Maryland House Bill 1309 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-03-15 - 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 certain criminal prosecution; etc.

Criminal Law - Crimes Against Property - Right to Defend Property

Del. Neil Parrott [R]	Del. Joseph Cluster [R]	Del. Glen Glass [R]	Del. Michael Malone [R]
Del. Susan McComas [R]	Del. Tony McConkey [R]	Del. Charles Otto [R]	Del. Deb Rey [R]
Del. William Wivell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-15	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
2018-02-27	House	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-02-09	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1309?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1309f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0009/hb1309.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes_comm/hb1309_jud.pdf