Maryland Senate Bill 1187 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on March 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-04-04 - Recommitted to Judicial Proceedings (Senator Zirkin)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Repealing specified provisions of law that provide a separate jury proceeding to determine whether a person convicted of murder in the first degree is sentenced to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole or imprisonment for life; establishing that a court may sentence a person convicted of murder in the first degree to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole without the requirement of a separate jury sentencing procedure under specified circumstances; applying the Act prospectively; etc.

Criminal Procedure - Life Without Parole - Repeal of Sentencing Proceeding

Sen. Bob Cassilly [R]	Sen. James Brochin [D]	Sen. Michael Hough [R]	Sen. Wayne Norman [R]
Sen. Justin Ready [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-04	Senate	Recommitted to Judicial Proceedings (Senator Zirkin)
2017-03-31	Senate	Special Order until 4/4 (Senator Zirkin) Adopted
2017-03-30	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2017-03-30	Senate	Favorable Report Adopted
2017-03-30	Senate	Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2017-03-23	Senate	Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-03-16	Senate	Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
2017-03-10	Senate	Referred Senate Rules
2017-03-10	Senate	Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
2017-03-10	Senate	First Reading Senate Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB1187?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb1187f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb1187t.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0007/sb1187.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb1187_jpr.pdf