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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act Regarding the Submission of Documents for Protection from Abuse and Protection from Harassment Cases [HB-1811] [Crime ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
An Act Regarding the Submission of Documents for Protection from Abuse and Protection from Harassment Cases

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Holly Stover Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 05/13/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Support Families by Improving the Court Process for Child Protection Cases [SB-1544] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
An Act to Support Families by Improving the Court Process for Child Protection Cases

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Donna Bailey Carried Over, In The Same Posture, To Any Special Or Regular Session Of The 132nd Legislature, Pursuant To Joint Order Sp 800. on 06/25/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Provide Relocation Assistance to Crime Victims [HB-1598] [Crime ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
An Act to Provide Relocation Assistance to Crime Victims

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Meyer Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 05/27/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Clarify Standards for Defendants' Post-judgment Motions for Relief from Protection from Abuse Orders [HB-1129] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
An Act to Clarify Standards for Defendants' Post-judgment Motions for Relief from Protection from Abuse Orders

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Meyer Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 05/27/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Increase Access to Protection from Abuse Orders by Allowing Children to File Protection from Abuse Orders on Their Own Behalf [SB-950] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Crime ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
An Act to Increase Access to Protection from Abuse Orders by Allowing Children to File Protection from Abuse Orders on Their Own Behalf

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Donna Bailey Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 05/28/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Allow a Motion to Extend a Protection from Abuse Order After Expiration of the Original Order [HB-809] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
An Act to Allow a Motion to Extend a Protection from Abuse Order After Expiration of the Original Order

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Meyer Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 05/21/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Strengthen Maine's Child Protection Laws by Limiting Contact with Violent Offenders [SB-752] [Children and Youth ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ] [Law Enforcement ]
An Act to Strengthen Maine's Child Protection Laws by Limiting Contact with Violent Offenders

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Baldacci Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 04/08/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases [HB-670] [Crime ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rachel Talbot Ross Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 06/17/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act Regarding the Use of Military Protective Orders in Protection from Abuse and Protection from Harassment Proceedings [HB-665] [Military ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Veterans ] [Crime ]
An Act Regarding the Use of Military Protective Orders in Protection from Abuse and Protection from Harassment Proceedings

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Hickman Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 05/21/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Provide a Court Authority to Issue Proximity Restrictions in Protection from Abuse Orders [SB-586] [Crime ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
An Act to Provide a Court Authority to Issue Proximity Restrictions in Protection from Abuse Orders

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Teresa Pierce Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 04/08/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Prekindergarten Savings Account Program - Establishment [HB-1326] [Education ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Prekindergarten Savings Account Program in the State administered by the State Department of Education; providing that the State shall deposit into an account of an eligible student a certain percentage of the per pupil amount of State and local funds for each education program in the resident school district for which the eligible student would be included in the enrollment count; and allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for deposits into an education savings account.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Prenatal substance exposure; care plan [SB-1655] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Mental Health ] [Overdose Prevention ]
Prenatal substance exposure; care plan

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Eva Burch Senate Read Second Time on 02/11/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Information Act - Frivolous, Vexatious, or Abusive Requests - Remedies [HB-806] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Data Privacy ]
Authorizing the custodian of a record to file a certain complaint relating to a Public Information Act request or pattern of requests with the Public Information Act Compliance Board or circuit court; authorizing the Compliance Board to issue a certain order or dismiss a complaint under certain circumstances; authorizing a complainant to appeal a certain decision of the Compliance Board; and authorizing the circuit court to issue a certain order under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. First Reading Health And Government Operations on 01/29/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Safety - Lethality Assessment Protocol [HB-810] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ]
Requiring each law enforcement agency to adopt a policy requiring the use of a lethality assessment protocol; and defining "lethality assessment protocol" as a multiprong validated tool intended for use by law enforcement officers investigating domestically related crime, which uses evidence-based questions to assess certain risk to an individual, and includes offering local resources to an individual in danger of death or injury from an intimate partner.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Vulnerable Adult Victims and Witnesses [HB-677] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Senior Citizens ] [Human Services ] [Disabilities ]
Authorizing the court to admit into evidence in certain criminal proceedings certain out of court statements made by a vulnerable adult victim or witness under certain circumstances and subject to certain requirements.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Lehman Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Information Act - Frivolous, Vexatious, or Abusive Requests - Remedies [SB-554] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Data Privacy ]
Authorizing the custodian of a record to file a certain complaint relating to a Public Information Act request or pattern of requests with the Public Information Act Compliance Board or circuit court; authorizing the Compliance Board to issue a certain order or dismiss a complaint under certain circumstances; authorizing a complainant to appeal a certain decision of the Compliance Board; and authorizing the circuit court to issue a certain order under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 01/30/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable and Senior Adults [HB-604] [Crime ] [Senior Citizens ] [Consumer Protection ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person who is a caregiver to or a family member or household member of an individual from knowingly and willfully obtaining the property of the individual with the intent to deprive the individual of the individual's property if the individual is a vulnerable adult or an individual of at least 68 years of age and the person knows or reasonably should know the individual is a vulnerable adult of at least 68 years of age; and providing certain penalties for a violation of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway Third Reading Passed (45-0) on 04/03/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Adult Protective Services - Investigations and Disclosure of Information [HB-542] [Human Services ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Senior Citizens ] [Crime ]
Authorizing a local department of social services to request assistance from federal law enforcement officers in an investigation relating to an alleged vulnerable adult; and altering certain provisions relating to the disclosure of certain information concerning human services to include adult protective services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Crutchfield Approved By The Governor - Chapter 500 on 05/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable and Senior Adults [SB-466] [Crime ] [Senior Citizens ] [Consumer Protection ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ]
Prohibiting a person who is a caregiver to or a family member or household member of an individual from knowingly and willfully exerting unauthorized control over and obtaining the property of the individual with intent to deprive the individual of the individual's property under certain circumstances; providing penalties for a violation of the Act; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Adult Protective Services - Investigations and Disclosure of Information [SB-347] [Human Services ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Senior Citizens ] [Crime ]
Authorizing a local department of social services to request assistance from federal law enforcement officers in an investigation relating to an alleged vulnerable adult; and altering certain provisions relating to the disclosure of certain information concerning human services to include adult protective services.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love Approved By The Governor - Chapter 499 on 05/13/2025

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