Amendment No. 233

Amendment No. 233

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 361 (BDR 3-309)

Proposed by: Committee on Judiciary

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 5 and 6 and renumbering sections 7 and 8 as sections 5 and 6.

Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

"AN ACT relating to writs of habeas corpus; specifying the circumstances under which a court may summarily dismiss a petition for a writ of habeas corpus; making various other changes to the provisions governing writs of habeas corpus; providing that credits against the sentence of an offender may be forfeited for the filing of a frivolous petition for a writ of habeas corpus; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".