Maryland House Bill 225 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 16 2022 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-16 - Referred Judicial Proceedings
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring a certain assistant State's Attorney with knowledge of the case, to meet with a victim of sexually assaultive behavior or the victim's representative within 20 days after receiving a request from the victim regarding a decision by the Office of the State's Attorney to not file a charging document or dismiss charges against an alleged suspect; requiring the assistant State's Attorney, at the meeting, to explain the justification for a certain decision; and establishing certain requirements for the meeting.

Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior

Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]	Del. Lisa Belcastro [D]	Del. Catherine Forbes [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]
Del. Susan McComas [R]	Del. Kirill Reznik [D]	Del. Sheila Ruth [D]

2022-03-16 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 132 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-16	Senate	Referred Judicial Proceedings
2022-03-16	House	Third Reading Passed (132-7)
2022-03-15	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2022-03-14	House	Favorable Report by Judiciary
2022-01-14	House	Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2022-01-13	House	First Reading Judiciary

HB225 (Carry Over) 2022-03-16 - Referred Judicial Proceedings
HB270 (Carry Over) 2021-03-18 - Referred Judicial Proceedings
SB300 (Crossfiled) 2022-02-09 - Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Procedure	11	1009	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0225?ys=2022RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0225f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0225t.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/votes_comm/hb0225_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/votes/House/0393.pdf