Maryland Senate Bill 46 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on April 2 2021 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-02 - Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
Pending: House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Establishing that the discovery or perception of, or belief about, another person's race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation, whether or not accurate, does not constitute legally adequate provocation to mitigate a killing from the crime of murder to manslaughter; and establishing that a certain discovery or perception of, or belief about, another person's race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation is not a defense to the crime of assault in any degree.

Crimes - Mitigation and Defense - Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual Orientation

Sen. Clarence Lam [D]

2021-04-02 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-02	House	Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
2021-04-02	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2021-04-01	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2021-04-01	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {178873/1 Adopted
2021-04-01	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2020-12-28	Senate	Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m.
2021-01-13	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2020-08-04	Senate	Pre-filed

HB231 (Crossfiled) 2021-05-30 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 369
SB554 (Carry Over) 2020-01-30 - Hearing 2/11 at 12:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Law	2	207	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Criminal Law	3	209	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0046?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0046f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0046t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/amds/bil_0006/sb0046_17887301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0046_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/Senate/0851.pdf