Maryland Senate Bill 249 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-01 - Hearing 2/01 at 2:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Repealing certain provisions that provide that inmates serving a term of life imprisonment may be paroled only with the Governor's approval, subject to certain provisions; requiring certain parole decisions to be transmitted to the Governor under certain circumstances; authorizing the Governor to disapprove certain parole decisions in a certain manner; providing that if the Governor does not disapprove a certain parole decision in a certain manner within a certain time period, the decision becomes effective; etc.

Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Reform

Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Nathaniel McFadden [D]	Sen. John Astle [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]
Sen. Joan Conway [D]	Sen. Ulysses Currie [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Anthony Muse [D]
Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam [D]	Sen. Barbara Robinson [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]	Sen. Ronald Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-01	Senate	Hearing 2/01 at 2:00 p.m.
2018-01-19	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0249?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0249f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0009/sb0249.pdf