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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Juveniles Charged as Adults – Confidentiality of Records [HB-11] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ]
Establishing that, pending a determination by a court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a case involving a child whether to transfer its jurisdiction to the juvenile court, provisions of law relating to the confidentiality of juvenile records apply to all police records and court records concerning the child from the time of the child's arrest until a certain event occurs; establishing that, if a case is transferred to the juvenile court, certain provisions of law relating to confidentiality of juvenile records continue to apply; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/08/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session

Relating To Fireworks. [SB-973] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Establishes property owner liability for illegal aerial devices possessed or set off on their property by others. Clarifies that probable cause for arrest for fireworks offenses may be based on statements from witnesses and photographs, video, and other recordings authenticated by witnesses.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jarrett K. Keohokalole Referred To Psm, Jdc. on 01/24/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session

Relating To Fireworks. [SB-268] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Allows probable cause for fireworks offenses to be established from statements from witnesses and photographs, video, and other recordings authenticated by witnesses. Simplifies definitions of aerial device, articles pyrotechnics, consumer fireworks, display fireworks, and fireworks. Establishes offense applicable to property residents for aerial devices possessed or set off on their property by others.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Breene Harimoto Referred To Psm, Jdc. on 01/22/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session

Relating To Fireworks. [HB-89] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
Establishes liability for a person who is responsible for real property and allows an individual to possess or set off illegal aerial devices on the real property. Establishes criminal penalties. Clarifies that probable cause for arrest for fireworks offenses may be based on statements from witnesses and photographs, video, and other recordings. (HB89 CD1)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Roy M. Takumi Act 248, On 07/05/2019 (gov. Msg. No. 1350). on 07/09/2019

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State (Alabama)
Alabama First Special Session 2016

Resisting arrest, arrest only if perpetrator is concurrently arrested for a separate unrelated crime, Sec. 13A-10-41 am'd. [HB-15] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Resisting arrest, arrest only if perpetrator is concurrently arrested for a separate unrelated crime, Sec. 13A-10-41 am'd.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James M. Martin Third Reading Carried Over on 08/25/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Veterans - Medical Marijuana [SB-902] [Cannabis ] [Crime ] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Mental Health ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Health ]
Adding posttraumatic stress disorder under a definition of "debilitating medical condition" for the purposes of specified affirmative defenses to a charge of use or possession of marijuana; establishing a specified affirmative defense for a charge of use or possession of marijuana for a specified qualified veteran patient; establishing a specified written certification for a qualified veteran patient; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/11/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Expungement [SB-741] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
Providing that a person is entitled to expungement of an invalidated arrest warrant for the person's arrest and associated police records; authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement no earlier than 10 years after the person was convicted of a misdemeanor; prohibiting the filing of a petition for expungement based on a probation before judgment earlier than the date the petitioner was discharged from probation; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/24/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Maryland Income Tax Refunds - Eastern Shore Counties - Warrant Intercept Program [SB-729] [Taxes ] [Crime ] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ]
Altering the requirement for the Comptroller to withhold Maryland income tax refunds of specified individuals with outstanding warrants to include residents of the Eastern Shore counties or individuals who have outstanding warrants from an Eastern Shore county; making nonsubstantive changes to specified termination provisions; making conforming changes; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Public Safety - SWAT Teams - Reporting and Limitations [SB-589] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Police Training Commission to adopt a set of standards for the training and deployment of SWAT teams in the State; requiring each law enforcement agency to follow the standards; requiring, on or before April 1, 2017, and on or before April 1 of each following year a law enforcement agency that maintains a SWAT team to report specified information to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention using a specified format; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Seat Belts - Operation of Motor Vehicle While Inmate or Person in Custody Unrestrained - Prohibition [SB-44] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a correctional officer from operating a motor vehicle in which an inmate is an occupant unless the inmate is restrained by a seat belt; prohibiting a law enforcement officer from operating a motor vehicle in which a person in custody is an occupant unless the person in custody is restrained by a seat belt; requiring a specified lap belt and shoulder harness be used under specified circumstances; and establishing specified civil penalties under specified circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/14/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Maryland Income Tax Refunds - Warrant Intercept Program - Statewide [SB-425] [Taxes ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Military ]
Authorizing specified counties to participate, for a specified period of time, in a specified income tax refund withholding program related to individuals with outstanding warrants if the sheriff of the county notifies the Comptroller of the county's intention to participate on or before December 31 of the first taxable year for which the county intends to participate; repealing a specified provision of law that prohibits the program from applying to specified members of the armed forces of the United States; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward R. Reilly Approved By The Governor - Chapter 387 on 05/10/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Maryland Income Tax Refunds - Allegany, Carroll, Cecil, Garrett, and Harford Counties - Warrant Intercept Program [SB-349] [Taxes ] [Crime ] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ]
Altering the requirement for the Comptroller to withhold Maryland income tax refunds of specified individuals with outstanding warrants to include residents of Allegany, Carroll, Cecil, Garrett, and Harford counties or individuals who have outstanding warrants from Allegany, Carroll, Cecil, Garrett and Harford counties; making nonsubstantive changes to specified termination provisions; making conforming changes; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. George C Edwards Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 03/02/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Public Safety - Motorcycle Profiling - Training [SB-233] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Police Training Commission to require a specified statement condemning motorcycle profiling to be included in existing written policies regarding other profiling; requiring the Commission to include in specified curriculum and courses of study training on motorcycle profiling in conjunction with existing training regarding other profiling; and defining the term "motorcycle profiling".

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier Approved By The Governor - Chapter 542 on 05/19/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Baltimore City - Office of the Baltimore City Sheriff - Positions and Grievance Procedures [SB-1059] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Authorizing the Baltimore City Sheriff to appoint specified additional personnel under specified circumstances; increasing a specified annual expense allowance for specified deputy sheriffs; requiring the Baltimore City Sheriff, in consultation with the Baltimore Police Department and the Baltimore City Administration, to report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2016, on the logistics of transferring specified warrant service duties and the best practices employed by other jurisdictions in the service of warrants; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 04/11/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Drugged Driving or Operation of Vessel - Polysubstance Abuse [SB-1039] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Crime ] [Mental Health ] [Public Safety ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Criminal Justice ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Public Health ]
Altering the elements of a specified drug-related driving offense and a specified drug-related operation of a vessel offense; eliminating a specified defense to specified drug-related offenses; increasing specified criminal penalties for specified drug-related offenses; altering specified administrative penalties for specified drug-related driving offenses; requiring a person who is convicted of specified drug-related driving offenses to undergo a mental health assessment and participate in specified programs; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Expungement [HB-956] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
Providing that a person is entitled to expungement of an invalidated arrest warrant for the person's arrest and associated police records; authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement no earlier than 10 years after the person was convicted of a misdemeanor; prohibiting the filing of a petition for expungement based on a probation before judgment earlier than the date the petitioner was discharged from probation; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Public Information Act - Inspection of Records From Body-Worn Digital Recording Devices [HB-947] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Data Privacy ]
Requiring a custodian of records to deny inspection of the part of a recording from a specified body-worn digital recording device worn by a law enforcement officer regarding specified individuals; requiring specified notification of specified individuals under specified circumstances; requiring the Attorney General to adopt specified regulations in consultation with specified groups; requiring a custodian of records to allow inspection of a recording under specified circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway Third Reading Passed (130-8) on 03/21/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Public Safety - District Court Commissioner - Complaints of Police Brutality [HB-876] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a District Court commissioner to take a complaint from an arrested person against a law enforcement officer that alleges brutality related to the arrest in the execution of the law enforcement officer's duties; and providing that a complaint made under the Act shall be sworn to by the complainant and filed by the commissioner in accordance with a specified provision of law.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/07/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Public Safety - Crime Gun Reporting and Analysis [HB-846] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a law enforcement agency to report specified information to the Department of State Police within 24 hours after the seizure or recovery of a firearm relating to a crime, with specified exceptions; requiring the Department, on or before January 31 of each year, to submit to the General Assembly a report and statistical analysis on all firearms relating to a crime recovered in the State during the previous calendar year; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Public Safety - Motorcycle Profiling - Training [HB-785] [Public Safety ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Police Training Commission to require a specified statement condemning motorcycle profiling to be included in existing written policies regarding other profiling; requiring the Commission to include in a specified curriculum and courses of study training on motorcycle profiling in conjunction with existing training regarding other profiling; and defining the term "motorcycle profiling".

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2016

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