Maryland House Bill 385 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-23 - Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Altering provisions of law relating to murder in the first degree; providing that a person who was a child at the time of the offense may not be found to have committed murder in the first degree under certain provisions of law; authorizing a person convicted, on or before September 30, 2021, of first degree murder who was a child at the time of the offense to file a motion for review of conviction; requiring a court to hold a certain hearing on the filing of a motion for review of conviction under certain circumstances; etc.

Criminal Law - Felony Murder - Limitation and Review of Convictions for Children

Del. Charlotte Crutchfield [D]	Del. Erek Barron [D]	Del. Sandy Bartlett [D]	Del. Debra Davis [D]
Del. Wanika Fisher [D]	Del. David Moon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-23	House	Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
2021-01-13	House	First Reading Judiciary
2020-09-25	House	Pre-filed

HB385 (Carry Over) 2020-12-23 - Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
SB395 (Crossfiled) 2021-03-04 - Hearing 3/16 at 12:30 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Law	2	201	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Criminal Law	2	204	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0385?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0385f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2021rs-HB385-REIN.pdf