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2020 SESSION

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HB 1544 Children; strip searches.

Introduced by: Lee J. Carter | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)

Strip searches of children. Provides that no child under the age of 18 shall be strip searched or subjected to a search of any body cavity by a law-enforcement officer or a jail officer. The bill provides exceptions for (i) children committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice or confined or detained in a secure local facility for juveniles or a jail or other facility for the detention of adults; (ii) persons taken into custody by or remanded to a law-enforcement officer pursuant to a circuit or district court order; and (iii) children in custodial arrest when there is reasonable cause to believe on the part of a law-enforcement officer or jail officer authorizing the search that the child is concealing a weapon.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/20  House: Presented and ordered printed 20104342D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/05/20  House: Committee substitute printed 20107738D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/19/20  Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108762D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/05/20  House: Conference substitute printed 20109446D-H2  pdf | impact statement
• 03/18/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1544ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/22/20  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1544ER2)  pdf
• 04/22/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1236)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• Conference amendments
• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/10/20  House: Presented and ordered printed 20104342D
• 01/10/20  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/17/20  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 01/22/20  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/20  House: Committee substitute printed 20107738D-H1
• 02/05/20  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/20  House: Read first time
• 02/07/20  House: Read second time
• 02/07/20  House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107738D-H1
• 02/07/20  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1544H1
• 02/10/20  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/20  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/11/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
• 02/19/20  Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/20  Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108762D-S1
• 02/21/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/20  Senate: Read third time
• 02/24/20  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/24/20  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108762D-S1
• 02/24/20  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1544S1
• 02/24/20  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/20  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/26/20  House: Senate substitute rejected by House 20108762D-S1 (0-Y 96-N)
• 02/26/20  House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N)
• 02/28/20  Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/20  Senate: Senate requested conference committee
• 03/02/20  House: House acceded to request
• 03/02/20  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 03/02/20  House: Delegates: Carter, Scott, Bell
• 03/03/20  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 03/03/20  Senate: Senators: Morrissey, Peake, Boysko
• 03/05/20  Conference: Amended by conference committee
• 03/05/20  House: Conference substitute printed 20109446D-H2
• 03/05/20  House: Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/20  House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/20  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/18/20  House: Enrolled
• 03/18/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1544ER)
• 03/18/20  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/19/20  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/20/20  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 03/20/20  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 04/11/20  House: Governor's recommendation received by House
• 04/22/20  House: Placed on Calendar
• 04/22/20  House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
• 04/22/20  House: VOTE: (95-Y 0-N)
• 04/22/20  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 04/22/20  Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N)
• 04/22/20  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 04/22/20  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
• 04/22/20  House: Reenrolled
• 04/22/20  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1544ER2)
• 04/22/20  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 04/22/20  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 04/22/20  House: Enacted, Chapter 1236 (effective 7/1/20)
• 04/22/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1236)