Abuse
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Domestic Violence - Education and Definition of Abuse [SB-900]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to encourage county boards of education to incorporate age-appropriate lessons on domestic violence into a specified curriculum; altering the definition of "abuse" for purposes of specified provisions of law relating to domestic violence to include harassment and malicious destruction of property; and defining harassment and malicious destruction of property.
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Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Applicability [SB-790]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Clarifying that a person who has charge or custody of an animal and who unnecessarily fails to provide the animal with proper air, proper space, proper shelter, or proper protection from the weather is guilty of violating a specified prohibition against abuse or neglect of an animal; and clarifying that a person who intentionally mutilates, intentionally tortures, intentionally cruelly beats, or intentionally cruelly kills an animal is guilty of violating a specified prohibition against aggravated cruelty to animals.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Domestic Violence - Education and Definition of Abuse [HB-803]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to encourage county boards of education to incorporate age-appropriate lessons on domestic violence into a specified curriculum; altering the definition of "abuse" for purposes of specified provisions of law relating to domestic violence to include harassment and malicious destruction of property; and defining harassment and malicious destruction of property.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Animal Abuse Emergency Compensation Fund - Establishment [SB-631]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring specified fines to be remitted to the Animal Abuse Emergency Compensation Fund; establishing the Animal Abuse Emergency Compensation Fund; providing for the uses, purposes, sources of funding, investment of money, and auditing of the Fund; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention (GOCCP) to administer the Fund; providing that the Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing fund not subject to specified provisions of law; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Adult Protective Services Investigations - Completion Time [SB-680]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
Increasing, from 30 days to 60 days, the period of time during which a local department of social services must complete an investigation of a report of abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or financial exploitation when the report does not indicate that an emergency exists.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Animal Abuse - Penalties and Restitution [HB-625]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from committing specified abusive acts involving 10 or more animals; establishing penalties of up to $2,500 or up to 3 years imprisonment for violation of the Act; authorizing a court to order a person convicted or found to have committed a delinquent act to pay restitution to specified entities for expenses incurred as a result of the violation; authorizing a court to order a minor convicted or found deliquent under the Act, the minor's parent, or both to pay specified restitution under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maine 128th Legislature
An Act To Amend the Child Protective Services Statutes [HB-1187]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act To Amend the Child Protective Services Statutes
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Maine 128th Legislature
Resolve, Directing the Maine Commission on Domestic and Sexual Abuse To Study Economic Abuse [HB-1120]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Resolve, Directing the Maine Commission on Domestic and Sexual Abuse To Study Economic Abuse
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Service Animals - Aggravated Cruelty and False Representation [SB-444]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that a person who, except in self-defense, intentionally inflicts bodily harm, permanent disability, or death on a service animal is guilty of the felony of aggravated cruelty to animals; prohibiting a person from making a false statement that an animal is a service animal for specified purposes; providing that a violation of the Act is a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a maximum fine of $500; etc.
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Maine 128th Legislature
An Act Regarding Court Orders for Completion of a Batterers' Intervention Program in Domestic Violence Cases [SB-814]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act Regarding Court Orders for Completion of a Batterers' Intervention Program in Domestic Violence Cases
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Board of Pharmacy - Dispensing of Drugs Containing Controlled Dangerous Substances - Requirements [SB-428]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring, except under specified circumstances, a pharmacist to dispense drugs that contain substances listed in Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, or Schedule V in lockable vials; authorizing the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt specified regulations; requiring the Board to create and make available to pharmacists a statement that educates patients on the potential for abuse and diversion of drugs that contain specified controlled dangerous substances; etc.
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Maine 128th Legislature
An Act To Require Notification When a Temporary Protection from Abuse Order Is Rescinded [SB-581]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
An Act To Require Notification When a Temporary Protection from Abuse Order Is Rescinded
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Business Occupations and Professions - Barber and Cosmetology Professionals - Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Awareness Education [HB-501]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Small Business ]
[Education ]
Requiring specified licensees to complete a specified domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education as a condition of the first renewal for licenses issued by the State Board of Barbers and the State Board of Cosmetologists beginning June 1, 2018, with specified exceptions; specifying that a licensee who completes domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education to comply with a specified continuing education requirement may not be held civilly or criminally liable for specified actions or inactions; etc.
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Maine 128th Legislature
An Act To Enhance Maine's Response to Domestic Violence [HB-525]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
An Act To Enhance Maine's Response to Domestic Violence
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Maine 128th Legislature
Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Review the Laws Governing Domestic Violence [HB-523]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Review the Laws Governing Domestic Violence
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Maine 128th Legislature
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Domestic Violence and Setting Preconviction Bail [SB-511]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Domestic Violence and Setting Preconviction Bail
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Applicability [HB-455]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Clarifying that a person who has charge or custody of an animal and who unnecessarily fails to provide the animal with proper air, proper space, proper shelter, or proper protection from the weather is guilty of violating a specified prohibition against abuse or neglect of an animal; and clarifying that a person who intentionally mutilates, intentionally tortures, intentionally cruelly beats, or intentionally cruelly kills an animal is guilty of violating a specified prohibition against aggravated cruelty to animals.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Board of Pharmacy - Dispensing of Drugs Containing Controlled Dangerous Substances - Requirements [HB-316]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring, except under specified circumstances, a pharmacist to dispense drugs that contain substances listed in Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, or Schedule V in lockable vials; authorizing the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt specified regulations; requiring the Board to create and make available to pharmacists a statement that educates patients on the potential for abuse and diversion of drugs that contain specified controlled dangerous substances; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Adult Protective Services - Investigation - Time Period Increase [HB-256]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
Increasing from 30 days to 60 days the period of time during which a local department of social services, or in Montgomery County the county department of health and human services, must complete an investigation after receiving a report of suspected abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or exploitation of an alleged vulnerable adult.
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Maine 128th Legislature
An Act To Increase the Penalty for Multiple Violations of Protection from Abuse Orders [SB-80]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
An Act To Increase the Penalty for Multiple Violations of Protection from Abuse Orders