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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0758* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 758 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E2 2lr2115 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 2lr3016 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senators Hayes, McCray, and Carter |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | |
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| 18 | 18 | | Criminal Procedure – Live Video Streaming of Public Proceedings 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | (The Judicial Transparency Act 2.0) 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the court to make available to the public live video streaming 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | of all public proceedings for criminal cases involving a crime of violence; prohibiting 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | a certain live video streaming from depicting a jury or certain victim; and generally 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | relating to live video streaming of certain court proceedings. 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – Criminal Procedure 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 1–201 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | |
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| 35 | 35 | | Article – Criminal Procedure 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 1–201. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (a) (1) Except as provided in [subsection] SUBSECTIONS (b) AND (C) of this 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | section, a person may not record or broadcast any criminal matter, including a trial, 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | hearing, motion, or argument, that is held in trial court or before a grand jury. 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) This prohibition applies to the use of television, radio, and photographic 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | or recording equipment. 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to the use of electronic or 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | photographic equipment approved by the court: 23 2 SENATE BILL 758 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (1) to take the testimony of a child victim under § 11–303 of this article; 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | [or] 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | |
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| 54 | 54 | | (2) to perpetuate a court record; OR 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (3) TO STREAM LIVE VIDEO IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (C) OF 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | THIS SECTION. 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (c) (1) THE COURT SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUB LIC LIVE VIDEO 6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | STREAMING OF ALL PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS FOR CRIMINAL CASES INVOLVING A 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | CRIME OF VIOLENCE UNDER § 14–101 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE. 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (2) THE FOLLOWING INDIVID UALS MAY NOT BE VISIBLE I N A LIVE 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | VIDEO STREAMING UNDE R THIS SUBSECTION : 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (I) A JUROR; AND 11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (II) AN ALLEGED VICTIM OF A SEXUAL OFFENSE . 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (D) A person who violates this section may be held in contempt of court. 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | October 1, 2022. 15 |
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