Relating To Policing. [HB-278]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requires county police departments and police oversight agencies to collect and report certain data regarding police stops, uses of force, and complaints to the Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division of the Department of the Attorney General. Requires the Division to collect and publish incident-level information and an annual report on the data collected. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
HB-278: Relating To Policing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Reported From Jha (stand. Com. Rep. No. 627) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Fin. on 02/13/2025
Relating To Criminal Justice Reform. [HB-128]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishes factors under which officers may, without warrant, arrest and detain persons for petty misdemeanors and violations. Requires officers to record the factors that justified the warrantless arrest. (HD1)
HB-128: Relating To Criminal Justice Reform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
The Committee On Psm Deferred The Measure. on 03/12/2025
State and Local Government - Sanctuary Policies and Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law (Rachel Morin Act) [HB-85]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing provisions of law prohibiting law enforcement agents from taking certain actions related to an individual's citizenship or immigration status; prohibiting a county or municipality from adopting, enacting, or enforcing a sanctuary policy; requiring a county or municipality to fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities regarding certain individuals unlawfully present in the United States; etc.
HB-85: State and Local Government - Sanctuary Policies and Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law (Rachel Morin Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
Criminal Procedure – District Court Commissioners and False Statements [HB-21]
[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; increasing the penalty for making a certain false statement or report to a certain governmental official or unit from 6 months to up to 3 years imprisonment; and retaining the maximum $500 fine.
HB-21: Criminal Procedure – District Court Commissioners and False Statements
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Addison
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
Criminal Law - Second Degree Assault - Sports Official [SB-112]
[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.
SB-112: Criminal Law - Second Degree Assault - Sports Official
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Hearing 1/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Child Sex Offenders - Prohibition on In-Person Attendance [SB-1145]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring law enforcement agencies and State's Attorneys to notify schools of certain information when a child is arrested for a sexual offense in the third degree; prohibiting a child from in-person attendance at a public school or a nonpublic school that receives State funds if the child has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent of rape or other sexual offenses; and requiring each local school system to provide alternative educational options for children prohibited from in-person attendance under the Act.
SB-1145: Public and Nonpublic Schools - Child Sex Offenders - Prohibition on In-Person Attendance
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 03/27/2024
Criminal Law - Second Degree Assault - Sports Official [HB-1469]
[Sports ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is an official, umpire, referee, or judge officiating at a sporting event; authorizing 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 and is subject to certain penalties.
HB-1469: Criminal Law - Second Degree Assault - Sports Official
Sponsored by: Rep. Stuart Michael Schmidt
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/14/2024
Criminal Procedure - District Court Commissioners and False Statements [HB-1183]
[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; and increasing the penalty for making a certain false statement or report to a certain governmental official or unit from 6 months to up to 3 years imprisonment.
HB-1183: Criminal Procedure - District Court Commissioners and False Statements
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Allen Young
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
Criminal Organizations - Underlying Crime [HB-1063]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "underlying crime" that is applicable to certain prohibitions against participation in criminal organizations.
Criminal Organizations - Criminal Prohibitions, Civil Actions, and Forfeiture [SB-1111]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the statute of limitations for a certain civil action for damages resulting from certain participation in a criminal organization; altering certain definitions of "criminal organization" and "underlying crime"; authorizing the filing of and establishing procedures for a civil action for injunctive relief and damages arising out of certain participation in a criminal organization; and establishing procedures for the forfeiture of property connected to certain participation in a criminal organization.
SB-1111: Criminal Organizations - Criminal Prohibitions, Civil Actions, and Forfeiture
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 03/21/2024
Veterans Affairs - Responses to Arrested Veterans and Veterans in Crisis [SB-887]
[Veterans ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to coordinate with law enforcement agencies to establish a process by which the Department and the First Responders Action Group shall receive certain information about a veteran who was arrested; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill a $2,000,000 appropriation to the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions; and requiring the Commissions, in consultation with the Department, to assess and develop first response practices to veterans in crisis.
SB-887: Veterans Affairs - Responses to Arrested Veterans and Veterans in Crisis
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
Criminal Law - Organized Retail Theft [HB-948]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that multiple thefts committed by the same person in multiple counties under one scheme or continuing course of conduct may be joined and prosecuted in any county in which any one of the thefts occurred; prohibiting one or more persons from committing a series of thefts from retail merchants over a 90-day period with an aggregate value exceeding $1,500; requiring a court to make a finding as to whether a certain crime is organized retail theft under certain circumstances for a certain purpose; etc.
HB-948: Criminal Law - Organized Retail Theft
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Arikan
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/08/2024
Criminal Law - Second Degree Assault - Sports Official [SB-842]
[Sports ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is an official, umpire, referee, or judge officiating at a sporting event; authorizing 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 and is subject to certain penalties.
SB-842: Criminal Law - Second Degree Assault - Sports Official
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/02/2024
Primary and Secondary Education - School Safety and Student Well-Being - Examination of Policies and Funding [SB-756]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety, the State Department of Education, and the Interagency Commission on School Construction by July 1, 2025, and every 2 years thereafter, to review and promulgate guidelines on the state of physical security in schools; altering the amount and uses of annual funding relating to school safety; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $20,000,000 to the Safe Schools Fund to provide grants to local school systems to enhance school safety; etc.
SB-756: Primary and Secondary Education - School Safety and Student Well-Being - Examination of Policies and Funding
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/08/2024
Human Relations - Protections Against Discrimination - Criminal Records [HB-788]
[Crime ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
HB-788: Human Relations - Protections Against Discrimination - Criminal Records
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana M. Fennell
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
Juvenile Law - Reform [SB-744]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
SB-744: Juvenile Law - Reform
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2024
Juvenile Law - Reform [HB-814]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
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; altering certain provisions relating to the Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform and Emerging and Best Practices; etc.
HB-814: Juvenile Law - Reform
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 735 on 05/16/2024
Relating To Arrest By Federal Officers. [SB-3039]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizes law enforcement officers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to effect arrests under the Hawaii Penal Code in limited circumstances.
SB-3039: Relating To Arrest By Federal Officers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald D. Kouchi
Referred To Psm, Jdc. on 01/26/2024
Relating To Arrest By Federal Officers. [HB-2350]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizes law enforcement officers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to effect arrests under the Hawaii Penal Code in limited circumstances.
HB-2350: Relating To Arrest By Federal Officers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott K. Saiki
The Committee(s) On Jha Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 02/14/2024
Firearms - Liability Insurance - Public Wearing and Carrying [HB-430]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Altering the circumstances under which a person is disqualified from possessing a regulated firearm, a rifle, and a shotgun; prohibiting a person from wearing or carrying a firearm under certain circumstances unless the person has obtained certain liability insurance related to wearing and carrying a firearm up to $300,000; providing for the form and issuance of a citation for a violation of the Act; etc.
HB-430: Firearms - Liability Insurance - Public Wearing and Carrying
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/13/2024