Maryland House Bill 411 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-2)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-03-23 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing a person convicted of a specified crime to file a petition for a search by a law enforcement agency of a law enforcement data base or log for the purpose of identifying the source of physical evidence used for DNA testing; authorizing a petitioner to move for a new trial on the grounds that the conviction was based on unreliable scientific identification evidence and a substantial possibility exists that the petitioner would not have been convicted without the evidence; etc.

DNA Evidence - Postconviction Review - Continuation of Reforms

Del. Tiffany Alston [D]	Del. Curtis Anderson [D]	Del. Aisha Braveboy [D]	Sen. Jill Carter [D]
Del. Luke Clippinger [D]	Del. Frank Conaway [D]	Del. Tawanna Gaines [D]	Del. Cheryl Glenn [D]
Del. Keith Haynes [D]	Del. Carolyn Howard [D]	Del. Adrienne Jones [D]	Del. Michael McDermott [R]
Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam [D]	Sen. Nathaniel Oaks [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Sen. Barbara Robinson [D]
Del. Michael Smigiel [R]	Del. Melvin Stukes [D]	Del. Shawn Tarrant [D]	Del. Veronica Turner [D]
Del. Joseph Vallario [D]	Del. Michael Vaughn [D]	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]	Del. Jay Walker [D]
Sen. Mary Washington [D]	Sen. Craig Zucker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-23		Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn
2012-01-31		Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
2012-02-01		First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Search/Legislation?target=/2012rs/billfile/HB0411.htm
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/bills/hb/hb0411f.pdf