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Criminal Justice and the 2024 Session
Priorities for 2024
PASSED - HB 0416/SB 134 - Ombudsman for correctional services - This bill would establish a Correctional Ombudsman Unit in the Office of the Attorney General to provide impartial independent oversight of the correctional system. The Unit would be required to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or in relation to individuals confined by the Department. It would also require the Unit to refer matters for criminal charges or disciplinary proceedings as appropriate.
HB 191/ SB 71 - Prevention of Forced Infant Separation - This measure is intended to keep families together by providing women who give birth in prison the option to be transferred to the Prerelease Unit for women to take care of the child. It would also require the Division to allow liberal visitation of parents to their children.
HB 37 - Reentry Services for Women - The bill would establish a Commission on Reentry Services for Women overseen by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to create a comprehensive reentry plan for formerly incarcerated women.
PASSED - SB 620\HB 92 - Resources and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act - This bill would require the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to help inmates access federal Pell Grants to pay for higher education.
HB 118/SB 128 - Geriatric and Medical Parole - This measure would require the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole.
HB 185/SB 132 - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment - This bill would provide a procedure for inmates who are chronically debilitated or incapacitated by a medical or mental health condition, disease, or syndrome as to be physically incapable of presenting a danger to society to be released on medical parole.
SB 635 /HB 0964 - Maryland Fair Chance in Housing Act - Housing continues to be one of the most significant barriers for those transitioning out of prison. This bill will help returning citizens access essential housing when they transition back to the community.
PASSED - HB 814/SB 744 - Juvenile Justice Reform - Clarifications (Various Bills) - Amendments to the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2022 are needed to clarify which children could be referred to adult processes upon arrest and which would remain in the juvenile system
For more information, please contact Criminal Justice Reform Issue Team Lead Candy Clark at CriminalJustice@uulmmd.org.
Subject | Bill Number | XFile Bill Number | Sponsor | Title | Status | Current Location | Priority | Position | Action | Synopsis |
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Fair Chance in Housing | HB0964 | SB0635 | Delegate Boafo | Landlords and Prospective Tenants - Residential Leases - Criminal History Review (Maryland Fair Chance in Housing Act) | Failed-no vote in original committee | Environment and Transportation | x | Support | Altering the number of years of criminal history, from 7 years to 3 years, that are reviewed in a certain reusable tenant screening report; establishing certain prohibitions and limitations on the review and consideration of a prospective tenant's criminal history; and requiring a landlord that denies the lease application of a prospective tenant to provide the individual with a physical document stating with particularity each reason for the denial. | |
Fair Chance in Housing | SB0635 | HB0964 | Senator West | Landlords and Prospective Tenants - Residential Leases - Criminal History Review (Maryland Fair Chance in Housing Act) | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | x | Support | Altering the number of years of criminal history, from 7 years to 3 years, that are reviewed in a certain reusable tenant screening report; establishing certain prohibitions and limitations on the review and consideration of a prospective tenant's criminal history; and requiring a landlord that denies the lease application of a prospective tenant to provide the individual with a physical document stating with particularity each reason for the denial. | |
Geriatric and Medical Parole | HB0118 | SB0128 | Delegate Bartlett | Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | x | Support | Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain incarcerated individuals; and requiring the Commission to report yearly to the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board on the outcomes of certain parole considerations. | |
Geriatric and Medical Parole | SB0128 | HB0118 | Senator Hettleman | Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | x | Support | Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain incarcerated individuals; and requiring the Commission to report yearly to the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board on the outcomes of certain parole considerations. | |
Juvenile Justice Reform | HB0814 | SB0744 | Speaker | Juvenile Law - Reform | Passed Enrolled | Governor | X | Support w/Amendments | Altering certain provisions relating to the Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform and Emerging and Best Practices; altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child of a certain age alleged to have committed a certain offense; altering certain provisions relating to the taking of a child into custody by a law enforcement officer; expanding certain provisions of law relating to the entry onto certain school or other property by, and the education of, certain sex offender registrants; etc. | |
Juvenile Justice Reform | SB0744 | HB0814 | President | Juvenile Law - Reform | Failed-no vote in opposite committee | Judiciary | X | Support w/Amendments | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child of a certain age alleged to have committed a certain offense; altering certain procedures relating to juvenile intake, detention, and probation; requiring the Secretary of Juvenile Services to include certain programs in a certain plan; requiring the State Board of Victim Services to include certain information about filing a certain complaint in a certain pamphlet; repealing certain provisions relating to the State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services; etc. | |
Correctional Ombudsman | HB0297 | SB0134 | Delegate Davis | Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding | Failed-no vote in opposite committee | Judicial Proceedings | X | Support | Establishing the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman; authorizing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board to make a recommendation for the distribution of money from the Performance Incentive Grant Fund to the Office; requiring the Office to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, by the Department of Juvenile Services, or in relation to individuals confined by either department; providing for the confidentiality of certain communications; etc. | |
Correctional Ombudsman | SB0134 | HB0297 | Senator Hettleman | Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding | Passed Enrolled | Governor | X | Support | Establishing the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman; authorizing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board to make a recommendation for the distribution of money from the Performance Incentive Grant Fund to the Office; requiring the Office to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, by the Department of Juvenile Services, or in relation to individuals confined by either Department; providing for the confidentiality of certain communications; etc. | |
Medical Parole | HB0185 | SB0132 | Delegate Bartlett | Correctional Services - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | X | Support | Repealing provisions relating to gubernatorial approval of a decision of the Maryland Parole Commission to grant medical parole to an inmate serving a sentence of life imprisonment. | |
Medical Parole | SB0132 | HB0185 | Senator Carter | Correctional Services – Medical Parole – Life Imprisonment | Failed-no vote in opposite committee | Judiciary | X | Support | Repealing provisions relating to gubernatorial approval of a decision of the Maryland Parole Commission to grant medical parole to an inmate serving a sentence of life imprisonment. | |
Prevention of Forced Infant Separation | HB0191 | SB0071 | Delegate Mireku-North | Correctional Services - Pregnancy and Postpartum Support (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act) | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | X | Support | Requiring the Division of Correction to allow a certain pregnant woman and a certain woman who recently gave birth to transfer to the prerelease unit for women for 1 year following the birth; establishing the Healthy Start Bonding Program to facilitate strong bonds between incarcerated women and their children; and requiring the Division to allow liberal visitation between certain individuals and certain children under certain circumstances. | |
Prevention of Forced Infant Separation | SB0071 | HB0191 | Senator Carter | Correctional Services - Pregnancy and Postpartum Support (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act) | Failed-no vote in opposite committee | Judiciary | X | Support | Requiring the Division of Correction to allow a certain pregnant woman and a certain woman who recently gave birth to transfer to the prerelease unit for women for up to 1 year following the birth; establishing the Healthy Start Bonding Program to facilitate strong bonds between incarcerated women and their children; and requiring the Division to allow liberal visitation between certain individuals and certain children under certain circumstances. | |
Prison Education (REAP) | HB0092 | SB0620 | Delegate Amprey | Resources and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act | Passed Enrolled | Governor | X | Support | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to assist incarcerated individuals in accessing federal Pell Grants for higher education; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to set goals for the number of incarcerated individuals in certain education programs, establish tracking systems relating to the number of incarcerated individuals and their progress in certain education programs, and forward certain data to the Maryland Higher Education Commission; etc. | |
Prison Education (REAP) | SB0620 | HB0092 | Senator Carter | Resources and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act | Returned Passed | Governor | X | Support | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to assist incarcerated individuals in accessing federal Pell Grants for higher education; requiring the Department to set goals for the number of incarcerated individuals in certain education programs, establish tracking systems relating to the number of incarcerated individuals and their progress in certain education programs, and forward certain data to the Maryland Higher Education Commission; etc. | |
Reentry Services for Women | HB0037 | Delegate Bartlett | Services for Formerly Incarcerated Women - Commission and Pilot Program - Establishment | Failed-no vote in opposite committee | Judicial Proceedings | X | Support | Establishing the Commission on Services for Formerly Incarcerated Women overseen by the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to create a comprehensive plan for services for formerly incarcerated women; requiring the Commission to study the challenges faced by formerly incarcerated women, identify existing services and service gaps, and report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly by June 30, 2025; and establishing the Pilot Program for Formerly Incarcerated Women. | ||
Automatic Voter Registration | HB0627 | Delegate Wilkins | Election Law - Automatic Voter Registration - State Correctional Facilities | Failed-no vote in opposite committee | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support | Altering the definitions of 'automatic voter registration agency' and 'applicable transaction' for the purpose of designating the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services as an automatic voter registration agency and requiring the Department to register qualified individuals to vote when they are released from confinement at a State correctional facility; and requiring the Department to implement an automatic voter registration system on or before January 1, 2025. | |||
Motion for Reduction of Sentence | HB0317 | SB0318 | Delegate Williams | Criminal Procedure - Postconviction Review - Motion for Reduction of Sentence | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Support | Authorizing a State's Attorney to file a motion for a reduction of sentence at any time during the period of active incarceration recommending a lesser sentence if it is in the interest of justice; authorizing an individual to file a response within 60 days after the filing of a motion to provide any additional information for the court to consider; requiring the court to hold a timely hearing on the motion; authorizing the court to consider certain factors when determining whether to reduce a certain sentence; etc. | ||
Motion for Reduction of Sentence | SB0318 | HB0317 | Senator West | Criminal Procedure - Postconviction Review - Motion for Reduction of Sentence | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Authorizing a State's Attorney to file a motion for a reduction of sentence at any time during the period of active incarceration recommending a lesser sentence if it is in the interest of justice; authorizing an individual to file a response within 60 days after the filing of a motion to provide any additional information for the court to consider; requiring the court to hold a timely hearing on the motion; authorizing the court to consider certain factors when determining whether to reduce a certain sentence; etc. | ||
Prison Education | HB0209 | SB0623 | Delegate Amprey | Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission | Returned Passed | Governor | Support | Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission to develop recommendations relating to education and its impact on the criminal justice system; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 1, 2025, and a final report by January 1, 2026. | ||
Prison Education | SB0623 | HB0209 | Senator Carter | Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission | Returned Passed | Governor | Support | Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission to develop recommendations relating to education and its impact on the criminal justice system; and requiring the Commission to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an interim report of its findings and recommendations by June 1, 2025, and a final report of its findings and recommendations by January 1, 2026. | ||
Re-entry Services for previously imprisoned | HB0061 | SB0720 | Delegate Taveras | Correctional Services - Formerly Incarcerated Individuals and Individuals on Probation - Re-Entry Services | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Support | Establishing a program within the Division of Correction that provides formerly incarcerated individuals and individuals on probation with certain services; requiring the facility that administers the program to be located in Prince George's County; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter an appropriation of $3,000,000 for the program. | ||
Re-entry Services for previously imprisoned | SB0720 | HB0061 | Senator Benson | Correctional Services - Formerly Incarcerated Individuals and Individuals on Probation - Re-Entry Services | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Establishing a program within the Division of Correction that provides formerly incarcerated individuals and individuals on probation with certain services; requiring the facility that administers the program to be located in Prince George's County; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter an appropriation of $3,000,000 for the program. | ||
Crime of Violence-auto theft | HB0059 | Delegate Mangione | Crimes of Violence - Motor Vehicle Theft | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Oppose | Designating motor vehicle theft as a certain crime of violence. | |||
Death Penalty | HB0087 | Delegate Mangione | Criminal Law - Death Penalty | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Oppose | Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; and establishing certain procedures relating to custody, warrant of execution, incompetency, method of execution, witnesses, certificate, disposition of body, notice, trial, sentencing, review, and appeal in relation to imposition of the death penalty. | |||
Juvenile Justice Reform Repeal | HB0319 | SB0052 | Delegate Kipke | Juvenile Justice Restoration Act of 2024 | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Oppose | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to establish that the juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction over a child who is at least 10 years old alleged to have committed a crime involving the use or possession of a firearm; and altering a certain provision of law authorizing a law enforcement officer to conduct an otherwise lawful custodial interrogation of a child if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian consents to the custodial interrogation of the child without the child's consultation with an attorney. | ||
Juvenile Justice Reform Repeal | SB0052 | HB0319 | Senator Folden | Juvenile Justice Restoration Act of 2024 | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Oppose | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to establish that the juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction over a child who is at least 10 years old alleged to have committed a crime involving the use or possession of a firearm; and altering a certain provision of law authorizing a law enforcement officer to conduct an otherwise lawful custodial interrogation of a child if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian consents to the custodial interrogation of the child without the child's consultation with an attorney. | ||
Juvenile Justice-Jurisdiction - Age of Child | HB0134 | Delegate Mangione | Juvenile Law - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction - Age of Child | Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn | Oppose | Altering the age, from 13 years old to 11 years old, at which a certain child is subject to the exclusive original jurisdiction of the juvenile court. | ||||
Juvenile questioning-crime involving firearm | HB1248 | SB0326 | Delegate Metzgar | Juvenile Law - Questioning of a Juvenile - Crime of Violence or Crime Involving a Firearm | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Oppose | Providing that a law enforcement officer may conduct a certain interrogation of a child if probable cause exists for the law enforcement officer to believe that the child committed a certain crime of violence or a crime involving a firearm and the law enforcement officer has made an effort reasonably calculated to give actual notice to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian that the child will be interrogated. | ||
Juvenile questioning-crime involving firearm | SB0326 | HB1248 | Senator Carozza | Juvenile Law - Questioning of a Juvenile - Crime of Violence or Crime Involving a Firearm | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Oppose | Providing that a law enforcement officer may conduct a certain interrogation of a child if probable cause exists for the law enforcement officer to believe that the child committed a certain crime of violence or a crime involving a firearm and the law enforcement officer has made an effort reasonably calculated to give actual notice to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian that the child will be interrogated. | ||
Police Admin Charges-time limit | HB0188 | Delegate Cardin | Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges | Failed-no vote in opposite committee | Judicial Proceedings | Oppose | Altering a requirement for a law enforcement agency to file administrative charges relating to alleged police officer misconduct that is required to be reviewed by an administrative charging committee within 1 year and 1 day after a complaint is filed; requiring an administrative charging committee or law enforcement agency to file any administrative charges for alleged police officer misconduct that reasonably appears to be the subject of a criminal investigation within a certain period of time; etc. | |||
Safe Communities Act | HB0310 | SB0044 | Delegate Buckel | Safe Communities Act of 2024 | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Oppose | Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiting a deduction of diminution credits of more than 10% of an incarcerated individual's aggregate sentence for crimes of violence for an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; etc. | ||
Safe Communities Act | SB0044 | HB0310 | Senator Folden | Safe Communities Act of 2024 | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Oppose | Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiting a deduction of diminution credits of more than 10% of an incarcerated individual's aggregate sentence for crimes of violence for an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; etc. | ||
Anti-Discrimination - Criminal Records | HB0788 | Delegate Alston | Human Relations - Protections Against Discrimination - Criminal Records | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's criminal record in public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons; establishing certain exceptions to certain prohibitions established under the Act; and establishing that certain crimes are not included in the definition of 'criminal record' for the purposes of certain provisions prohibiting discrimination. | ||||
Apprenticeships-Public Safety | HB0597 | SB0470 | Speaker | Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act | Returned Passed | Governor | Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; altering the eligibility criteria and the types of grants to be awarded under the Program; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop certain mental health wellness policies to be implemented in certain law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities; etc. | |||
Apprenticeships-Public Safety | SB0470 | HB0597 | President | Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act | Returned Passed | Governor | Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; altering the eligibility criteria and the types of grants to be awarded under the Program; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop certain mental health wellness policies to be implemented in certain law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities; etc. | |||
Automatic Expungement | HB0658 | SB0602 | Delegate Moon | Criminal Procedure – Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024) | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain clean slate eligible charges; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to submit a report semiannually detailing the progress and outcomes of the automated expungement process during the preceding 6 months; etc. | |||
Automatic Expungement | SB0602 | HB0658 | Senator McKay | Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024) | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain clean slate eligible charges; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to submit a report semiannually detailing the progress and outcomes of the automated expungement process during the preceding 6 months; etc. | |||
Bail Bonds | SB0687 | Senator Smith | Criminal Procedure - Bail Bonds - Seventh Judicial Circuit | Returned Passed | Governor | Repealing certain provisions of law relating to bail bonds in the Seventh Judicial Circuit. | ||||
Community-Oriented Policing | HB0006 | Delegate Grammer | Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Quotas (Community-Oriented Policing Act) | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Altering a prohibition against using the number of arrests made, investigations conducted, citations issued, or warrants served or executed by a law enforcement officer as a criterion for the evaluation, compensation, discipline, promotion, demotion, dismissal, or transfer of the officer; and prohibiting law enforcement agencies from requiring, suggesting, requesting, or directing an officer to act for the purpose of increasing the number of investigations, warrants served or executed, or citations or arrests delivered. | ||||
Correctional Services Apprenticeships | HB0536 | Delegate Mireku-North | Correctional Services Apprenticeship Start–Up Grant Program – Establishment | Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters; Withdrawn | Establishing the Correctional Services Apprenticeship Start-Up Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide high school students and individuals interested in changing careers opportunities to begin a career within correctional services, to develop a cohort of individuals qualified to work in correctional services, and to encourage correctional facilities to hire interns; establishing requirements for sponsors, employers, and apprentices participating in a correctional services apprenticeship program; etc. | |||||
Corrections-Segregated Housing | HB1144 | SB1085 | Delegate Phillips | Corrections - Segregated Housing - Limitations | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Altering a reporting requirement for correctional units relating to restrictive housing; requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; and establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of segregated housing. | |||
Corrections-Segregated Housing | SB1085 | HB1144 | Senator Washington, M. | Corrections - Segregated Housing - Limitations | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Altering a reporting requirement for correctional units relating to restrictive housing; requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; and establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of segregated housing. | |||
Costs of Inmate Telephone Calls | HB1366 | SB0948 | Delegate Roberson | State Correctional Facilities – Incarcerated Individuals – Costs of Telephone Communications | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Providing that a State correctional facility is responsible for the payment of costs charged by a telephone service provider under certain circumstances; providing that a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider may not charge an incarcerated individual or a third party under certain circumstances; and providing that an incarcerated individual's access to or use of telephone equipment and telephone services may not supplant time that the incarcerated individual is entitled to in-person visitation. | |||
Costs of Inmate Telephone Calls | SB0948 | HB1366 | Senator Waldstreicher | State Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals - Costs of Telephone Communications | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Providing that a State correctional facility is responsible for the payment of costs charged by a telephone service provider under certain circumstances; providing that a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider may not charge an incarcerated individual or a third party under certain circumstances; and providing that an incarcerated individual's access to or use of telephone equipment and telephone services may not supplant time that the incarcerated individual is entitled to in-person visitation. | |||
DJS - Report on Shootings | SB0652 | Senator McCray | Department of Juvenile Services – Report on Shootings (Department of Juvenile Services Transparency Act of 2024) | Returned Passed | Governor | Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to report to the Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform and Emerging and Best Practices and the General Assembly, on or before December 1, 2024, and each December 1 thereafter, certain information regarding shootings of and by juveniles under the supervision of the Department and the actions the Department took after the shooting incidents, including the timeline of the actions. | ||||
Deaths in Custody Oversight Board | HB0565 | SB0036 | Delegate Simmons | Correctional Services - Investigation of Suspected Homicide - Reporting | Returned Passed | Governor | Requiring the Department of State Police to investigate any death of an incarcerated individual suspected to be a homicide that occurs while the individual is in the custody of the Division of Correction whether within or outside a correctional facility; and requiring the Department, by December 31 each year, to report to the Governor and the General Assembly the number of investigations completed and the number of cases referred by the Department for prosecution for the preceding calendar year. | |||
Deaths in Custody Oversight Board | SB0036 | HB0565 | Senator Benson | Correctional Services - Investigation of Suspected Homicide - Reporting | Returned Passed | Governor | Requiring the Department of State Police, on or before December 31 each year, to post on its website and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report detailing, for the preceeding calendar year, the number of investigations completed by the Department of deaths of incarcerated individuals suspected to be homicides that occur while the incarcerated individuals are in the custody of the Division of Correction and the number of cases referred to the Department for prosecution following an investigation. | |||
Dimuntion Credits-1st Degree Sex Off. | HB0301 | Delegate Embry | Correctional Services - Diminution of a Term of Confinement - First-Degree Rape and First-Degree Sexual Offense (Pava Marie LaPere Act) | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Prohibiting an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for first degree rape or first degree sexual offense as first degree sexual offense existed prior to October 1, 2017, from being entitled to diminution of the incarcerated individual's term of confinement. | ||||
Expanded Reentry Services | HB1037 | SB1036 | Delegate Taylor | Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment | Passed Enrolled | Governor | Establishing the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services to identify reentry services in the State, develop a plan to establish a new division within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, and develop a plan to expand certain services for individuals after release from incarceration; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025. | |||
Expanded Reentry Services | SB1036 | HB1037 | Senator West | Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment | Returned Passed | Governor | Establishing the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025. | |||
Expungement-DUI | HB0867 | SB0118 | Delegate Alston | Criminal Procedure - Expungement and Shielding - Probation Before Judgment for Driving While Impaired or Under the Influence | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of certain records relating to a probation before judgment for driving while impaired or driving while under the influence; and authorizing a certain person to petition the court to shield certain records relating to a probation before judgment for driving while impaired or driving while under the influence. | |||
Expungement-DUI | SB0118 | HB0867 | Senator Muse | Drunk Driving Offenses - Expungement and the Ignition Interlock System Program | Failed-different versions passed each chamber | House Floor | Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of certain records relating to a probation before judgment for driving while impaired or driving while under the influence; and requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require certain persons who are convicted of, or granted certain probation for, certain drunk driving offenses to participate in the Ignition Interlock System Program for certain periods of time. | |||
Expungement-Definitions | HB0268 | Delegate Grammer | Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Definitions | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Altering certain definitions of 'expunge' and 'expungement'. | ||||
Expungement-Disclosure | HB0269 | Delegate Grammer | Criminal Procedure - Disclosure of Expunged Records - Alterations | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Clarifying that refusal by a person to disclose information about criminal charges that have been expunged may not be the sole reason for a unit, an official, or an employee of the State or political subdivision of the State to deny the person's application for a license, permit, registration, or governmental service or for an educational institution to expel or refuse to admit the person. | ||||
Expungement-Failure to Obey Court | HB0270 | Delegate Grammer | Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Failure to Obey a Court Order to Report to Confinement | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Authorizing a person to file for a petition for expungement of a conviction of failure to obey a court order to report to a place of confinement. | ||||
Expungement-Good Cause | HB0523 | Delegate Ruff | Criminal Procedure – Expungement of Records – Good Cause | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Authorizing a court to grant a petition for expungement of records relating to a certain conviction at any time on a showing of good cause. | ||||
Expungement-Good Cause | SB1030 | Senator Carter | Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Good Cause | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Authorizing a court to grant a petition for expungement of records relating to a certain conviction at any time on a showing of good cause; and specifying certain criteria for consideration of expungement for good cause. | ||||
Expungement-Sentence Completion | HB0073 | SB0454 | Delegate Bartlett | Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Completion of Sentence | Failed-no vote in opposite committee | Judicial Proceedings | Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; and requiring a court to determine that a person seeking a certain expungement has paid restitution ordered by the court or does not have the ability to pay. | |||
Expungement-Sentence Completion | SB0454 | HB0073 | Senator Carter | Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Completion of Sentence | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence. | |||
Hate Crimes - Law Enforcement Officers | SB0609 | Senator Folden | Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Law Enforcement Officers | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Including law enforcement officers within the scope of certain prohibitions against committing certain crimes against certain persons, damaging certain property of certain persons, burning certain objects, and damaging certain buildings with which certain persons or groups have contacts or associations or under circumstances exhibiting animosity against a certain person or group. | ||||
Incarcerated Seniors-Sentence Reduction | SB0389 | Senator West | Criminal Procedure - Incarcerated Seniors - Motion to Reduce the Duration of a Sentence | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Authorizing an individual who is at least 60 years old and has been imprisoned for at least 20 years to file a motion to reduce the duration of the individual's sentence; requiring the court to conduct a hearing on a motion to reduce the duration of a sentence, unless the court has held a hearing on a similar motion in the preceding 5 years; and requiring a court to consider certain factors in determining whether to grant a motion to reduce the duration of a sentence and to issue its decision in writing or on the record in open court. | ||||
Inmate Employment - Agricultural | HB0094 | SB0187 | Delegate Pasteur | Correctional Services - Inmate Employment - Agricultural Work | Returned Passed | Governor | Repealing the authority of the Division of Correction to arrange for inmates not needed or being used by the State Highway Administration to perform emergency road work to be employed in agricultural work during any part of the year at a camp in Queen Anne's County or any other county with a similar camp. | |||
Inmate Employment - Agricultural | SB0187 | HB0094 | Senator Sydnor | Correctional Services - Inmate Employment - Agricultural Work | Returned Passed | Governor | Repealing the authority of the Division of Correction to arrange for inmates not needed or being used by the State Highway Administration to perform emergency road work to be employed in agricultural work during any part of the year at a camp in Queen Anne's County or any other county with a similar camp. | |||
Inmate Voting | HB1022 | Delegate Wilkins | Election Law - Incarcerated Individuals - Voting Eligibility and Access (Voting Rights for All Act) | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Establishing requirements regarding the provision of ballot drop boxes and information related to voting to eligible voters by correctional facilities and the State Board of Elections; establishing a Voting Rights Ombudsman for Incarcerated Individuals; altering the circumstances under which an individual is not qualified to be a registered voter for the purpose of allowing individuals convicted of a felony and serving a court-ordered sentence of imprisonment for the conviction to register to vote; etc. | ||||
Interrogation of Minor | HB0169 | Delegate Acevero | Custodial Interrogation of Minors - Admissibility of Statements | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Establishing a certain rebuttable presumption that a statement made by a minor during a custodial interrogation is involuntary and is inadmissible in a juvenile or criminal proceeding against the minor if the law enforcement officer intentionally used information known by the officer to be false in order to elicit the statement. | ||||
Juvenile Complaints to States Attorney | HB0322 | Delegate Attar | Juvenile Law - Complaints - Forwarding to State's Attorney | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Repealing an exception to the requirement that a complaint that alleges the commission of an act by a child that would be a felony if committed by an adult must be forwarded to the State's Attorney under certain circumstances. | ||||
Juvenile Court Jurisdiction | HB0483 | Delegate Attar | Juvenile Court – Jurisdiction | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Expanding the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to include certain offenses committed by a child who is at least 10 years old. | ||||
Juvenile Couty Jurisdiction | SB0792 | Senator West | Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to establish that the juvenile court has exclusive jurisdiction over a child who is at least 11 years old alleged to have committed a crime of violence or a crime involving the use or possession of a firearm or alleged to have committed any crime if the child has been arrested on two prior occasions. | ||||
Juvenile Crime Reform | HB1437 | Delegate Grammer | Juvenile Law - Juvenile Crime Reform | Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child who is at least 13 years of age alleged to have committed a certain offense; expanding a reporting requirement by the Secretary of Juvenile Services; and expanding a certain provision relating to data collection and analysis by the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services. | |||||
Juvenile Justice - Intake and Probation | SB0094 | Senator Watson | Juvenile Law - Intake and Probation | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Altering provisions of law relating to the juvenile intake process such that certain complaints and case files are required to be forwarded to the State's Attorney under certain circumstances; and altering provisions of law relating to the length of juvenile probationary periods. | ||||
Juvenile Justice-Custodial Interrogation | SB0120 | Senator Watson | Juvenile Law - Custodial Interrogation - Parental Consultation | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Authorizing a child to consult with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian instead of an attorney before a law enforcement officer may conduct a custodial interrogation of the child. | ||||
Juvenile Justice-Electronic Harassment | HB0031 | Delegate Cardin | Juvenile Law - Electronic Harassment and Bullying - Inquiry by Intake Officer | Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn | Requiring a Department of Juvenile Services intake officer to forward a complaint that alleges a violation involving the misuse of electronic communication or interactive computer service and a related case file to the State's Attorney under certain circumstances. | |||||
Juvenile Justice-Report of arrest to DSS | SB0195 | Senator Watson | Juveniles - Arrest by Law Enforcement - Report to Local Department of Social Services | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Requiring a law enforcement officer to make a certain report to a local department of social services after a certain arrest of a certain child under the age of 13 for purposes of a neglect investigation. | ||||
Juvenile Police Records-Confidentiality | HB0703 | Delegate Embry | Juvenile Law - Police Record Concerning a Child - Confidentiality Exception | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Authorizing the public disclosure by the Office of the Attorney General of the name and age of a child injured or killed in a police-involved incident as well as photographic or other visual depictions or descriptions of a police-involved incident resulting in the death or injury of a child, subject to the express consent of the child's parent or guardian. | ||||
Juvenile Probation | HB0313 | Delegate Attar | Juvenile Law - Probation | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Repealing certain provisions of law specifying certain limitations on the imposition of juvenile probation; and authorizing the juvenile court to place a child on probation for a term that the court determines is appropriate to ensure that the child is able to complete any necessary services or treatment. | ||||
Juvenile Probation-Technical Violations | HB0314 | Delegate Attar | Juvenile Law – Probation – Technical Violations | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Authorizing the juvenile court to order community detention and take certain other actions in response to a technical violation of probation committed by a child. | ||||
Juvenile interrogations-attorney presence | HB0727 | Delegate Conaway | Juvenile Law - Custodial Interrogation - In-Person Attorney Consultation Requirement | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Requiring that the consultation with an attorney required when a law enforcement officer conducts a custodial interrogation of a child must be in person. | ||||
Mandatory CINS Petition | SB0002 | Senator Carter | Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act) | Failed-different versions passed each chamber | House Floor | Requiring an intake officer to file a petition alleging that a child under the age of 13 years is either delinquent or a child in need of supervision if the child is alleged to have committed an act that results in the death of a victim; and requiring a law enforcement officer to forward a complaint alleging that a child under the age of 13 years committed an act that resulted in the death of a victim to the Department of Juvenile Services for appropriate action. | ||||
No�Knock Warrants | HB0027 | Delegate Acevero | No–Knock Warrants | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Repealing the authority for the issuance and execution of a no-knock search warrant; establishing that a warrant may not authorize an officer to enter a building, apartment, premises or place without first announcing the officer's purpose and authority; specifying that a warrant may be executed only between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.; and requiring an officer executing a search warrant, prior to entering certain areas to be searched, to give reasonable notice to alert any occupants within the officer's authority and purpose. | ||||
Opioid use at detention centers | HB0203 | SB0282 | Chair, Judiciary Committee | Correctional Services - Local Detention Centers - Reporting on Opioid Use Disorder | Failed-no vote in opposite committee | Judicial Proceedings | Altering a certain requirement that the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services annually report to the General Assembly about opioid use disorder among incarcerated individuals in local correctional facilities by repealing certain reporting requirements. | |||
Opioid use at detention centers | SB0282 | HB0203 | Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee | Correctional Services - Local Detention Centers - Reporting on Opioid Use Disorder | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Altering a certain requirement that the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services annually report to the General Assembly about opioid use disorder among incarcerated individuals in local correctional facilities by repealing certain reporting requirements. | |||
Partial Expungement | HB0550 | Delegate Williams | Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Vendor Contracts | Failed-no vote in opposite committee | Judicial Proceedings | Authorizing a person to file a petition for partial expungement for a certain eligible offense even if another charge or conviction arising out of the same incident, transaction, or set of facts is not eligible for expungement; requiring a court to order partial expungement in certain circumstances; and repealing a provision of law prohibiting partial expungement. | ||||
Partial Expungement | SB0011 | Senator Carter | Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and Maryland Judiciary - Information Technology - Partial Expungement | Passed Enrolled | Governor | Prohibiting the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Maryland Judiciary from engaging in any procurement related to the central repository, the judicial case management system, or any successor database that serves the same purpose as the central repository or judicial case management system, including procurement of information technology services, supplies, software, or equipment, that is not compatible with the partial expungement of charges within a unit of charges. | ||||
Police Accountability Boards | HB0533 | SB0621 | Delegate Ruff | County Police Accountability Boards – Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Authorizing the local governing body of a county, including Baltimore City, to authorize its police accountability board to exercise investigatory and subpoena powers; and authorizing a police accountability board to conduct an investigation of police misconduct concurrently with a law enforcement agency investigating the complaint. | |||
Police Accountability Boards | SB0621 | HB0533 | Senator Carter | County Police Accountability Boards - Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Authorizing the local governing body of a county, including Baltimore City, to authorize its police accountability board to exercise investigatory and subpoena powers; and authorizing a police accountability board to conduct an investigation of police misconduct concurrently with a law enforcement agency investigating the complaint. | |||
Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause | SB0606 | Senator Folden | Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Authorizing a police officer who is denied a certain right to apply to the circuit court at a certain time for an order that directs the law enforcement agency to show cause why the right should not be granted. | ||||
Police Discipline-Show Cause | HB0015 | Delegate Cardin | Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Authorizing a police officer who is denied a certain right to apply to the circuit court at a certain time for an order that directs the law enforcement agency to show cause why the right should not be granted. | ||||
Police Discipline-Summary Punishment | SB0607 | Senator Folden | Public Safety - Police Accountability and Discipline - Summary Punishment | Failed-no vote in opposite committee | Judiciary | Authorizing the imposition of certain summary punishment of a police officer for a minor violation of law enforcement agency rules and regulations that does not involve an interaction between the police officer and a member of the public if the facts that constitute the minor violation are not in dispute, the police officer agrees the facts are not in dispute, and the police officer accepts the summary punishment. | ||||
Police Recruitment & Retention | HB0618 | SB0380 | Delegate Munoz | Police Recruitment and Retention Workgroup | Failed-not assigned to opposite standing committee | Rules | Establishing the Police Recruitment and Retention Workgroup to study issues and factors potentially contributing to recruitment challenges and the decline in police officer retention statewide; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 30, 2025. | |||
Police Recruitment & Retention | SB0380 | HB0618 | Senator West | Police Recruitment and Retention Workgroup | Passed Enrolled | Governor | Establishing the Police Recruitment and Retention Workgroup to study issues and factors potentially contributing to recruitment challenges and the decline in police officer retention statewide; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 30, 2025. | |||
Police Training & Standards | SB0256 | Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee | Public Safety - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Revisions | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Altering the membership and duties of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; providing that a law enforcement agency may employ an individual as a police officer for a certain period only if the individual is certified or provisionally certified by the Commission; and altering provisions of law relating to the certification and recertification of police officers. | ||||
Police Wellness Checks | HB0404 | SB0190 | Delegate Woods | Public Safety - Wellness Checks - Requirements (Gabriel's Law) | Passed Enrolled | Governor | Requiring a law enforcement agency or fire, rescue, or emergency medical services entity that receives a certain request for a wellness check of an individual to conduct a wellness check or submit a request for the relevant law enforcement agency or fire, rescue, or emergency medical services entity to conduct a wellness check without unreasonable delay. | |||
Police Wellness Checks | SB0190 | HB0404 | Senator Muse | Law Enforcement - Wellness Checks - Requirements (Gabriel's Law) | Failed-no final vote in opposite chamber | House Floor | Requiring a law enforcement agency that receives a certain request for a wellness check of an individual to conduct a wellness check of the individual within a reasonable amount of time after receiving the request under certain circumstances. | |||
Police-Positive Community Feedback | HB0973 | SB0007 | Delegate Valentine | Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback | Returned Passed | Governor | Adding positive community feedback that was not solicited by the police officer who is the subject of the feedback to the list of records that are not considered personnel records; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop a process for citizens to submit positive community feedback; requiring each law enforcement agency to adopt the uniform citizen positive community feedback process; and requiring a law enforcement agency to maintain a certain record that is subject to public inspection. | |||
Police-Positive Community Feedback | SB0007 | HB0973 | Senator Bailey | Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback | Passed Enrolled | Governor | Adding positive community feedback to the list of records that are not considered personnel records for certain purposes; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop a process for citizens to submit positive community feedback; requiring each law enforcement agency to adopt the uniform citizen positive community feedback process; and requiring a law enforcement agency to maintain a certain record that is subject to public inspection. | |||
Police-Sexual Activities | HB0302 | SB0177 | Delegate Embry | Law Enforcement Officers, Correctional Employees, and Court-Ordered Services Providers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity - Penalties and Registry | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Altering penalties relating to sexual contact between a law enforcement officer, correctional employee, or court-ordered services provider and certain individuals under certain circumstances; increasing the penalties from a misdemeanor to a felony, and on conviction a person is subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years instead of 3 years; and requiring a person convicted of a certain offense to register on a certain sex offender registry. | |||
Police-Sexual Activities | SB0177 | HB0302 | Senator Muse | Law Enforcement Officers, Correctional Employees, and Court-Ordered Services Providers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity - Penalties and Registry | Failed-no final vote in original chamber | Senate Floor | Altering the prohibition against certain sex acts between a law enforcement officer and certain individuals; altering the penalty relating to sexual contact between a law enforcement officer and a person in the custody of the officer by making a violation of the prohibition a felony and imposing a period of imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to $3000 or both; and requiring a person convicted of a certain offense to register on a certain sex offender registry. | |||
Pretrial Detention Facilities | HB0222 | SB0251 | Chair, Judiciary Committee | Correctional Services - Division of Pretrial Detention and Services - Facilities | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 99 | Governor | Altering the composition and authority of the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; altering the authority of the Commissioner of the Division; establishing the Youth Detention Center in the Division; establishing the facility administrator and authorizing assistant facility administrators for the Youth Detention Center; and repealing authorization for the Baltimore City Detention Center. | |||
Pretrial Detention Facilities | SB0251 | HB0222 | Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee | Correctional Services - Division of Pretrial Detention and Services - Facilities | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 100 | Governor | Altering the composition and authority of the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; altering the authority of the Commissioner of the Division; establishing the Youth Detention Center in the Division; establishing the facility administrator and authorizing assistant facility administrators for the Youth Detention Center; and repealing authorization for the Baltimore City Detention Center. | |||
Probation, Parole, and Pretrial Release | HB0474 | Delegate Young | Criminal Procedure - Probation, Parole, and Pretrial Release | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Prohibiting a court from revoking a defendant's pretrial release or finding that a defendant has violated probation, and the Maryland Parole Commission from finding that a parolee has violated parole, based solely on the use of cannabis or a positive cannabis test unless the court or Commission, at the time of ordering pretrial release, makes a finding that the use of cannabis could create a danger to the defendant or others and includes as a condition of pretrial release, probation, or parole that the defendant may not use cannabis. | ||||
Public Safety Answering Point | HB0070 | SB0496 | Delegate Hill | Criminal Law - Interference With a Public Safety Answering Point - Penalties | Failed-no vote in opposite committee | Judicial Proceedings | Prohibiting a person from taking certain actions with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of a public safety answering point; prohibiting a person from taking certain actions that interrupt or impair the functioning of a public safety answering point; and authorizing penalties for certain violations of imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine not to exceed $25,000 or both. | |||
Public Safety Answering Point | SB0496 | HB0070 | Senator Kagan | Criminal Law - Interference With a Public Safety Answering Point - Penalties | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Prohibiting a person from taking certain actions with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of a public safety answering point; prohibiting a person from taking certain actions that interrupt or impair the functioning of a public safety answering point; and authorizing penalties for certain violations of imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine not to exceed $25,000 or both. | |||
Reduction of Sentence after 20 yrs | HB0724 | SB0123 | Delegate Pasteur | Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence if the individual has served at least 20 years of the individuals term of confinement and at least 3 years have passed since the court decided any petition previously filed by the individual for a reduced sentence; and establishing procedures for a proceeding under the Act. | |||
Reduction of Sentence after 20 yrs | SB0123 | HB0724 | Senator Carter | Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence | Failed-no final vote in opposite chamber | House Floor | Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; limiting the number of petitions that an individual may file to two; and establishing procedures for a proceeding under the Act. | |||
Reporting arrest of students | HB0018 | Delegate Long, R. | Education - Reporting Arrests of Students - Alterations | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Requiring a law enforcement agency making an arrest of a student for a reportable offense or an offense related to the student's membership in a criminal organization to report the arrest to the Maryland Center for School Safety, the State Board of Education, and the State's Attorney; requiring the State's Attorney to notify the Maryland Center for School Safety and the State Board of the disposition of the offense; etc. | ||||
Sentencing-transfer to juvenile court | HB0445 | SB0601 | Delegate Simpson | Minors Convicted as Adults - Sentencing - Transfer to Juvenile Court | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judiciary | Establishing a presumption that the sentencing of a minor convicted as an adult should be transferred to the juvenile court, under certain circumstances, and authorizing the court to do so; and requiring the juvenile court to make a juvenile determination under certain circumstances. | |||
Sentencing-transfer to juvenile court | SB0601 | HB0445 | Senator Folden | Minors Convicted as Adults - Sentencing - Transfer to Juvenile Court | Failed-no vote in original committee | Judicial Proceedings | Establishing a presumption that the sentencing of a minor convicted as an adult should be transferred to the juvenile court, under certain circumstances, and authorizing the court to do so; and requiring the juvenile court to make a juvenile determination under certain circumstances. | |||
Time for Filing Administrative Charges | SB0608 | Senator Folden | Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges | Failed-no vote in opposite chamber | House Floor | Altering a requirement for a law enforcement agency to file administrative charges relating to alleged police officer misconduct that is required to be reviewed by an administrative charging committee within 30 days; requiring a law enforcement agency to file any administrative charges arising out of an investigation of alleged police officer misconduct that is not required to be reviewed by an administrative charging committee within 1 year and 1 day after the date that the agency became aware of the incident; etc. | ||||
Victim Rights | HB0115 | SB0004 | Delegate Kaufman | Criminal Procedure - Victims' Rights - Notification of Release From Confinement (Jaycee Webster Victims' Rights Act) | Returned Passed | Governor | Requiring a certain commitment unit to include in a notification given to a victim, victim's representative, or witness regarding the release from confinement of a sentenced defendant or child respondent the telephone number of the Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center. | |||
Victim Rights | SB0004 | HB0115 | Senator Waldstreicher | Criminal Procedure - Victims' Rights - Notification of Release From Confinement (Jaycee Webster Victims' Rights Act) | Failed-no vote in opposite committee | Judiciary | Requiring a certain commitment unit to include in a notification given to a victim, victim's representative, or witness regarding the release from confinement of a sentenced defendant or child respondent the name and telephone number of the lead victim services employee of the State's Attorney's office of the county in which the sentenced defendant or child respondent was prosecuted. |
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