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2001 SESSION

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HB 2802 Criminal procedure; retention of evidence.

Introduced by: Ward L. Armstrong | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Criminal procedure; retention of evidence. Requires that any human biological evidence used in a felony trial, wherein the defendant is convicted, testing (e.g., fingerprinting, chemical analysis, blood or DNA analysis) be retained for 15 years upon motion of the defendant. In the case of a person sentenced to death, such evidence shall be kept until the judgment is executed.

FULL TEXT

• 01/19/01  House: Presented & ordered printed 012343608  pdf | impact statement
• 02/04/01  House: Committee substitute printed 019753836-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/21/01  Senate: Floor substitute printed 011979536-S1 (Stolle)  pdf
• 02/27/01  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2802ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/05/01  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2802ER2)  pdf
• 05/02/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0875)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/19/01  House: Presented & ordered printed 012343608
• 01/19/01  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/24/01  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
• 02/04/01  House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/01  House: Committee substitute printed 019753836-H1
• 02/04/01  House: Read first time
• 02/05/01  House: Read second time
• 02/05/01  House: Committee substitute agreed to 019753836-H1
• 02/05/01  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 019753836-H1
• 02/06/01  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/01  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/01  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/09/01  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/09/01  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/18/01  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 1-N)
• 02/20/01  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/01  Senate: Read third time
• 02/20/01  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/20/01  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/01  Senate: Read third time
• 02/21/01  Senate: Floor substitute printed 011979536-S1 (Stolle)
• 02/21/01  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/21/01  Senate: Substitute by Sen. Stolle agreed to 011979536-S1
• 02/21/01  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute 011979536-S1
• 02/21/01  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N)
• 02/21/01  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 1-N)
• 02/22/01  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/22/01  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/01  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/01  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2802ER)
• 03/02/01  House: Enrolled
• 03/02/01  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/02/01  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/01  House: Governor's recommendation received by House
• 04/04/01  House: Placed on Calendar
• 04/04/01  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (24-Y 72-N)
• 04/04/01  House: House rejected Gov's recommendation #1 (24-Y 72-N)
• 04/04/01  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
• 04/04/01  House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation #2-4 (96-Y 0-N)
• 04/04/01  Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recom. No. 2,3,&4 (39-Y 0-N)
• 04/04/01  Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOV. RECOMM. (39-Y 0-N)
• 04/04/01  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
• 04/04/01  House: Communicated to Governor
• 04/05/01  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2802ER2)
• 04/10/01  House: Reenrolled
• 04/11/01  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 04/12/01  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 05/02/01  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 875 (effective 7/1/01)
• 05/02/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0875)