Maryland House Bill 887 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-03-15 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Providing that a person who is convicted of murder in the first degree may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, a certain first responder, or a certain witness, or a certain mass murder, under certain circumstances, is an aggravating circumstance that the court or jury must consider in making a determination as to the imposition of the death penalty; establishing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; etc.

Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Murder of Specific Individuals or Mass Murder

Del. Haven Shoemaker [R]	Del. Jason Buckel [R]	Del. Kathy Afzali [R]	Sen. William Folden [R]
Del. Susan Krebs [R]	Del. Michael Malone [R]	Del. Susan McComas [R]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]
Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. April Rose [R]	Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-15	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
2018-03-13	House	Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-02-05	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0887?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0887f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0007/hb0887.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes_comm/hb0887_jud.pdf