Maryland Senate Bill 534 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on May 8 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-05-08 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 281
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring a State's Attorney to record certain information if a State's Attorney obtains certain testimony from an in-custody witness and to report certain information to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention; requiring the Office to securely store and maintain certain information; providing that the Office may only disclose certain information to certain persons; requiring a State's Attorney to comply with certain discovery requirements; applying the Act prospectively; etc.

Courts - Discovery - In-Custody Witness Testimony

Sen. William Smith [D]

Sen. Jill Carter [D]

Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]

Sen. Mary Washington [D]

2020-03-17 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 133 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2020-03-12 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-08	Senate	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 281
2020-03-17	Senate	Returned Passed
2020-03-17	House	Third Reading Passed (133-0)
2020-03-16	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2020-03-16	House	Favorable Report by Judiciary
2020-03-12	House	Referred Judiciary
2020-03-12	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2020-03-10	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-03-10	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {928972/1 Adopted
2020-03-09	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2020-01-30	Senate	Hearing 2/19 at 12:00 p.m.
2020-01-30	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

HB637 (Crossfiled) 2020-05-08 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 282

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Courts and Judicial Proceedings	10	924	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0534?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0534f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0534t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0004/sb0534_92897201.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/sb0534_jpr.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/sb0534_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/0988.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/Senate/0612.pdf