Maryland Senate Bill 300 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 19 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-09 - Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring a certain assistant State's Attorney with knowledge of the case, to meet with a victim of sexually assaultive behavior or the victim's representative within 20 days after receiving a request from the victim regarding a decision by the Office of the State's Attorney to not file a charging document or to dismiss charges against an alleged suspect; requiring the assistant State's Attorney, at the meeting, to explain the justification for a certain decision; and establishing certain requirements for the meeting.

Criminal Procedure - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior

Sen. Michael Hough [R]

Sen. Ronald Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-09	Senate	Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
2022-02-04	Senate	Hearing canceled
2022-01-20	Senate	Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
2022-01-19	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

SB300 (Carry Over) 2022-02-09 - Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
HB225 (Crossfiled) 2022-03-16 - Referred Judicial Proceedings
SB555 (Carry Over) 2021-02-23 - Hearing 2/23 at 2:30 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Procedure	11	1009	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0300?ys=2022RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0300f.pdf