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Criminal Procedure
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  • HB 13 Presentence reports; available to counsel for convicted person.
  • HB 14 Domestic relations cases; witness refusal to answer question on ground that it may self-incriminate.
  • HB 67 Domestic relations cases; witness refusal to answer question on ground that it may self-incriminate.
  • HB 68 Preliminary hearing; district court judge may order witness testimony to be reduced to writing.
  • HB 84 Search warrants, out-of-state; to be honored by State corporation or other entity.
  • HB 100 Assault and battery; penalty when against magistrate.
  • HB 164 Protective orders; authorizes judicial officer to require respondent be subject to GPS monitoring.
  • HB 182 Incarcerated defendant; waiver of payment of interest on fines and costs accrued.
  • HB 183 Expungement of criminal record; allows a person to have his conviction expunged after 10 years.
  • HB 184 Petition to vacate finding of guilt of convicted person; upon discovery of new evidence.
  • HB 203 Wrongful incarceration; definition, compensation.
  • HB 207 Police lineups; establishes a uniform procedure to be used by all law-enforcement agencies.
  • HB 216 Assault and battery against a family or household member; protective order, penalty.
  • HB 231 Interpleader of real estate escrows; suits shall go to district court in event of foreclosure.
  • HB 285 Companion animals; court may include in protective order provisions prohibiting harm.
  • HB 291 Bail decision; specifies court which bond amount or term of recognizance should be appealed.
  • HB 307 Involuntary temporary detention order; hearing after execution.
  • HB 311 Inmates; hospitalization in local correctional facilities.
  • HB 314 DNA data bank; DFS to receive samples of human biological evidence to analyze, etc., results of DNA.
  • HB 453 Protective orders; service of notice by law-enforcement officer.
  • HB 456 Preliminary hearing; admissibility of certificates of analysis at trial.
  • HB 458 Attorney-issued summons; protective orders.
  • HB 489 Concealed weapon and concealed handgun permits; reorganizes existing law.
  • HB 500 Preliminary hearing; admissibility of certificates of analysis at hearing and trial.
  • HB 522 Deferred disposition in criminal cases; allows court to dismiss cases other than Class 4 felonies.
  • HB 563 Decibel level of sound; authorizes a law-enforcement officer to use certain equipment to determine.
  • HB 568 Capital murder; notice to State of expert testimony 60 days before trial.
  • HB 585 VCIN; person who has violated provisions of his post-release supervision to be entered into system.
  • HB 600 Criminal justice training academies; locality may eliminate requirement to contain word training.
  • HB 636 Appeal of bail decision; court is determined based on where initial determination was made, etc.
  • HB 656 Protective orders; authorizes judicial officer require that respondent be subject to GPS monitoring.
  • HB 663 Servicemembers and Veterans Court Act; created, report.
  • HB 681 Jailable offense; discretion of law-enforcement officer to arrest or issue summons therefor.
  • HB 689 FOIA; party whom writ is served must be served a copy of petition prior to filing.
  • HB 690 Criminal background checks; fingerprinting of applicants and employees of public transit services.
  • HB 691 Nolle prosequi; entered only in discretion of court.
  • HB 723 Podiatry; testifying as an expert witness, definition of practice.
  • HB 728 Conditions of release; person arrested for felony released to pretrial services agency if indigent.
  • HB 770 DUI arrests; officer at a medical facility may issue summons for violation thereof, etc.
  • HB 793 Criminal confessions; inadmissible unless videotaped.
  • HB 809 Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; dangerous and vicious dogs.
  • HB 823 District court; expungement of police and court records.
  • HB 824 Melendez-Diaz notice; 6th Amendment rights to be given to an accused who is proceeding pro se.
  • HB 828 Larceny; increases threshold amount of goods that determines petit larceny to grand larceny.
  • HB 829 Expert witnesses; extends application of two evidentiary statutes applicable in certain cases.
  • HB 864 Court-appointed counsel; requires detailed accounting for representation expenses for each charge.
  • HB 870 Concealed handgun permit; removes option for locality to require applicant to submit fingerprints.
  • HB 878 Community-based probation service agency, local; supervise offenders referred from drug courts.
  • HB 903 Threat assessment teams; exempts certain records established at higher educational institutions.
  • HB 904 Animal control officers; magistrate to issue arrest warrant for complaint for felony offense.
  • HB 913 Victims of crime; may visit perpetrator in prison facility.
  • HB 927 Immediate sanction probation program; established.
  • HB 930 Protective orders; allows petitioner to obtain extension of order for no more than two years.
  • HB 931 Protective orders; coordination with other states.
  • HB 946 Financial institutions; method of obtaining records concerning banking and credit cards.
  • HB 979 Exhibits; relieves clerk of notifying defendant of destruction, etc., of evidence used at trial.
  • HB 1049 Mandatory self-identification; identifying self to law-enforcement officer when lawfully detained.
  • HB 1063 Zoning appeals, Board of; fee for filing appeal by person aggrieved by decision, etc.
  • HB 1087 Drug recognition experts; law-enforcement officer be trained by Department of Forensic Science.
  • HB 1113 Abduction or pandering; forfeiture of vehicle when involving a minor.
  • HB 1127 Elected or appointed officials; limit on attorney-issued subpoenas.
  • HB 1134 Marijuana; decriminalizes simple possession thereof, civil penalty.
  • HB 1146 Firearms; possession by certain persons who have had parental rights terminated.
  • HB 1156 Protective orders; minor may petition.
  • HB 1194 Bail; terms set by court on a capias to be honored by magistrate.
  • HB 1195 Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; impanelment.
  • HB 1204 Conservators of the peace, special; authorized to use seal of State. 
  • HB 1208 State attorneys; increase of fees in criminal cases.
  • HB 1216 Public defenders; supplemental compensation.
  • HB 1252 Electronic communication service providers; obtaining records by law-enforcement officers.
  • HB 1253 Release on recognizance; accused shall be released on his own by a judicial officer.
  • HB 1254 DUI arrestee; arresting officer may transfer custody to another officer.
  • HB 1255 Bail bondsman; provided copy of criminal history information.
  • HB 1286 Magistrate; may issue arrest warrants for a felony only if complaint by law-enforcement officer.
  • HB 1338 Interpreters for non-English-speaking persons; compensation.
  • HB 1352 Marijuana field test results; may be given by law-enforcement officer to defendant or guardian.
  • HB 1355 Bifurcated trial; when jury cannot agree on punishment, court shall impanel different jury.
  • HB 1393 Misdemeanors; incarceration options, appointment of counsel or waiver of right.
  • HB 1394 Misdemeanors; appointment of counsel, imposition of penalty of incarceration in certain cases.
  • HJ 129 Public defender; Indigent Defense Commission to study creation of office to serve Montgomery County.