Legislation

Requiring that an indigent defendant or party may not be provided representation by the Public Defender, a deputy public defender, a district public defender, or an assistant public defender if the representation would violate caseload standards established by the Maryland Attorney and Staff Workload Assessment of 2005; and providing that, subject to funding in the State budget, a specified defendant or party shall be represented by a specified panel attorney.

Committees

Original:: Judicial Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media

Details

Cross-filed with: HB1582

Introduced in a prior session as: SB0646 Session: 2015 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2016

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/18/2016 Legislative Date 2/19/2016 Action First Reading Senate Rules Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/25/2016 Legislative Date 2/25/2016 Action Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/01/2016 Legislative Date 3/01/2016 Action Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
Senate	2/18/2016	2/19/2016	First Reading Senate Rules
Senate	2/25/2016	2/25/2016	Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
Senate	3/01/2016	3/01/2016	Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.

Documents

Date Posted	Document Name
2/19/2016	Text - First - Office of the Public Defender - Caseload Standards

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