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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 | | *hb1356* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 1356 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E2 5lr2915 |
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| 9 | 9 | | |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates Reilly, Arentz, Arikan, Chisholm, Griffith, Hutchinson, Mangione, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Miller, T. Morgan, Nawrocki, Otto, Pippy, and Rose |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | |
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| 19 | 19 | | Criminal Procedure – Pretrial Release – Bail 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | release of a defendant on personal recognizance or unsecured bail under certain 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | circumstances; authorizing a judge to authorize the pretrial release of a certain 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | defendant on secured bail and certain conditions; and generally relating to pretrial 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | release and bail. 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | BY adding to 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Article – Criminal Procedure 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 5–202(h) 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2018 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | |
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| 36 | 36 | | Article – Criminal Procedure 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5–202. 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (H) (1) A DISTRICT COURT COMMISSIONER MA Y NOT AUTHORIZE THE 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | PRETRIAL RELEASE OF A DEFENDANT ON PERSONAL RECOGNIZ ANCE OR 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | UNSECURED BAIL IF THE DEFENDANT HAS PREVIOUSLY: 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | |
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| 44 | 44 | | (I) BEEN CHARGED WITH COMMITT ING A CRIME FOR WHICH 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | THE DEFENDANT WAS RELEASED ON UNSECURE D BAIL WITHIN THE PREVIOUS 5 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | YEARS; OR 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 1356 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (II) FAILED TO APPEAR IN COURT A S REQUIRED WHILE 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | RELEASED ON UNSECURED BAIL. 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (2) A JUDGE MAY AUTHORIZE THE PRETRIAL RELEASE OF A 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | DEFENDANT DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION O N: 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | |
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| 56 | 56 | | (I) SECURED BAIL; AND 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | |
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| 58 | 58 | | (II) ANY OTHER CONDITIONS THAT WILL REASONABLY ENSURE 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | THAT THE DEFENDANT W ILL NOT FLEE OR POSE A DANGER TO ANOTHER PERSON OR 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | THE COMMUNITY . 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | October 1, 2025. 10 |
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