Legislation

Title: Courts - Law Enforcement Officer as Witness - Prohibition on Postponement for Inability to Appear
Sponsored by: Delegates Glass, Atterbeary, Moon, and Sanchez
Status: In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Analysis

Synopsis

Prohibiting a court from postponing a trial or hearing for a misdemeanor violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law for which the penalty is a fine not exceeding $500 if a law enforcement officer is a witness unless the law enforcement officer provides at least 1 week's advance notice of the officer's inability to attend and the court promptly notifies the person charged with the violation of the postponement.

Committees

Original:: Judiciary

Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1327 Session: 2016 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2017

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/10/2017 Legislative Date 2/10/2017 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/10/2017 Legislative Date 2/10/2017 Action Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Courts - Law Enforcement Officer as Witness - Prohibition on Postponement for Inability to Appear Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/02/2017 Legislative Date 3/02/2017 Action Hearing canceled Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/06/2017 Legislative Date 3/06/2017 Action Withdrawn by Sponsor Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/10/2017	2/10/2017	First Reading Judiciary
House	2/10/2017	2/10/2017	Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
			Text - First - Courts - Law Enforcement Officer as Witness - Prohibition on Postponement for Inability to Appear
House	3/02/2017	3/02/2017	Hearing canceled
			Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/06/2017	3/06/2017	Withdrawn by Sponsor

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