Maryland House Bill 623 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-10 - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing a person to file a motion to vacate a judgment for specified convictions if the person's participation in the underlying offense was a result of the person having been a victim of human trafficking or related extortion; repealing a requirement that the State's Attorney sign a specified motion; requiring a person to provide a copy of a specified motion to the State's Attorney; authorizing the State's Attorney to respond to a specified motion within 90 days after receipt of the motion; etc.

Criminal Procedure - Postconviction Review - Conviction of Human Trafficking Victim

Del. Kathleen Dumais [D]

Del. Marice Morales [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-10	House	Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-04	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0623?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0623f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0003/hb0623.pdf