Maryland House Bill 1185 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 15-1)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-03-15 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing that an occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force against another person when the other person has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, and when the occupant has a reasonable belief that the other person has committed a crime in the dwelling in addition to the unlawful entry or is committing or intends to commit a crime against a person or property in addition to the unlawful entry; establishing that a person acting in accordance with the Act is immune from specified criminal prosecution.

Criminal Law - Crimes Against Property - Right to Defend Property

Del. Neil Parrott [R]	Del. Kathy Afzali [R]	Del. Donald Dwyer [R]	Del. Donald Elliott [R]
Del. Glen Glass [R]	Del. Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio [D]	Sen. Michael Hough [R]	Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]
Del. Susan Krebs [R]	Del. Susan McComas [R]	Del. Tony McConkey [R]	Del. Charles Otto [R]
Sen. Justin Ready [R]	Del. Kelly Schulz [R]	Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]	Del. Cathleen Vitale [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-15	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
2014-03-11	House	Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
2014-02-07	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1185?ys=2014rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/hb/hb1185f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0005/hb1185.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/hb1185_jud.pdf