Senate Bill 185, January 23, 2004

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 SENATE BILL 185 E2 41r0 1 96 CF 41r0 1 69 By: The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Brinkley, DeGrange, Dyson, Hafer, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, McFadden, Munson, Pipkin, Schrader, Stoltzfus, and Stone Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2004 Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Crimes and Criminal Procedure - Victim and Witness Intimidation FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from harming another, threatening to harm another, or damaging or destroying property with the intent to induce a victim or witness not to report the existence of facts relating to a crime or delinquent act; prohibiting solicitation of another person to harm another, threaten to harm another, or damage or destroy property with the intent to induce a victim or witness not to report the existence of facts relating to a crime or delinquent act; prohibiting a person from threatening to harm another with the intent of retaliating against a victim or witness for giving testimony in an official proceeding or reporting a crime or delinquent act; prohibiting a person from soliciting another person to harm another, threaten to harm another, or damage or destroy property with the intent of retaliating against a victim or witness for giving testimony in an official proceeding or reporting a crime or delinquent act; prohibiting a person, by threat, force, or corrupt means, from trying to influence, intimidate, or impede an officer of a court of the United States in the performance of the person’s official duties; prohibiting a person from soliciting another person to, by threat, force, or corrupt means, try to influence, intimidate, or impede a juror, a witness, or an officer of a court of the State or of the United States in the performance of the person’s official duties; increasing certain penalties; providing that if the testimony, subpoena, official proceeding, or report involving a victim or witness relates to a felony, a person who violates certain provisions of this Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to a certain term of imprisonment; providing that certain sentences imposed under certain provisions of this Act may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence for certain other crimes; providing that certain statements made by certain victims or witnesses are not excluded in a judicial proceeding by the hearsay rule under certain circumstances; and generally relating to crimes against victims and witnesses. BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Criminal Law Section 9-30 1(c) and (d) EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. нм и