Maryland Senate Bill 621 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 14 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-15 - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Awarding a one-time diminution credit to reduce the term of confinement of an inmate if the inmate successfully obtains a certain educational certificate, diploma, or degree; establishing the diminution credit that may be awarded to certain inmates; and requiring the Commissioner of Correction to establish a uniform system of deductions and participation criteria for awarding a certain diminution credit; and establishing a certain exception to a certain maximum deduction that may be earned by an inmate.

Correctional Services - Diminution Credits - Education

Sen. Jill Carter [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]	Sen. Robert Zirkin [D]
Sen. Katie Hester [D]	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]	Sen. Chris West [R]
Sen. Arthur Ellis [D]

2019-03-14 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Y: 47 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-15	House	Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-03-14	House	First Reading Judiciary
2019-03-14	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2019-03-13	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-13	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {868171/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-11	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2019-02-06	Senate	Hearing 2/21 at 12:00 p.m.
2019-02-04	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0621?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0621f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0621t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0621_86817101.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0001/sb0621.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0621_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/Senate/0557.pdf