Maryland Senate Bill 940 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-08 - Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Altering the penalty for specified conduct relating to betting, wagering, or gambling; making specified conduct relating to betting, wagering, or gambling a civil offense; authorizing a police officer to issue a citation under specified circumstances; establishing requirements for a citation issued under the Act; requiring the police officer to forward a copy of the citation to a specified court; providing that a person may request a trial within 30 days after the issuance of the citation; etc.

Criminal Law - Betting, Wagering, and Gambling - Civil Offense

Sen. William Smith [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-08	Senate	Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
2017-02-03	Senate	First Reading Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0940?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0940f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0000/sb0940.pdf