Maryland House Bill 723 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 10 2017 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-13 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Repealing specified provisions that provide that inmates serving a term of life imprisonment may be paroled only with the Governor's approval, subject to specified provisions, requiring specified parole decisions to be transmitted to the Governor under specified circumstances, authorizing the Governor to disapprove specified parole decisions in a specified manner, providing that if the Governor does not disapprove a specified parole decision in a specified manner within a specified time period, the decision becomes effective; etc.

Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Reform

Del. Pamela Queen [D]	Del. Curtis Anderson [D]	Del. Talmadge Branch [D]	Del. Frank Conaway [D]
Del. Cheryl Glenn [D]	Del. Eric Luedtke [D]	Del. David Moon [D]	Sen. Nathaniel Oaks [D]
Del. Elizabeth Proctor [D]	Del. Carlos Sanchez [D]	Sen. Charles Sydnor [D]	Sen. Chris West [R]

2017-03-10 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (79-55) (Y: 79 N: 55 NV: 3 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2017-03-08 - House - House Floor - Floor Amendment {683424/1 (Delegate Shoemaker) Rejected (48-86) (Y: 48 N: 86 NV: 6 Abs: 1) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-13	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2017-03-10	House	Third Reading Passed (79-55)
2017-03-10	House	Motion vote previous question (Delegate Vogt) Adopted
2017-03-08	House	Second Reading Passed
2017-03-08	House	Floor Amendment {683424/1 (Delegate Shoemaker) Rejected (48-86)
2017-03-07	House	Special Order until 3/08 (Delegate Shoemaker) Adopted
2017-03-07	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2017-03-06	House	Favorable Report by Judiciary
2017-02-14	House	Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-02-02	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0723?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0723f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0723t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0723_68342401.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0003/hb0723.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/hb0723_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0723,h-0298&stab=02&ys=2017RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0723,h-0395&stab=02&ys=2017RS