Human Relations - Patterns and Practices of Civil Rights Violations - Remedies [HB-771]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate and initiate a civil action to remedy unlawful patterns or practices committed by certain government officials; providing that the Attorney General shall have subpoena power to support certain investigations; and providing that the Attorney General may obtain equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or practice of certain conduct.
HB-771: Human Relations - Patterns and Practices of Civil Rights Violations - Remedies
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023
Criminal Law - Youth (Youth Accountability and Safety Act) [SB-850]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that a person who was under the age of 25 years at the time of the offense may not be found to have committed murder in the first degree under certain provisions of law.
SB-850: Criminal Law - Youth (Youth Accountability and Safety Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
Correctional Facilities - Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Inmates (Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act) [SB-761]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Commissioner of Correction to report certain information regarding the gender identities of inmates and the housing status of transgender, nonbinary, or intersex inmates; prohibiting an employee of a correctional facility from discriminating against inmates on the basis of certain protected classes; requiring the managing official of a correctional facility to develop a written nondiscrimination policy regarding inmates; etc.
SB-761: Correctional Facilities - Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Inmates (Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
Correctional Services - Pregnancy and Postpartum Support (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act) [SB-759]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Division of Correction to allow a certain pregnant woman and a certain woman who recently gave birth to transfer to the prerelease unit for women for a certain time period; establishing the Healthy Start Bonding Program to facilitate strong bonds between incarcerated women and their children; and requiring the Division to allow liberal visitation between certain individuals and certain children under certain circumstances.
SB-759: Correctional Services - Pregnancy and Postpartum Support (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
Correctional Services - State Correctional Facilities - Unauthorized Operation of Unmanned Aircraft [SB-702]
[Crime ]
[Drones ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from operating or causing the operation of an unmanned aircraft over a State correctional facility unless authorized by the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services or the Secretary's designee; and establishing penalties for a violation of the Act of imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding$1,000 or both.
SB-702: Correctional Services - State Correctional Facilities - Unauthorized Operation of Unmanned Aircraft
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
Human Relations - Patterns and Practices of Civil Rights Violations - Remedies [SB-658]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate and initiate a civil action to remedy unlawful patterns or practices committed by certain government officials; providing that the Attorney General shall have subpoena power to support certain investigations; and providing that the Attorney General may obtain equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or practice of certain conduct.
SB-658: Human Relations - Patterns and Practices of Civil Rights Violations - Remedies
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
Children Charged as Adults - Confinement [SB-704]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing certain provisions requiring a certain court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a certain case involving a child to order the child to be held in a secure juvenile facility pending a certain determination, except under certain circumstances; requiring a certain child to be held in a certain secure juvenile facility while the child is awaiting trial or other legal process, except under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-704: Children Charged as Adults - Confinement
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/27/2023
Funds for Davie County Projects [HB-52]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Funds for Davie County Projects
HB-52: Funds for Davie County Projects
Sponsored by: Rep. Julia C. Howard
Ref To The Com On Appropriations, If Favorable, Rules, Calendar, And Operations Of The House on 02/07/2023
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act) [SB-459]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website.
Correctional Services - Pregnancy and Postpartum Support (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act) [HB-523]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Division of Correction to allow a certain pregnant woman and a certain woman who recently gave birth to transfer to the prerelease unit for women for a certain time period; establishing the Healthy Start Bonding Program to facilitate strong bonds between incarcerated women and their children; and requiring the Division to allow liberal visitation between certain individuals and certain children under certain circumstances.
HB-523: Correctional Services - Pregnancy and Postpartum Support (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Judiciary on 02/01/2023
Correctional Facilities - Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Inmates (Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act) [HB-426]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Commissioner of Correction to report certain information regarding the gender identities of inmates and the housing status of transgender, nonbinary, or intersex inmates; prohibiting an employee of a correctional facility from discriminating against inmates on the basis of certain protected classes; requiring the managing official of a correctional facility to develop a written nondiscrimination policy regarding inmates; etc.
HB-426: Correctional Facilities - Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Inmates (Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2023
Frederick County – Adult Detention Center – Polygraph Examinations of Employees [HB-439]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Exempting individuals who apply for employment or are employed in any capacity that involves direct personal contact with an inmate in the Frederick County Adult Detention Center from the prohibition on employers requiring an employee or a prospective employee to take a polygraph examination or similar test as a condition of prospective or continued employment.
HB-439: Frederick County – Adult Detention Center – Polygraph Examinations of Employees
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2023
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act) [HB-385]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo at least 40 hours of training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website.
Task Force to Assess the Viability for No-Charge Phone Calls for State Incarcerated Individuals (Keeping Families Connected Act of 2023) [SB-257]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Task Force to Assess the Viability for No-Charge Phone Calls for State Incarcerated Individuals; requiring the Task Force to analyze data related to no-charge prison phone call programs in other states, evaluate the projected program cost to the State, and evaluate and make recommendations to allow for no-charge phone calls by individuals confined in State correctional facilities while minimizing financial cost to the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations by December 31, 2023.
SB-257: Task Force to Assess the Viability for No-Charge Phone Calls for State Incarcerated Individuals (Keeping Families Connected Act of 2023)
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Hearing 4/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2023
You have voted SB-257: Task Force to Assess the Viability for No-Charge Phone Calls for State Incarcerated Individuals (Keeping Families Connected Act of 2023).