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Judiciary Committee advances a package of bills; several pass on unanimous/near-unanimous votes
Summary
The committee advanced and voted favorably on a batch of judiciary-related bills — ranging from courtroom security and guardianship assistance to transfer-on-death deed changes — and referred one bill to interim study; the session included numerous roll-call tallies recorded on the record.
The Judiciary Committee cleared a slate of bills during its March 18 vote session, adopting amendments and recording roll-call votes on multiple measures.
Key actions included: passage of House Bill 216 (amendment aligning penalties with theft-related crimes); House Bill 281 (childcare-provider background checks); House Bill 338 (statewide jurisdiction/notification for Maryland Capital Police traffic stops, as amended); House Bill 492 (minor drafting correction to courtroom-security language); House Bill 501 (criminal offense by a person in a position of authority); and a package of child-welfare bills that included codifying a guardianship assistance…
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