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Committee advances parole commission changes after amendments to restore hearing examiners
Summary
The Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 16, adopting amendments that restore hearing examiners while adding professional qualifications, remove a statutory minimum number of commissioners to lower the fiscal note, and expand certain cases reviewed by commissioners. The motion passed 12–4.
The Judiciary Committee on March 20 voted to advance House Bill 16 with amendments that alter the structure and hiring rules for the Maryland Parole Commission.
Delegate Phillips explained the amendment package, saying the original bill had required a minimum of five commissioners and that removing that requirement ‘‘drove a pretty significant fiscal note’’; the amendment removes that minimum while retaining other reforms to the parole…
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