MD SB710 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Engrossed on March 17 2025 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-03-26 - Hearing 3/26 at 3:15 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on March 17 2025 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-03-26 - Hearing 3/26 at 3:15 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Prohibiting a person from driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle in a criminally negligent manner; providing that a person acts in a criminally negligent manner when the person should be aware, but fails to perceive, that the person's conduct creates a substantial risk to the safety of other persons or to property and the failure to perceive constitutes a gross deviation from the standards of care that would be exercised by a reasonable person; etc.
Title
Criminal Law - Motor Vehicle - Criminal Negligence (Sergeant Patrick Keep Act)
Sponsors
| Sen. Nancy King [D] | Sen. Nick Charles [D] | Sen. William Folden [R] | Sen. Mary James [D] |
| Sen. William Smith [D] | Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D] | Sen. Chris West [R] |
Roll Calls
2025-03-17 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-26 | House | Hearing 3/26 at 3:15 p.m. |
| 2025-03-26 | House | Hearing canceled |
| 2025-03-19 | House | Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2025-03-17 | House | Referred Judiciary |
| 2025-03-17 | Senate | Third Reading Passed (44-0) |
| 2025-03-14 | Senate | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| 2025-03-14 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments {383629/1 Adopted |
| 2025-03-14 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| 2025-02-04 | Senate | Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Same As/Similar To
HB883 (Crossfiled) 2025-02-17 - Hearing 2/19 at 11:00 a.m.
Subjects
Boats and Ships
Crimes and Punishments
Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Motor Vehicle Operation
Negligence
Penalties and Sentences
Crimes and Punishments
Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Motor Vehicle Operation
Negligence
Penalties and Sentences
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Law | 3 | 212.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
