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2010 Regular Session

House Bill 5273

AN ACT CONCERNING EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 26, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To improve the reliability of eyewitness identification by establishing procedures for conducting a police photographic or live lineup including having a lineup administrator who does not know which person is suspected as the perpetrator, informing the eyewitness that the perpetrator might not be in the lineup and presenting the persons or photographs in a lineup sequentially rather than simultaneously.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

2 co-sponsors

Michael P. Lawlor, Gary A. Holder-Winfield

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Martin M. Looney

    Its course

    February 19 to April 26, 2010, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action11 actions on 7 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 19 to Apr 26 · stopped66 days

    Judiciary CommitteeFeb 19 to Mar 2938 days

    Public Safety and Security CommitteeApr 20 to Apr 266 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Feb 19 – Apr 26

    1. Feb 19Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
    2. Mar 5Heard in Judiciary Committee
    3. Mar 29Judiciary Committee recommended it
    4. Apr 20Sent to Public Safety and Security Committee
    5. Apr 26Public Safety and Security Committee recommended against it
    All 11 actions, as published
    1. Feb 19REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 5PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 29FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    4. Mar 29Joint FavorableBoth houses
    5. Apr 9REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 15RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 15FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Apr 15HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Apr 15FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Apr 20REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
    11. Apr 26Joint UnfavorableBoth houses