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2020 SESSION

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HB 988 Compensating victims of crime; persons eligible for award includes grandchildren.

Introduced by: Amanda E. Batten | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Compensating victims of crime; persons eligible for award; grandchildren. Includes grandchildren of the victim of a crime, who are alive at the time of the commission of the crime, in the list of persons eligible for compensation as a result of the death of the victim (i) as a direct result of the crime or (ii) due to the victim's trying to prevent a crime or attempted crime from occurring or trying to apprehend a person who had committed a crime in his presence or had committed a felony.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101592D  pdf | impact statement
• 03/04/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB988ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0446)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/07/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101592D
• 01/07/20  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/16/20  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 01/17/20  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
• 01/22/20  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N)
• 01/22/20  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/23/20  House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
• 01/27/20  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/20  House: Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/20  House: Read first time
• 02/03/20  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/04/20  House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N)
• 02/04/20  House: VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
• 02/05/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/05/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
• 02/17/20  Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/20  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/25/20  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/20  Senate: Read third time
• 02/27/20  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/20  House: Enrolled
• 03/04/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB988ER)
• 03/05/20  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/05/20  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/12/20  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 03/12/20  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 03/25/20  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 446 (effective 7/1/20)
• 03/25/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0446)