MD HB875 | 2019 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-08 - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Prohibiting the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services and the Division of Parole and Probation from considering the submission of a urine sample that is positive for marijuana as a violation of pretrial release, parole, or probation under certain circumstances; altering the threshold amount of marijuana of which use and possession is a civil offense; establishing that the odor of marijuana emanating from a particular person does not, in itself, constitute probable cause to arrest the person for the commission of a crime; etc.

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Title

Criminal Law - Marijuana - Urinalyses, Civil Offense Threshold, and Evidence Standards

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-02-08HouseHearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-02-08HouseFirst Reading Judiciary

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