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HB 1874 Magistrates; issuance of felony arrest warrants.
Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Power of magistrates to issue felony arrest warrants. Provides that a magistrate may not issue an arrest warrant for a felony offense upon the basis of a complaint by a person other than a law-enforcement officer without prior consultation by the magistrate with the attorney for the Commonwealth or, if no attorney for the Commonwealth is available, without prior consultation with a law-enforcement agency. The bill also provides that a written complaint shall be required whenever practicable if the complainant is not a law-enforcement officer.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 098295472 pdf
- 01/22/09 House: Committee substitute printed 090891472-H1 pdf
- 02/23/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1874ER) pdf
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 098295472
- 01/12/09 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/09 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/19/09 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting
- 01/21/09 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 2-N)
- 01/22/09 House: Committee substitute printed 090891472-H1
- 01/23/09 House: Read first time
- 01/26/09 House: Read second time
- 01/26/09 House: Committee substitute agreed to 090891472-H1
- 01/26/09 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1874H1
- 01/27/09 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/09 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/28/09 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/11/09 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/09 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/09 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/16/09 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/16/09 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/16/09 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/09 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/09 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (92-Y 6-N)
- 02/18/09 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (92-Y 6-N)
- 02/23/09 House: Enrolled
- 02/23/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1874ER)
- 02/24/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/09 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 344 (effective 7/1/09)
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344)