Correctional Institutions
Maine 132nd Legislature
An Act to Designate the Warden of the Maine State Prison as Chief Administrative Officer of the Bolduc Correctional Facility [SB-17]
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[Law Enforcement ]
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An Act to Designate the Warden of the Maine State Prison as Chief Administrative Officer of the Bolduc Correctional Facility
Sponsored by: Sen. Anne Beebe-Center
Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Correctional Training Commission - Membership [SB-197]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the membership of the Maryland Correctional Training Commission to include the Director and an employee of the Division of Parole and Probation within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and providing that certain Commission members may serve personally at a Commission meeting or designate a representative from the member's unit or association.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 88 on 04/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Pretrial Detainees - Absentee Ballots [HB-253]
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[Voting Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections or the local boards of elections to automatically send an absentee ballot to each registered voter in pretrial detention in a correctional facility without the voter having to submit an absentee ballot application.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin M. Harris
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [HB-176]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of workplace safety and health of employees of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Scott Solomon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 609 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations [HB-259]
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[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a certain DNA sample to be collected in a certain manner from an individual who is required to register as a sex offender; requiring a DNA sample to be collected by a certain individual or at a certain location under certain circumstances; requiring a custodial agency or correctional facility to ensure a DNA sample is collected in a certain manner; prohibiting a DNA sample from being tested and placed in a certain statewide DNA database system until certain conditions are met; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 91 on 04/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations [SB-202]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a certain DNA sample to be collected in a certain manner from an individual who is required to register as a sex offender; requiring a DNA sample to be collected by a certain individual or at a certain location under certain circumstances; requiring a custodial agency or correctional facility to ensure a DNA sample is collected in a certain manner; prohibiting a DNA sample from being tested and placed in a certain statewide DNA database system until certain conditions are met; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 92 on 04/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [SB-181]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; repealing the authorization for the Governor to disapprove a decision to grant medical parole; requiring the Commission, within 60 days of receiving a name for parole consideration, to conduct a risk assessment for an individual serving sentences for crimes of violence with an aggregate term of confinement of 40 years or more; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 102 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Correctional Training Commission – Membership [HB-123]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the membership of the Maryland Correctional Training Commission to include the Director of the Division of Parole and Probation within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and one employee of the Division recommended by the exclusive representative for the employees of the Division of Parole and Probation and appointed by the Governor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judiciary
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 87 on 04/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [SB-26]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of workplace safety and health of employees of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 608 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals - Costs of Telephone Communications [SB-56]
[Telecommunications ]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider from charging an incarcerated individual or a third party, for an incarcerated individual's use of telephone equipment or telephone services while in the facility; requiring a State correctional facility to pay any costs charged by a telephone service provider; and establishing the Costs of Telephone Communications Advisory Committee to review prison and jail phone call programs and report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [HB-190]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole, including providing for a meeting between the incarcerated individual and the Commission; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by older incarcerated individuals; and requiring the Commission to report yearly to the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board on the outcomes of certain parole considerations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Working Families and Small Businesses Act [HB-1055]
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[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
Working Families and Small Businesses Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary G. Belk
Passed 1st Reading on 05/07/2024
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Investing in North Carolina Act [SB-896]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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Investing in North Carolina Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jay J. Chaudhuri
Passed 1st Reading on 05/06/2024
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Governor's Budget [SB-868]
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Governor's Budget
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Vincent Lee
Withdrawn From Com on 05/07/2024
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Governor's Budget [HB-962]
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Governor's Budget
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary G. Belk
Passed 1st Reading on 05/02/2024
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
GSC Technical Corrections 2024 [HB-917]
GSC Technical Corrections 2024
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Theodore Davis
Withdrawn From Com on 05/30/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Correctional Facilities – Incarcerated Individuals – Costs of Telephone Communications [HB-1366]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a State correctional facility is responsible for the payment of costs charged by a telephone service provider under certain circumstances; providing that a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider may not charge an incarcerated individual or a third party under certain circumstances; and providing that an incarcerated individual's access to or use of telephone equipment and telephone services may not supplant time that the incarcerated individual is entitled to in-person visitation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole A. Williams
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Personnel - Correctional Services - Employee Pay and Benefits [HB-1305]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring that employees of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services supporting a State correctional facility who serve in the classification of lieutenant, captain, major, or case management supervisor or manager receive proportionate pay increases that are otherwise limited to certain bargaining unit employees; and requiring that these employees of the Department receive retention and longevity benefits that are limited to other classifications if the employee would otherwise be eligible for the benefits.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Facilities - Correctional Nursery Program - Establishment [HB-1411]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to establish the Correctional Nursery Program to allow eligible incarcerated individuals and children born to them while in custody to reside together in a correctional facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth A. Howard
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Competency Evaluations and Commitment Orders - Modification [HB-1346]
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[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the procedures related to competency evaluations, including by requiring the Maryland Department of Health, rather than the court, to determine the basis on which a defendant will be examined; altering the definition of "designated health care facility" for the purpose of certain provisions of law governing the commitment of defendants who are found to be incompetent to stand trial; and extending the time period from 10 to 30 business days in which the Department is required to admit defendants who are found to be incompetent to stand trial.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2024