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Committee advances a package of criminal procedure and technical conformity bills
Summary
In a single committee session members approved a series of largely noncontroversial bills on criminal procedure, expungement, technical conforming changes and insurance assessments; several passed by voice or brief roll call with little debate.
The Judiciary Committee moved multiple bills to a favorable report in a single session alongside longer debates on juvenile-records access and identity-fraud measures.
Among the items the committee approved with limited discussion: Senate Bill 294 (protections for identity of victims of sexual assault or stalking), Senate Bill 320 (expungement/no finding), Senate Bill 447 (conforming child-abuse-record rules to the House bill), Senate Bill 469 (Maryland automobile insurance fund technical amendment), Senate Bill 482 (interference with critical infrastructure), and Senate Bill 540 (technical conforming change regarding home detention monitoring agency promotion restrictions). Counsel described several items as technical or conforming moves, and the clerk conducted roll calls; the chair noted some bills had unanimous or near-unanimous support in committee. The committee also heard amendments on SB 810 but held that bill for further consideration.
Roll-call tallies were announced on the record for the votes taken during the session.
What happens next: Each bill reported favorably will proceed according to normal floor or cross-file procedures; SB 810 was held for one day of follow-up.
