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1999 SESSION
SB 838 Obstruction of justice.
Introduced by: Martin E. Williams | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Obstruction of justice. Includes within the Class 5 felony threats of bodily harm or force to intimidate or impede a judge, magistrate, justice, juror, witness, or law-enforcement officer or to obstruct or impede the administration of justice relating to the commission of or conspiracy to commit any violent felony offense. This bill is identical to SB 875.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/99 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 992238759 pdf
- 03/10/99 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB838ER) pdf
- 04/06/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0618) pdf
- 04/08/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0800) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/99 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 992238759
- 01/13/99 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/27/99 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/99 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/03/99 Senate: Reported from Finance (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/10/99 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/99 House: Read first time
- 02/10/99 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/10/99 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
- 02/22/99 House: Reported from C. J. with amendments (24-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/99 House: Read second time
- 02/24/99 House: Read third time
- 02/24/99 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/24/99 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/24/99 House: Passed House with amendments (Block Vote) (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/99 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/99 House: Rec. of House Block Vote passage agreed to by House
- 02/24/99 House: Passed House with amendments (Block Vote) (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/99 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/99 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/25/99 Senate: House amendments rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N)
- 02/25/99 Senate: VOTE: REJECTED HOUSE AMENDMENTS (2-Y 38-N)
- 02/25/99 House: House insisted on amendments
- 02/25/99 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/25/99 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/99 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/99 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/25/99 Senate: Senators: Williams, Couric, Watkins
- 02/26/99 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/26/99 House: Delegates: Crittenden, Hamilton, Morgan
- 02/26/99 House: Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/99 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/99 Conference: House amendments accepted by conference committee
- 02/26/99 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/26/99 Senate: Reading of conference report waived
- 02/26/99 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/99 Senate: VOTE: CONF. COMMITTEE RPT (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/99 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB838ER)
- 03/15/99 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/16/99 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/18/99 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/29/99 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 800 (effective 7/1/99)
- 04/06/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0618)
- 04/08/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0800)