HOUSE BILL 656

File Code: Public Safety Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 568

Sponsored By:

Delegates Kramer and W. Miller

Entitled:

Correctional Services - Limitation on Total Number of Diminution Credits - Single Sentence for Crime of Violence

Synopsis:

Providing that a limit on the deduction from a term of confinement that a specified inmate may earn applies to a single sentence as well as to a specified consecutive or concurrent sentence.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

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House Action

2/8

First Reading Judiciary

Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.

Senate Action

No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Benjamin F. Kramer, District 19

Delegate Warren E. Miller, District 9A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Correctional Institutions -see also- Patuxent Institution

Crimes and Punishments -see also- Penalties and Sentnc; etc.

Penalties and Sentences -see also- Death Penalty

Prisoners -see also- Ex-Offenders

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Correctional Services

( 3-701 , 3-704 )

Documents

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Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note: Available

Amendments: None offered