Maryland Senate Bill 28 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-01-26 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is an official, an umpire, a referee, or a judge officiating at a sporting event; authorizing a police officer to arrest a person without a warrant if the police officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed a certain assault; and establishing that a violation of the Act is a misdemeanor with a penalty of up to 10 years in prison or a fine of up to $2,500 or both.

Criminal Law - Second Degree Assault - Sports Official

Sen. Obie Patterson [D]	Sen. Pamela Beidle [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. Bob Cassilly [R]
Sen. Arthur Ellis [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]
Sen. Chris West [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-26	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2020-12-28	Senate	Hearing 1/20 at 11:00 a.m.
2021-01-13	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2020-10-13	Senate	Pre-filed

SB28 (Carry Over) 2021-01-26 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
SB1034 (Carry Over) 2020-02-26 - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
HB688 (Crossfiled) 2021-03-09 - Withdrawn by Sponsor

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Procedure	2	203	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Criminal Law	3	203	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0028?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0028f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0028_jpr.pdf