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1999 SESSION

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HB 346 Sexual offenses against prisoners.

Introduced by: William J. Howell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Sexual offenses. Makes carnal knowledge of an inmate, parolee, probationer, or pre- or post-trial offender a Class 6 felony if committed by an employee, contractual employee or volunteer with a state or local correctional facility or regional jail, the Department of Corrections, a local community corrections program or a pre-trial program. The bill also makes sexual abuse of inmates, etc., by staff listed above sexual battery, which is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

FULL TEXT

• 01/15/98  House: Presented & ordered printed 982893376  pdf
• 01/22/99  House: Introduced bill reprinted 982893376  pdf
• 01/26/99  House: Printed as engrossed 982893376-E  pdf
• 03/02/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB346ER)  pdf
• 03/29/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0294)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/15/98  House: Presented & ordered printed 982893376
• 01/15/98  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/26/98  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
• 02/14/98  House: Continued to 1999 in Courts of Justice (20-Y 4-N)
• 11/23/98  House: Reported from C. J. with amendments (22-Y 1-N)
• 11/23/98  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/21/99  House: Reported from Appropriations with amds. (30-Y 0-N)
• 01/22/99  House: Introduced bill reprinted 982893376
• 01/25/99  House: Read first time
• 01/26/99  House: Read second time
• 01/26/99  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/26/99  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 01/26/99  House: Printed as engrossed 982893376-E
• 01/27/99  House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/99  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/99  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/28/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/28/99  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/10/99  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/99  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/18/99  Senate: Reported from Finance (17-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: Reconsideration of passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: Reconsider constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/99  Senate: Read third time
• 02/22/99  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/99  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/02/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB346ER)
• 03/03/99  House: Enrolled
• 03/03/99  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/05/99  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/22/99  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 294 (effective 7/1/99)
• 03/29/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0294)