Maryland Senate Bill 616 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-04-10 - Special Order until next session (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing, for purposes of filing a petition for U Nonimmigrant Status, a victim or victim's family member to request a certifying official to certify victim helpfulness on a Form I-918, Supplement B certification; providing that, for the purpose of the Act, a victim shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of a qualifying criminal activity; requiring the certifying official to sign and complete the certification in a specified manner; etc.

Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness

Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-10	Senate	Special Order until next session (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
2017-04-10	Senate	Floor Amendment {643820/2 (Senator Zirkin)
2017-04-10	Senate	Favorable Report Adopted
2017-04-10	Senate	Special Order until later today (Senator Zirkin) Adopted
2017-04-10	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2017-04-10	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {448774/1
2017-04-10	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2017-02-21	Senate	Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-02-03	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0616?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0616f.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0006/sb0616_44877401.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0006/sb0616_64382002.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0006/sb0616.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0616_jpr.pdf