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2003 SESSION

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HB 2649 Obstructing justice by giving false information to police.

Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Obstructing justice by giving false information to police. Provides that any person who knowingly and willfully makes any materially false statement or representation to a law-enforcement officer who is in the course of conducting an investigation of a crime by another is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Currently it is a Class 2 misdemeanor. This bill is identical to SB 1234.

FULL TEXT

• 01/13/03  House: Presented & ordered printed 030366674  pdf | impact statement
• 02/24/03  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2649ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/20/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0149)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/13/03  House: Presented & ordered printed 030366674
• 01/13/03  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/30/03  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
• 01/31/03  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/03  House: Read first time
• 02/03/03  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/04/03  House: Read third time and passed House (94-Y 6-N)
• 02/04/03  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 6-N)
• 02/04/03  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/05/03  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/05/03  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/10/03  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/03  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/03  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/03  Senate: Read third time
• 02/12/03  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/03  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/03  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2649ER)
• 02/26/03  House: Enrolled
• 02/26/03  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/27/03  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/16/03  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 149 (effective 7/1/03)
• 03/20/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0149)