Maryland Senate Bill 402 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-07 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the court to impose lifetime supervision for a person sentenced to imprisonment for life for first degree murder; requiring the lifetime supervision to include at least 5 years of supervised probation, electronic monitoring for life following release, and specified conditions as determined by the court; authorizing a person to file a petition for discharge from lifetime supervision and requiring a court to hear and adjudicate the petition; prohibiting more than one petition for discharge in 1 year; etc.

Criminal Law - First Degree Murder - Sentencing (Geraldine's Law)

Sen. Stephen Waugh [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-07	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2016-02-17	Senate	Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-01-29	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0402?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0402f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0002/sb0402.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0402_jpr.pdf