Maryland Senate Bill 238 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-14 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring a law enforcement agency that uses a specified licensed dog to make available specified protective equipment for use on the dog under specified circumstances; providing that the determination whether to have the dog use the equipment shall be made by the law enforcement agency or the dog's handler; authorizing the Department of State Police to adopt specified regulations; requiring the Department to monitor compliance under the Act and, on or before January 1 each year, make a specified report; etc.

Public Safety - Law Enforcement Dogs - Protective Equipment

Sen. Bryan Simonaire [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-14	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2016-02-24	Senate	Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-01-22	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0238?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0238f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0008/sb0238.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0238_jpr.pdf