Maryland House Bill 218 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 22 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-18 - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting, in a prosecution for a specified sexual offense, the court from barring the introduction of specified evidence that the defendant committed a prior sexual offense on the ground that the admission is unfairly prejudicial unless the court makes a specified finding; prohibiting a State's Attorney from introducing specified evidence under specified circumstances; prohibiting specified evidence from being disclosed to a jury or introduced at trial unless the court has held a specified hearing; etc.

Courts - Evidence of Prior Sexual Offense - Admissibility

Del. Brett Wilson [R]

Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-18	House	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-03	House	Hearing cancelled
2016-02-09	House	Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-01-22	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0218?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0218f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0008/hb0218.pdf