Maryland Senate Bill 736 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-28 - Hearing 2/28 at 3:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant who is charged with assault in the first degree or assault in the second degree against a victim who is a law enforcement officer; providing that a judge may authorize the pretrial release of a certain defendant on suitable bail or certain other conditions or both; requiring a judge to order the continued detention of a defendant who is considered a flight risk or one who poses a danger to another person or community; etc.

Criminal Procedure – Pretrial Release – Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer (Police Protection Act)

Sen. Justin Ready [R]	Sen. Gail Bates [R]	Sen. Bob Cassilly [R]	Sen. Adelaide Eckardt [R]
Sen. George Edwards [R]	Sen. Stephen Hershey [R]	Sen. J.B. Jennings [R]	Sen. Wayne Norman [R]
Sen. Johnny Salling [R]	Sen. Andrew Serafini [R]	Sen. Bryan Simonaire [R]	Sen. Stephen Waugh [R]

2018-01-12 - Senate - Senate Floor - Sustained (0-44) (Y: 1 N: 45 NV: 4 Abs: 1) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-28	Senate	Hearing 2/28 at 3:00 p.m.
2018-02-20	Senate	Hearing canceled
2018-02-28	Senate	Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-02-05	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0736?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0736f.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes/Senate/0016.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0006/sb0736.pdf