2002 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 279

File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 456
Sponsored By:
Senator Stone (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Senator Miller
Entitled:
Victims' Rights - Correctional Programs - Victim Notification

Synopsis:

Defining "notification request" to mean a specified request filed by a victim or a victim's representative; expanding the classification of victims or victims' representatives that are entitled to specified actions; requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to take specified actions if a victim or a victim's representative is not informed or allowed to be present or to be heard regarding a parole determination or a predetermined parole release agreement, etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
1/23
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2/6
Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
3/18
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
3/19
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
3/21
Third Reading Passed (44-0)
House Action
3/21
First Reading Judiciary
Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
3/29
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Sponsored by:
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
Crime Victims' Rights Laws, T. F. to Examine MD's
Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., District 27
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
HEARINGS
NOTICES
PAROLE AND PROBATION
VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Correctional Services
( 7-101 , 7-304 , 7-505 , 7-801 , 7-801 , 7-803 , 7-804 , 7-805 , 7-806 )
Criminal Procedure
( 11-505 , 11-507 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered
Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
Senate
March 21, 2002: Third Reading Passed (44-0)