Maryland House Bill 812 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-04-04 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from knowingly distributing a controlled dangerous substance if a reasonable person would believe that the controlled dangerous substance would likely cause the death of another and the distribution of the controlled dangerous substance causes the death of another; establishing that a violation of the Act is a felony and on conviction has a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 15 years; and requiring a sentence for a violation of the Act to be consecutive to any other sentence imposed.

Criminal Law - Controlled Dangerous Substances - Penalty

Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]

Del. Brian Chisholm [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-04	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
2019-02-08	House	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-02-08	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0812?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0812f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0002/hb0812.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/hb0812_jud.pdf