Maryland House Bill 194 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-15 - Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring that certain public defenders receive a test for implicit bias, training to address implicit bias, and undergo an evaluation to measure the results of that training; requiring the Public Defender to ensure that anonymized data on these tests and evaluations is made available to the public; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to ensure that the curriculum for certain police training include certain tests, training, and evaluation for implicit bias; etc.

Criminal Procedure - Police Officers and Public Defenders - Implicit Bias - Testing, Training, and Evaluation

Del. Melissa Wells [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-15	House	Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.
2021-01-13	House	First Reading Judiciary
2020-07-09	House	Pre-filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Procedure	16	207	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Safety	3	207	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0194?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0194f.pdf