2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

HB462: Criminal Law - Second Degree Assault - Sports Official

Legislative Summary

Prohibits a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is an official, an umpire, a referee, or a judge officiating at a sporting event; authorizes a police officer to arrest a person without a warrant if the police officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed a certain assault; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor of assault in the second degree and is subject to certain penalties.

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Bill History

1/20/2025
First Reading Judiciary
House of Delegates
1/27/2025
Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/20/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Judiciary(House of Delegates)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/21/202596.6 KB