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2020 SESSION
HB 787 Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; hate crimes.
Introduced by: Lamont Bagby | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; hate crimes. Adds the following to the list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate: (i) simple assault or assault and battery where the victim was intentionally selected because of his race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin; (ii) entering the property of another for purposes of damaging such property or its contents or interfering with the rights of the owner, user, or occupant where such property was intentionally selected because of the race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin of the owner, user, or occupant; and (iii) various offenses that tend to cause violence.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102657D pdf
- 02/05/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20102657D-E pdf
- 02/27/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB787ER) pdf
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0747) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102657D
- 01/07/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/20 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/27/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/31/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 6-N)
- 02/04/20 House: Read first time
- 02/05/20 House: Read second time
- 02/05/20 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/05/20 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB787E
- 02/05/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20102657D-E
- 02/06/20 House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N)
- 02/06/20 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
- 02/07/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/17/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/18/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/21/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/24/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/20 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/27/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/27/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB787ER)
- 02/27/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/06/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
- 03/06/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/06/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 747 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0747)