Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Search Warrants [SB-419]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering a provision of law authorizing an application for a search warrant to contain a request authorizing the executing law enforcement officer to enter a building, apartment, premises, place, or thing to be searched without giving notice of the officer's authority or purpose and to require that the application contain known information about the presence of minors, vulnerable adults, and individuals with disabilities who may be present during the execution of the warrant; establishing certain reporting requirements; etc.
SB-419: Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Search Warrants
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing 3/25 At 1:30 P.m. on 03/12/2021
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Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures - Citations [HB-445]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the circumstances under which a police officer is required to charge by citation for certain misdemeanor or local ordinance violations that do not involve serious injury or an immediate health risk; altering the categories of offenses for which a police officer is authorized to charge by citation; altering the circumstances under which a police officer may charge a defendant by citation; adding a citation for an incarcerable crime as a document that may accompany a certain application for requisition; etc.
Primary and Secondary Education - Mental Health Services - Expansion (Counselors Not Cops Act) [HB-496]
[Education ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the membership of the School Safety Subcabinet Advisory Board; requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2023, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $10,000,000 to the Safe Schools Fund to be used for certain purposes related to expanding the availability of school-based mental health services; etc.
HB-496: Primary and Secondary Education - Mental Health Services - Expansion (Counselors Not Cops Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Hearing 2/03 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/21/2021
Public Schools - School Resource Officers and School Security Employees - Revisions [HB-522]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a specialized curriculum for school resource officers and school security employees to include training in certain matters; requiring that beginning on September 1, 2021, a school resource office or school security employee meet certain qualifications; requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to develop a specialized curriculum and offer training to certain supervisors and administrators; requiring a local school system that employs a security employee to establish a certain complaint process; etc.
HB-522: Public Schools - School Resource Officers and School Security Employees - Revisions
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 03/24/2021
Office of the State’s Attorney – Collection and Publication of Prosecutorial Information [HB-502]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each Office of the State's Attorney to collect and disclose certain information relating to prosecutions and office policies to the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services; requiring the Office to determine the manner in which the State's Attorneys transmit and publish certain information; requiring the Office to publish online certain information in a certain manner; etc.
HB-502: Office of the State’s Attorney – Collection and Publication of Prosecutorial Information
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/02/2021
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State Child Welfare System - Reporting [HB-258]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
Altering the contents of a certain report required by the Department of Human Services regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1 each year, to report to the General Assembly and Department of Human Services certain information regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the Department of Education to publish each report on its website within 30 days after submission to the General Assembly; etc.
HB-258: State Child Welfare System - Reporting
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 315 on 05/18/2021
Public Safety - Persistent Aerial Surveillance [HB-159]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Drones ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibiting persistent aerial surveillance by a unit, an agency, or a political subdivision to gather evidence or other information in a criminal investigation; defining "persistent aerial surveillance" as the use of certain aircraft to record video or a concurrent series of images or pictures that when viewed in aggregate depict a person's actions over time; and providing aerial surveillance may be employed under certain circumstances.
HB-159: Public Safety - Persistent Aerial Surveillance
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Hearing 1/19 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/23/2021
Criminal Procedure - Warrants - Issuance [HB-329]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a judicial officer from issuing a warrant to enter a residence for the arrest of a suspect unless the judicial officer finds an independent articulated connection of the suspect to the residence demonstrating a clear and convincing likelihood that the suspect or contraband directly related to the suspect will be located at the residence.
HB-329: Criminal Procedure - Warrants - Issuance
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon S Cardin
Hearing 2/12 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/19/2021
Criminal Law - Second Degree Assault - Sports Official [SB-28]
[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, an umpire, a referee, or a 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 violation of the Act is a misdemeanor with a penalty of up to 10 years in prison or a fine of up to $2,500 or both.
SB-28: Criminal Law - Second Degree Assault - Sports Official
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 1/20 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/28/2021
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Correctional Services - Warrant Apprehension Unit - Transfer [SB-118]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Transferring the Warrant Apprehension Unit of the Division of Parole and Probation in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to the Intelligence and Investigative Division in the Department.
SB-118: Correctional Services - Warrant Apprehension Unit - Transfer
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Hearing 1/14 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/28/2021
SB-1320: As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to issue a citation in lieu of continued custody of a person arrested for a misdemeanor violation of simple possession of a controlled substance, unless the officer determines, based on the person's previous failure to appear in court, that a reasonable likelihood exists that the arrested person will fail to appear in court. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40, Chapter 7.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Kyle
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee on 02/11/2019
You have voted SB-1320: As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to issue a citation in lieu of continued custody of a person arrested for a misdemeanor violation of simple possession of a controlled substance, unless the officer determines, based on the person's previous failure to appear in court, that a reasonable likelihood exists that the arrested person will fail to appear in court. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40, Chapter 7..
SB-587: As enacted, removes certain circumstances in which a citation in lieu of arrest may not be issued; makes various other changes and corrections. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 40, Chapter 7.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Gilmore
Pub. Ch. 316 on 05/13/2019
You have voted SB-587: As enacted, removes certain circumstances in which a citation in lieu of arrest may not be issued; makes various other changes and corrections. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 40, Chapter 7..
HB-1474: As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to issue a citation in lieu of continued custody of a person arrested for a misdemeanor violation of simple possession of a controlled substance, unless the officer determines, based on the person's previous failure to appear in court, that a reasonable likelihood exists that the arrested person will fail to appear in court. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40, Chapter 7.
Sponsored by: Rep. G.A. Hardaway
Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee Of Judiciary on 03/20/2019
You have voted HB-1474: As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to issue a citation in lieu of continued custody of a person arrested for a misdemeanor violation of simple possession of a controlled substance, unless the officer determines, based on the person's previous failure to appear in court, that a reasonable likelihood exists that the arrested person will fail to appear in court. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40, Chapter 7..
Public Safety - SWAT Team Activation and Deployment - Reports [SB-705]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, to develop a standardized format that certain law enforcement agencies shall use in reporting certain data relating to the activation and deployment of certain SWAT teams to the Office and to certain local officials; requiring the Office to submit and publish a certain report; etc.
SB-705: Public Safety - SWAT Team Activation and Deployment - Reports
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/15/2018
Baltimore City - Independent Institutions of Higher Education - Police Force [SB-1241]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing an independent institution of higher education in Baltimore City to establish a campus police force based on a certain memorandum of understanding; authorizing a police officer of a campus police force of an independent institution of higher education in Baltimore City to exercise the powers granted to a peace and police officer only on certain property with certain exceptions; etc.
SB-1241: Baltimore City - Independent Institutions of Higher Education - Police Force
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 03/20/2018
Human Services – State Public Assistance Eligibility – Arrest Warrant [SB-1034]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting an individual from being eligible for public assistance funded by the State under certain programs during a month in which the individual is the subject of an arrest warrant.
SB-1034: Human Services – State Public Assistance Eligibility – Arrest Warrant
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2018
Real Property – Body Attachments – Debt Related to Residential Tenancy [HB-942]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing that, in the case of a debt related to a residential tenancy where the court has entered a judgment in favor of the landlord, an individual arrested on a certain body attachment and taken before the court or a judicial officer of the District Court is entitled to be represented by counsel, including, if the individual is indigent, the Public Defender or a designee of the Public Defender; etc.
HB-942: Real Property – Body Attachments – Debt Related to Residential Tenancy
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/27/2018