Maryland House Bill 1215 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 28-1)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-03-14 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing that an occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force against another person when the other person has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, the occupant reasonably believes that force or deadly force is necessary to repel an attack by the other person, and the amount and nature of the force used by the occupant is reasonable under the circumstances; establishing that a person acting in accordance with the Act is immune from certain criminal prosecution; etc.

Criminal Law – Crimes Against Property – Right to Defend Property

Del. Dan Cox [R]	Del. Christopher Adams [R]	Del. Curtis Anderson [D]	Del. Carl Anderton [R]
Del. Steven Arentz [R]	Del. Lauren Arikan [R]	Del. Jason Buckel [R]	Del. Brian Chisholm [R]
Sen. Paul Corderman [R]	Del. Wayne Hartman [R]	Del. Kevin Hornberger [R]	Del. Seth Howard [R]
Del. Jay Jacobs [R]	Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Susan Krebs [R]	Del. Bob Long [R]
Del. Michael Malone [R]	Sen. Johnny Mautz [R]	Del. Susan McComas [R]	Sen. Mike McKay [R]
Del. Ric Metzgar [R]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]	Del. Neil Parrott [R]	Del. Jesse Pippy [R]
Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. April Rose [R]	Del. Sid Saab [R]	Del. Haven Shoemaker [R]
Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-14	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
2019-02-11	House	Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-02-08	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1215?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1215f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0005/hb1215.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/hb1215_jud.pdf