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HB 500 Preliminary hearing; admissibility of certificates of analysis at hearing and trial.

Introduced by: C. Todd Gilbert | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Admissibility of certificates of analysis at preliminary hearing; trial.  Provides that at any preliminary hearing, certificates of analysis and reports prepared by lab analysts, etc., shall be admissible without the testimony of the person preparing such certificate or report. The bill also provides that when such an analyst appears in court on the day of trial to testify, the certificate of analysis shall be admissible. In addition the bill requires a defendant who demands the testimony of an analyst to pay $50 in court costs for expenses related to the analyst's appearance if the defendant is convicted. This bill incorporates HB 456.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101779D  pdf
• 02/10/10  House: Committee substitute printed 10104401D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/08/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10105487D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/22/10  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB500ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/11/10  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/12/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101779D
• 01/12/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/15/10  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 02/08/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/10  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/10  House: Committee substitute printed 10104401D-H1
• 02/12/10  House: Read first time
• 02/15/10  House: Read second time
• 02/15/10  House: Committee substitute agreed to 10104401D-H1
• 02/15/10  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB500H1
• 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/10  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/25/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 03/08/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
• 03/08/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10105487D-S1
• 03/09/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/10/10  Senate: Read third time
• 03/10/10  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/10/10  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10105487D-S1
• 03/10/10  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB500S1
• 03/10/10  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N)
• 03/10/10  House: Placed on Calendar
• 03/11/10  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 10105487D-S1 (95-Y 1-N)
• 03/11/10  House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (95-Y 1-N)
• 03/22/10  House: Enrolled
• 03/22/10  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB500ER)
• 03/22/10  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/25/10  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/11/10  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective 7/1/10)
• 04/11/10  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)