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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Education - Reportable Offenses and Prohibited Behavior on School Grounds - Alterations [HB-1265] [Education ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ]
Altering the offenses that constitute "reportable offenses" that a law enforcement agency must report to certain school personnel under certain circumstances; altering certain provisions relating to the provision of notification to certain school personnel of the arrest of a student for a certain reportable offense; requiring the State Department of Education to develop an operational protocol to guide the transmission of reportable offense information; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/18/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Department of Legislative Services - Data Collection - Violent Crimes [HB-1304] [Crime ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Department of State Police to submit certain information collected through the Uniform Crime Reporting Program to the Department of Legislative Services on or before November 30 each year and create a certain work plan; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to submit reports to the Governor and General Assembly on the information required to be collected and the work plan by June 30, 2026.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System - Establishment [HB-1423] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System to study and make recommendations on certain matters involving the disparate treatment of African Americans, Hispanics, and other non-White individuals in the State's criminal justice system and other criminal justice issues in the State; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations on or before September 1, 2026.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Crutchfield Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Education - Reporting Arrests of Students - Alterations [HB-1211] [Education ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ]
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 Juvenile Services Education Program, the State Board of Education, and the State's Attorney; requiring the State's Attorney to notify the Maryland Center for School Safety, the Juvenile Services Education Program, and the State Board of the disposition of the offense; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 03/05/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Cooperation [HB-1188] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [National Security ]
Requiring law enforcement agencies, law enforcement agents, and local detention facilities who take custody of an individual to run a search of the individual in the National Crime Information Center, make a certain notice to federal immigration authorities, and cooperate with federal immigration authorities in regards to certain individuals; and prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or an agency of the State or a unit of local government from adopting, implementing, or enforcing certain policies.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Domestic Violence - Warrantless Arrests and Victims [SB-739] [Crime ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a police officer to arrest a certain person without a warrant if the police officer has probable cause to believe that the person battered another person with whom the person has had a sexual relationship within the past year; and altering the definition of "victim of domestic violence" in provisions relating to a certain domestic violence program to include an individual who has received certain injuries from another individual with whom the individual has had a sexual relationship within the past year.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

School Systems - Reportable Offenses - Alterations [HB-951] [Education ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
Including institutions and programs of higher education in which a student is enrolled as part of a dual enrollment program in the definition of "school system"; adding certain offenses to the list of offenses a law enforcement agency must report to certain school personnel under certain circumstances; requiring law enforcement agencies to notify the State's Attorney if a student is a suspect in an investigation of certain offenses and if the student no longer is a suspect; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/12/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Effect [HB-777] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Establishing that a person who has been granted an expungement shall be determined for all purposes not to have been arrested for, cited for, charged with, or convicted of the underlying offense.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Quotas (Community-Oriented Policing Act) [HB-687] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

City of Salisbury - Fire and Explosive Investigator - Authority [SB-527] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ]
Providing that a City of Salisbury fire and explosive investigator has the same authority as the State Fire Marshal under certain circumstances; authorizing the City of Salisbury Fire Chief to limit the authority of a fire and explosive investigator under the Act; and requiring the City of Salisbury Fire Chief to express the limitation in a written policy.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Law Enforcement Officers - Body-Worn Cameras - Requirements [HB-669] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ]
Authorizing a recording of a body-worn camera worn by a law enforcement officer to be used as evidence in certain proceedings; requiring a custodian to deny inspection of a recording made with the use of a body-worn camera used by a law enforcement officer, subject to certain exceptions; establishing minimum requirements for a body-worn camera policy for a law enforcement agency and the model policy created by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Family Law - Children in Foster Care - Background Information [HB-649] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a child placement agency to provide a background report concerning a child to a foster parent before the foster parent may consent to the placement of the child with the foster parent; and requiring the report to indicate whether the child has had any interaction with a law enforcement agency, including any arrests, been charged with or found guilty of a crime, been a member of or associated with a criminal gang, or been suspended or expelled from school.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/12/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - District Court Commissioners [SB-567] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from issuing an arrest warrant to an individual other than a police officer or a State's Attorney.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor Hearing 2/05 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Safety - Persistent Aerial Surveillance [HB-682] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Drones ] [Criminal Justice ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Prohibiting persistent aerial surveillance by a unit, an agency, or a political subdivision of the State to gather evidence or other information in a criminal investigation, subject to certain exceptions; and defining "persistent aerial surveillance" as the use of aircraft to record video or a concurrent series of images or pictures that when viewed in aggregate depict a person's actions over time.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Real Property - Fraudulent Possession and Unauthorized Lease or Listing - Prohibition and Removal [SB-556] [Real Estate ] [Crime ] [Housing ] [Consumer Protection ] [Property Tax ]
Prohibiting the knowing and willful presentation of certain false documents in order to possess real property; prohibiting a person from leasing to another real property the person does not own or is not authorized to lease and from listing or advertising for sale real property if the person knows the purported seller is not the owner of the property; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Primary and Secondary Education - Definition and Notification of Reportable Offense - Alterations [HB-526] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Altering the definition of "reportable offense" to remove the requirement that the offense occurred off school premises and did not occur at an event sponsored by the school; and requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to report to the local superintendent of schools and school principal for certain decisions made during a certain inquiry of a juvenile offender for certain offenses.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) And Hearing Canceled (judiciary) on 02/12/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Records - Expungement and Maryland Judiciary Case Search (Expungement Reform Act of 2025) [HB-499] [Cannabis ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
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; adding to the list of misdemeanor convictions that a person may expunge under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Maryland Judiciary Case Search from in any way referring to the existence of a charge of possession of cannabis if the conviction was later pardoned by the Governor; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Records – Expungement and Maryland Judiciary Case Search (Expungement Reform Act of 2025) [SB-432] [Cannabis ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
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; adding to the list of misdemeanor convictions that a person may expunge under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Maryland Judiciary Case Search from in any way referring to the existence of a charge of possession of cannabis if the conviction was later pardoned by the Governor; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King Approved By The Governor - Chapter 95 on 04/22/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Second Degree Assault - Sports Official [HB-462] [Sports ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
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.

  

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

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Primary and Secondary Education - Definition and Notification of Reportable Offense - Alterations [SB-386] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Altering the definition of "reportable offense" to remove the requirement that the offense occurred off school premises and did not occur at an event sponsored by the school; and requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to report to the local superintendent of schools and school principal for certain decisions made during a certain inquiry of a juvenile offender for certain offenses.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/10/2025

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