Maryland House Bill 765 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-20 - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing that a police officer who is certified as a drug recognition expert may be qualified to testify under specified circumstances; establishing that the opinion of a specified police officer as to specified matters concerning drugs and controlled dangerous substances may be admissible at trial; establishing that a specified drug evaluation and classification protocol is deemed to be generally accepted within the scientific community and based on generally accepted scientific principles; etc.

Drugged Driving - Drug Recognition Expert - Testimony

Del. Michael McDermott [R]	Del. Kathy Afzali [R]	Del. John Cluster [R]	Del. Kathleen Dumais [D]
Del. Patrick Hogan [R]	Sen. Michael Hough [R]	Del. Susan McComas [R]	Del. Keiffer Mitchell [D]
Sen. Justin Ready [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-20	House	Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
2013-02-06	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0765?ys=2013rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/bills/hb/hb0765f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/fnotes/bil_0005/hb0765.pdf