Maryland House Bill 242 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 8 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-05-08 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 126
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Altering the eligibility for the filing of a certain motion to vacate judgment if the person's participation in the offense was a direct result of being a victim of human trafficking; requiring that a certain motion be served on a certain State's Attorney; requiring that a certain motion be mailed to a victim or victim's representative at a certain address if the qualifying offense occurred within 5 years before the filing of the motion; requiring the court to take certain factors into consideration when making a certain finding; etc.

Criminal Procedure - Motion to Vacate Judgment - Human Trafficking (True Freedom Act of 2020)

Del. Vanessa Atterbeary [D]

2020-03-15 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2020-02-13 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 123 N: 8 NV: 5 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-08	House	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 126
2020-03-16	House	Returned Passed
2020-03-15	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2020-03-14	Senate	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2020-03-14	Senate	Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2020-02-14	Senate	Referred Judicial Proceedings
2020-02-13	House	Third Reading Passed (123-8)
2020-02-11	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-02-11	House	Favorable with Amendments {482919/1 Adopted
2020-02-10	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
2020-01-17	House	Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-17	House	First Reading Judiciary

SB206 (Crossfiled) 2020-05-08 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 127

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Procedure	10	105	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Criminal Procedure	8	302	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0242?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0242f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0242t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0002/hb0242_48291901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0242_jud.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0242_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/0104.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/Senate/0767.pdf