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HOUSE BILL 441
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By: Delegate Clippinger
Introduced and read first time: January 20, 2022
Assigned to: Judiciary
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Criminal Procedure – Pretrial Release of Defendant – Notice 2
FOR the purpose of requiring a court and the Office of the State’s Attorney to notify a 3
certain law enforcement agency if a defendant charged with certain crimes is 4
released prior to trial; and generally relating to pretrial release procedures. 5
BY adding to 6
Article – Criminal Procedure 7
Section 5–105 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 10
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12
Article – Criminal Procedure 13
5–105. 14
(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO A DEFENDANT WHO IS CHARGED WITH : 15
(1) MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE; 16
(2) MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE; 17
(3) ATTEMPTED MURDE R IN THE FIRST DEGRE E; 18
(4) ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE ; 19
(5) ROBBERY WITH A DANGE ROUS WEAPON ; OR 20 2 HOUSE BILL 441
(6) ARMED CARJACKING . 1
(B) IF A DEFENDANT IS REL EASED BEFORE TRIAL , THE COURT AND THE 2
OFFICE OF THE STATE’S ATTORNEY SHALL PROVID E NOTICE WITHIN 48 HOURS OF 3
THE RELEASE TO THE L AW ENFORCEMENT AGENC Y THAT ARRESTED THE 4
DEFENDANT . 5
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 6
October 1, 2022. 7