Correctional Officers
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Officers - Body-Worn Digital Recording Devices [SB-1046]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing the interception of certain oral communications by a correctional officer with a body-worn digital recording device under certain circumstances and subject to certain requirements; and requiring the Maryland Correctional Training Commission to develop and publish online by January 1, 2026, a certain policy relating to the use of body-worn digital recording devices by a correctional officer.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/01/2025
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Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act) [HB-1222]
[Immigration ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requiring federal law enforcement officers to notify certain individuals of federal immigration action at certain sensitive locations; prohibiting certain schools, libraries, and units of State or local government that operate at certain sensitive locations from allowing certain federal personnel access to areas not accessible to the general public, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the Attorney General to develop and publish certain guidance regarding immigration enforcement actions at certain sensitive locations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 718 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer [HB-1200]
[Property Tax ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to provide a certain property tax credit to certain judicial officers, surviving spouses, or cohabitants; requiring the county or municipal corporation to define, by law, who is a correctional officer and judicial officer; and applying the Act retroactively to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2022.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 129 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Assessment of State Correctional System [HB-1157]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman to engage an independent consultant to perform a comprehensive assessment of the State's correctional system beginning on or before October 1, 2026; altering the items required to be included in a certain annual report of the Office; and requiring the consultant to complete the assessment and provide the Office with a written report of its findings and recommendations by October 1, 2028.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Phillips
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service Credit - Eligibility [HB-1102]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Authorizing certain members and former members of the State Retirement and Pension System to receive credit for certain military service even if the member receives military service credit in another retirement system; and prohibiting an individual from receiving credit more than once.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Griffith
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications [HB-1029]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Healthcare ]
Clarifying the membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain employees of certain Maryland Department of Health facilities; and clarifying that certain participating employees who are appointed, promoted, or transferred are members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System as a condition of employment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 777 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Calvert County Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Collective Bargaining [SB-767]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that full-time deputy sheriffs and correctional deputies at the rank of major and below in the Calvert County Sheriff's Office have the right to organize and negotiate with the County Administrator of Calvert County and the Calvert County Sheriff with regard to certain wages and employee benefits in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 132 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications [SB-768]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Healthcare ]
Clarifying the membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain employees of certain Maryland Department of Health facilities; and clarifying that certain participating employees who are appointed, promoted, or transferred are members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System as a condition of employment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 776 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System – Deferred Vested Former Members – Return to Service [HB-886]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that an individual who, after earning service credit sufficient for a vested allowance in the State Police Retirement System, the Correctional Officers' Retirement System, or the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System, separates from service, and subsequently returns to service in a position in the same system under certain circumstances, is subject to the same requirements to which certain members of the same system are subject.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 770 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing [SB-702]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering a certain definition of restrictive housing; limiting the amount of time that an individual may be placed in restrictive housing from approximately 22 hours to 17 hours in a 24-hour period; requiring all restrictive housing units to create the least restrictive environment necessary for certain purposes; prohibiting the placement of a certain member of a vulnerable population in restrictive housing for any period of time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Higher Education - Scholarships for Correctional Officers [SB-690]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the eligibility criteria for the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program to include correctional officers.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Assessment of State Correctional System [SB-694]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman to engage an independent consultant to perform a comprehensive assessment of the State's correctional system beginning on or before October 1, 2026; altering the items required to be included in a certain annual report of the Office; and requiring the consultant to complete the assessment and provide the Office with a written report of its findings and recommendations by October 1, 2028.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Employee Retirement Income [HB-792]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Increasing, from $15,000 to $20,000, the amount allowed as a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a public safety employee; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Deferred Vested Former Members - Return to Service [SB-612]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that an individual who, after earning service credit sufficient for a vested allowance in the State Police Retirement System, the Correctional Officers' Retirement System, or the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System, separates from service and subsequently returns to service in a position in the same system under certain circumstances is subject to the same requirements to which certain members of the same system are subject.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 771 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer [SB-502]
[Property Tax ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to provide a certain property tax credit to certain judicial officers, surviving spouses, or cohabitants; requiring the county or municipal corporation to define, by law, who is a correctional officer and judicial officer; and applying the Act retroactively to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2022.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 130 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing [HB-647]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering a certain definition of restrictive housing; limiting the amount of time that an individual may be placed in restrictive housing from approximately 22 hours to 17 hours in a 24-hour period; requiring all restrictive housing units to create the least restrictive environment necessary for certain purposes; prohibiting the placement of a certain member of a vulnerable population in restrictive housing for any period of time; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits [SB-396]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Veterans ]
Altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 573 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits [HB-76]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Veterans ]
Altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Favorable With Amendments Report By Appropriations on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [HB-176]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[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 Solomon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 609 on 05/20/2025
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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 Kramer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 608 on 05/20/2025