MD SB507 | 2025 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-23 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Providing that certain evidence of certain diagnoses is admissible in a criminal proceeding if the evidence tends to show that the defendant, at the time of the alleged offense, did or did not have the mental state required for the offense charged and is otherwise admissible; and requiring a judge or a District Court commissioner to consider any diagnosis for the defendant of a certain developmental disability or intellectual disability when making a pretrial release determination.

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Title

Criminal Procedure - Diagnosis of Developmental Disability or Intellectual Disability - Evidence

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2025-01-23SenateFirst Reading Judicial Proceedings

Same As/Similar To

HB703 (Crossfiled) 2025-01-24 - First Reading Judiciary

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
Courts and Judicial Proceedings10926(n/a)See Bill Text
Criminal Procedure5216(n/a)See Bill Text
Health - General7101(n/a)See Bill Text

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Bill Comments

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