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SENATE BILL 151

CHAPTER NUMBER: 201
File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 111/08 - JPR

Sponsored By:
Senators Mooney, Haines, Jacobs, Kittleman, Munson, Simonaire, and Stone

Entitled:
Hate Crimes - Prohibitions and Protected Classes - Expansion to Homeless Persons and Groups and Gender

Synopsis:

Including homelessness and a person's gender within the scope of prohibitions against committing specified crimes against specified persons, damaging property of specified persons, and damaging specified buildings with which specified persons or groups have contacts or associations; prohibiting the attempt to commit a crime against a specified person because of the race, color, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender, or national origin of that person, or because the person is homeless; defining "homeless"; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used. Explain Legislative Date and Calendar Date
Senate Action
1/19
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
1/21
Hearing 2/4 at 1:00 p.m.
2/23
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2/24
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
2/26
Third Reading Passed (41-5)
4/8
Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
Senate Requests House Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Senators Mooney, Raskin, and Forehand
4/10
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (34-2)
Passed Enrolled
House Action
2/27
First Reading Judiciary
3/18
Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
4/10
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
4/4
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/5
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (106-26)
4/9
House Refuses to Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Delegates Kramer, Conaway, and Lee
4/11
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (103-33)
Action after passage in Senate and House
5/7
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 201

Sponsored by:

Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Senator Allan H. Kittleman, District 9
Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
Senator Bryan W. Simonaire, District 31
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Crimes and Punishments -see also- Penalties; Sentences; etc.
Discrimination
Harassment
Indigent Persons
Vandalism
Victims -see also- Criminal Injuries Compensation

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Criminal Law
( 10-301 , 10-304 , 10-305 , 10-306 )

Documents:

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

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
Number: 892813/02     Offered on: April 10, 2009   at: 11:01 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Conference Committee Documents (Displayed in PDF Format):
Report Number: 583325/1     Offered on: April 14, 2009   at: 0:25 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Amendment Number: 493226/1     Offered on: April 14, 2009   at: 0:26 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
February 26, 2009: Third Reading Passed (41-5)
April 10, 2009: Third Reading Passed (34-2)
House
April 5, 2009: Third Reading Passed (106-26)
April 11, 2009: Third Reading Passed (103-33)



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