File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 744/04
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 614  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegate Dumais
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Death Penalty - Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment
 
Establishing a Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment; providing
for the membership of the Commission; providing for the chair of the
Commission; authorizing the Commission to hold public hearings;
providing for the staffing of the Commission; requiring specified
entities to cooperate with the Commission; providing for the funding
of the Commission; providing that a member of the Commission may not
receive compensation but is entitled to specified reimbursement;
requiring the Commission to issue a report by December 15, 2008; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/7
 - First Reading Judiciary
 - 2/11
 - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/21
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
 - 3/19
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Special Order 3/24 (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted
 - 3/20
 - Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected  (49-85)
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected  (46-87)
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell)
 -      Motion vote previous question  (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected  (45-85)
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate Sophocleus)
 -      Motion vote previous question  (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate Sophocleus) Rejected  (53-79)
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/21
 - Third Reading Passed (91-47)
 - 4/1
 - House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
 -      House Requests Senate Recede
 -      Conference Committee Appointed ...
 -      Delegates Rosenberg, Conaway, and Frank
 - 4/3
 - Conference Committee Report Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (89-49)
 - 4/4
 - Passed Enrolled
 
Senate Action
- 3/22
 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
 - 4/4
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
 - 4/1
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/2
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (34-13)
 -      Senate Refuses to Recede
 -      Conference Committee Appointed ...
 -      Senators Raskin, Gladden, and Mooney
 - 4/4
 - Conference Committee Report Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (33-14)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 5/13
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 431
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
 - Death Penalty
 - Hearings
 - Reports
 - Sentences -see also- Death Penalty
 - Sunset
 
Bill affects the following Statute:
-   Correctional Services
 - (
 3-910 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
 House 
- Number: 283826/01     Offered on: March 24, 2008      at:
2:37 p.m.      Status: Rejected
 - Number: 393925/01     Offered on: March 24, 2008      at:
2:29 p.m.      Status: Rejected
 - Number: 502018/01     Offered on: March 22, 2008      at:
11:59 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 - Number: 543427/01     Offered on: March 24, 2008      at:
2:55 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 - Number: 823429/01     Offered on: March 24, 2008      at:
2:35 p.m.      Status: Rejected
 
Senate
- Number: 278674/01     Offered on: April 4, 2008       at:
12:22 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Conference Committee Documents (Displayed in PDF Format):
 
- Report Number: 133220/1      Offered on: April 7, 2008       at:
7:47 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 - Amendment Number: 783125/1      Offered on: April 7, 2008       at:
7:47 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- March 20, 2008: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) {393925/1 Rejected  (49-85)
 - March 20, 2008: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) {823429/1 Rejected  (46-87)
 - March 20, 2008: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) Rejected  (45-85)
 - March 20, 2008: Floor Amendment (Sophocleus) Rejected  (53-79)
 - March 21, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (91-47)
 - April 3, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (89-49)
 
Senate
- April 2, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (34-13)
 - April 4, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (33-14)