Maryland Senate Bill 959 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-21 - Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing that a police officer who is certified as a drug recognition expert may be qualified to testify under specified circumstances; establishing that the opinion of a specified police officer as to specified matters concerning drugs and controlled dangerous substances may be admissible at trial; establishing that a specified drug evaluation and classification protocol is deemed to be generally accepted within the scientific community and based on generally accepted scientific principles; etc.

Drugged Driving - Drug Recognition Expert - Testimony

Sen. Joseph Getty [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-21	Senate	Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
2013-02-20	Senate	Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
2013-02-14	Senate	First Reading Senate Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0959?ys=2013rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/bills/sb/sb0959f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/fnotes/bil_0009/sb0959.pdf