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Votes at a glance: House Judiciary Committee actions April 2 — concurrences, amendments and favorable reports
Summary
The committee took votes on multiple bills (concurrences, amendments and favorable reports) on April 2; listed below are motions and outcomes recorded in the hearing.
The House Judiciary Committee on April 2 considered a series of bills and motions. The committee took concurrence votes for several House bills amended by the Senate, adopted amendments and gave favorable reports on multiple Senate bills, and adopted conforming amendments to House bills. The committee also held other measures for further work.
Key outcomes from the hearing:
- Concurrences (House bills): - House Bill 315 — Committee concurred in the Senate amendments (motion adopted by voice/hand vote). - House Bill 616 — Committee concurred in the Senate amendments (motion adopted by voice/hand vote). - House Bill 123 — Committee concurred in the Senate amendments (motion adopted by voice/hand vote); amendments added an AFSCME-recommended parole and probation employee to the Maryland Correctional Training Commission.
- Senate Bill 444 — Committee adopted amendment 403,023 (strengthening law-enforcement checks for surrendered firearms) and gave the bill a favorable report as amended.
- Senate Bill 655 / House Bill 966 (AI evidence clinic) — Committee adopted amendment 373,728 (technical/contract language changes) and gave the bill a favorable report; sponsors stated the amendment resolved a fiscal-note concern making the bill fiscally neutral.
- Senate Bill 400 / House Bill 497 — Committee adopted multiple committee and sponsor amendments (amendment packet including 613,720 and other changes), including clarifications on statute-of-limitations language (10-year filing period tied to victim reaching age of majority), and gave Senate Bill 400 a favorable report; conforming amendments were adopted to House Bill 497 and the committee allowed additions by delegates in committee to the House file.
- Senate Bill 585 — Committee adopted the bill to restore retired police officers' prior authority to wear and carry firearms in certain places (a change intended to correct an oversight from earlier legislation) and gave a favorable report.
- House Bill 883 (traffic omnibus) — Held for further consideration due to drafting and policy concerns about criminal-negligence language and potential jail exposure for non‑injury incidents.
Several other conforming amendments were adopted (for example, to align House versions of bills with Senate actions). The chair reminded members to file amendments for measures to be considered in the committee's next voting session.
