2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

SB710: Criminal Law - Motor Vehicle - Criminal Negligence (Sergeant Patrick Keep Act)

Legislative Summary

Prohibiting a person from driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle in a criminally negligent manner; providing that a person acts in a criminally negligent manner when the person should be aware, but fails to perceive, that the person's conduct creates a substantial risk to the safety of other persons or to property and the failure to perceive constitutes a gross deviation from the standards of care that would be exercised by a reasonable person; etc.

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Bill History

1/31/2025
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Senate
2/4/2025
Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate
3/14/2025
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
Senate
3/14/2025
Favorable with Amendments {383629/1 Adopted
Senate
3/14/2025
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Senate
3/17/2025
Third Reading Passed (44-0)
Senate
3/17/2025
Referred Judiciary
House of Delegates
3/19/2025
Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/26/2025
Hearing canceled
House of Delegates
3/26/2025
Hearing 3/26 at 3:15 p.m.
House of Delegates

Amendments

Favorable with Amendments 383629/1 Adopted

Favorable with Amendments 383629/1 Adopted

3/14/2025Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Third Reading Passed
3/17/2025
44
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(3/17/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Judiciary(House of Delegates)

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text3/15/2025102.7 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/31/202585.1 KB
Vote Image
Vote Image1/1/197056.3 KB