelley, Anderson, Gaines, Cadden, Bronrott, Moe, Hixson, Parrott, James, Doory, Boteler, and Cluster

Entitled:
Law Enforcement Officer Protection Act

Synopsis:

Establishing the crime of assault against a law enforcement officer as an assault in the second degree; prohibiting a person from intentionally causing or attempting to cause physical injury to another knowing or having reason to know that the other is a law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of official duties; providing that the District Court has jurisdiction that is concurrent with a circuit court in criminal cases involving assault against specified law enforcement officers; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/12
First Reading Judiciary
1/26
Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
2/21
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
2/22
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Floor Committee Amendment Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Boteler) Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2/24
Third Reading Passed (133-1)
Senate Action
2/25
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
4/11
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

Sponsored by:

Speaker of the House of Delegates
Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
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 K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A
Delegate John W. E. Cluster, Jr., District 8
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B
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 Brian J. Feldman, District 15
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22
Delegate Terry R. Gilleland, Jr., District 32
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34A
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
Delegate Darryl A. Kelley, District 26
Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B
Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
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 James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate William D. Mayer, District 35B
Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
Delegate Herb McMillan, District 30
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47
Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate Neil F. Quinter, District 13
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
Delegate Tanya T. Shewell, District 5A
Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17
Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
Delegate Bobby A. Zirkin, District 11

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ASSAULT
CIRCUIT COURTS
COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
DISTRICT COURTS
JURISDICTION
LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
PENALTIES

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 4-301 , 4-301 , 4-302 )

Criminal Law
( 3-201 , 3-202 , 3-203 )

Public Safety
( 3-101 )

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: 022218/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: February 22, 2005   at: 10:48 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 532311/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: February 22, 2005   at: 10:49 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 793121/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: February 22, 2005   at: 10:50 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
House
February 24, 2005: Third Reading Passed (133-1)


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