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2013 SESSION

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SB 938 Multijurisdiction grand jury; additional criminal violations that may investigate.

Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Multijurisdiction grand jury. Adds to the criminal violations that a multijurisdiction grand jury may investigate the following: crimes by mobs, malicious felonious assault and malicious bodily woundings, robbery, carjacking, felonious sexual assault, certain arsons, and RICO crimes. The bill also adds a provision that, in order for the grand jury to report a matter for prosecution, a court reporter must have transcribed oral testimony as required by law.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/13  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101632D  pdf
• 02/05/13  Senate: Printed as engrossed 13101632D-E  pdf
• 02/23/13  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB938ER)  pdf
• 03/16/13  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0459)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/07/13  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101632D
• 01/07/13  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/04/13  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (12-Y 3-N)
• 02/05/13  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/13  Senate: Read second time
• 02/05/13  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/05/13  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/05/13  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB938E
• 02/05/13  Senate: Printed as engrossed 13101632D-E
• 02/05/13  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/13  Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
• 02/11/13  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/11/13  House: Read first time
• 02/11/13  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/12/13  House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
• 02/13/13  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/13  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/13  House: Read second time
• 02/20/13  House: Read third time
• 02/20/13  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/13  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/13  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/23/13  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB938ER)
• 02/23/13  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/23/13  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/16/13  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 459 (effective 7/1/13)
• 03/16/13  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0459)