Correctional Services - Participation in an Execution - Exclusions [SB-857]
Providing that the requirements of who must participate in the administration of an execution may not be interpreted to require the attendance or participation of specified persons with specified moral or religious beliefs; etc.
SB-857: Correctional Services - Participation in an Execution - Exclusions
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/14/2011
Death Penalty Repeal [SB-837]
Repealing the death penalty; repealing procedures and requirements related to the death penalty; providing that in specified cases in which the State has filed a notice to seek a sentence of death, the notice shall be considered withdrawn and it shall be considered a notice to seek a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole under specified circumstances; providing that specified persons serving life sentences are not eligible for Patuxent Institution under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-837: Death Penalty Repeal
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/14/2011
Death Penalty Repeal [HB-1075]
Repealing the death penalty; repealing procedures and requirements related to the death penalty; providing that in specified cases in which the State has filed a notice to seek a sentence of death, the notice shall be considered withdrawn and it shall be considered a notice to seek a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole under specified circumstances; providing that specified persons serving life sentences are not eligible for Patuxent Institution under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-1075: Death Penalty Repeal
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
First Reading Judiciary on 02/11/2011
Correctional Services - Participation in an Execution - Exclusions [HB-1074]
Providing that the requirements of who must participate in the administration of an execution may not be interpreted to require the attendance or participation of specified persons with specified moral or religious beliefs; etc.
HB-1074: Correctional Services - Participation in an Execution - Exclusions
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
First Reading Judiciary on 02/11/2011
Maryland Personhood Amendment [HB-1040]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Declaration of Rights to establish that the right not to be deprived of life is vested in all human beings, irrespective of age, health, function, physical dependency, or method of reproduction, from the beginning of their biological development; making technical changes; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection.
HB-1040: Maryland Personhood Amendment
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/25/2011
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Evidence [SB-404]
Providing that a defendant found guilty of murder in the first degree may be sentenced to death under specified circumstances in a case in which the State presents to the court or the jury fingerprint or photographic evidence; altering specified provisions of law to require that specified evidence presented by the State in a death penalty case conclusively links the defendant to the murder; etc.
SB-404: Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Evidence
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/22/2010
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Scientific Evidence [HB-994]
Including scientific evidence among the types of evidence that the State may present to the court or jury in order to sentence a defendant found guilty of murder in the first degree to death.
HB-994: Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Scientific Evidence
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/22/2010
Crimes - Death Penalty - Murder of a Child During a Sexual Offense [HB-306]
Requiring the court or a jury, in determining whether to impose the death penalty in a case in which the defendant is convicted of first degree murder, to first consider whether the victim was a child who was murdered while the defendant was committing or attempting to commit a sexual offense against the child.
HB-306: Crimes - Death Penalty - Murder of a Child During a Sexual Offense
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/22/2010
Maryland Personhood Amendment [HB-1078]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Declaration of Rights to establish that the right not to be deprived of life is vested in all human beings, irrespective of age, health, function, physical dependency, or method of reproduction, from the beginning of their biological development; making technical changes; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.
HB-1078: Maryland Personhood Amendment
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/25/2010
HB-275: Appellate procedure in death penalty cases, provide that death penalty appeals cases have priority over all cases, Secs. 12-3-9, 13A-5-53, 13A-5-55, 13A-5-56, 15-18-80, 15-18-82.1 am'd.
Sponsored by: Rep. Connie Rowe
Read For The Second Time And Placed On The Calendar With 1 Substitute And on 03/12/2020
You have voted HB-275: Appellate procedure in death penalty cases, provide that death penalty appeals cases have priority over all cases, Secs. 12-3-9, 13A-5-53, 13A-5-55, 13A-5-56, 15-18-80, 15-18-82.1 am'd..
SB-200: Appellate procedure in death penalty cases, provide that death penalty appeals cases have priority over all cases, Secs. 12-3-9, 13A-5-53, 13A-5-55, 13A-5-56, 15-18-80, 15-18-82.1 am'd.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Ward
Read For The Second Time And Placed On The Calendar With 1 Substitute And on 02/27/2020
You have voted SB-200: Appellate procedure in death penalty cases, provide that death penalty appeals cases have priority over all cases, Secs. 12-3-9, 13A-5-53, 13A-5-55, 13A-5-56, 15-18-80, 15-18-82.1 am'd..
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Mass Murder (Capital Gazette Shooting Memorial Act) [HB-1322]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; providing that a certain mass murder under certain circumstances constitutes an aggravating circumstance that the court or jury must consider in making a determination as to the imposition of the death penalty; establishing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; etc.
HB-1322: Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Mass Murder (Capital Gazette Shooting Memorial Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2020
SB-170: Capital offenses, mandatory death penalty sentence to any defendant found guilty of murdering an active duty law enforcement officer, Sec. 13A-5-43 am'd.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Dial
Indefinitely Postponed on 05/17/2017
You have voted SB-170: Capital offenses, mandatory death penalty sentence to any defendant found guilty of murdering an active duty law enforcement officer, Sec. 13A-5-43 am'd..
You have voted SB-51: Death penalty repealed, Secs. 13A-5-39, 13A-5-43, 13A-5-44, 15-18-100 am'd; Secs. 13A-5-45 to 13A-5-53, inclusive, 13A-5-55, 13A-5-59, 15-18-80 to 15-18-86, inclusive, repealed.