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2013 SESSION
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
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)