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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Law Enforcement Officers and Correctional Officers [HB-235]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first degree murder may be sentenced to death under specified circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer or a correctional officer under specified circumstances are aggravating circumstances that the court or jury must consider in making a determination as to the imposition of the death penalty; establishing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2014
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Correctional Services - Correctional Facilities - Officers and Inspection Standards [HB-176]
Authorizing the appointing authority of a State correctional facility to impose on a correctional officer an emergency suspension of correctional powers without pay if the correctional officer is charged with a specified contraband violation; providing that the correctional officer who receives an emergency suspension without pay after being charged with a misdemeanor and who is not convicted of the misdemeanor violation shall have the emergency suspension rescinded and any lost benefits restored, subject to a specified exception.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 143 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Safety - Prohibition of Polygraph Examinations by Employers - Exemption [HB-173]
Exempting from the prohibition against an employer requiring, as a condition of employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or other similar test an individual who applies for employment or is employed as a correctional officer of a State correctional facility and an individual who applies for employment with or is employed by a State correctional facility in any capacity that involves direct contact with an inmate in a State correctional facility; requiring a report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Charges Recommending Discipline - Investigative Period [HB-1458]
Establishing that a 90-day limitation after which a specified appointing authority in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services may not bring charges recommending the imposition of discipline against a correctional officer does not apply to charges that relate to criminal activity under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 252 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights - Definition of Correctional Officer [HB-1457]
Altering the definition of "correctional officer" to exclude the classification of correctional officer I for the purposes of the State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 257 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption - Allegany County Correctional Officers [HB-1445]
Extending the presumption of compensability under the workers' compensation law to include, under specified conditions, Allegany County correctional officers who suffer from heart disease or hypertension resulting in partial or total disability or death; requiring Allegany County correctional officers to submit specified medical disclosures to the Allegany County Sheriff; allowing benefits under the Act to be added to retirement benefits subject to a specified limitation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/17/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Baltimore City Detention Center - Transfer of Ownership [HB-1274]
Abolishing the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; providing for the transfer of property, assets, licenses, credits, and rights of the Baltimore City Detention Center to the Mayor of Baltimore City; requiring the State to pay all the operating and capital costs of the Baltimore City Detention Center in fiscal years 2015 through 2017, one-half the costs in 2018, and providing that Baltimore City pay all the operating and capital costs in fiscal year 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/06/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Parole and Probation Employees - Membership in Correctional Officers' Retirement System [HB-1209]
Altering the positions eligible for membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include specified agents of the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; authorizing specified individuals to cease membership in the Employees' Pension System and enroll in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; authorizing specified individuals to transfer service credit from the Employees' Pension System to the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/11/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Correctional, Police, and Law Enforcement Officers - Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits for Criminal Conviction [HB-1171]
Prohibiting the payment of retirement benefits payable from the State Retirement and Pension System to specified correctional officers, police officers, and law enforcement officers who are convicted of or enter a plea of nolo contendere for specified crimes; requiring a specified court to order the forfeiture of specified retirement benefits under specified circumstances; requiring a specified court to order the restoration of specified retirement benefits under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 02/24/2014
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Service Credit for Unused Sick Leave [SB-813]
Making members of the State Retirement and Pension System eligible to receive creditable service at retirement for the total amount of unused sick leave accrued by the member in specified systems in the State Retirement and Pension System under specified circumstances; providing for the calculation of the creditable service for unused sick leave accrued by a member in specified systems; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services and the State Retirement Agency to provide a specified report on or before December 1, 2013.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 556 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension Systems - Cost-of-Living Adjustments - Simplification and Clarification [SB-801]
Clarifying the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments for State retirement or pension systems; clarifying the applicability of specified cost-of-living adjustments to specified State retirement or pension systems and to specified participants in those systems; consolidating provisions relating to cost-of-living adjustments that apply to all of the cost-of-living adjustments; declaring the intent of the General Assembly that the purpose of the Act is to clarify, and not to substantively alter benefits; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 550 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Privileged Communications - Critical Incident Stress Management and Peer Support [SB-661]
Prohibiting a critical incident stress management team member, an individual who participates in a critical incident stress management team intervention, and a peer support member from disclosing specified confidential information acquired from a law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, or an emergency responder in the course of duty; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn on 03/18/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Employment of Retirees - Required Break in Service [SB-477]
Prohibiting specified retired members of the State Retirement and Pension System from being employed on a permanent, temporary, or contractual basis by specified employers within 45 days of the date the individual retired; deleting obsolete provisions; making clarifying changes; providing for the effective date of specified provisions of the Act; and providing for the termination of specified provisions of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 479 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Funding Method and Amortization of Unfunded Liabilities or Surpluses [SB-474]
Altering the amortization periods to be used for unfunded liabilities or surpluses of the State Retirement and Pension System; clarifying the application of a specified amortization period to specified changes; and phasing out a specified method for determining employer contribution rates for the employees' and teachers' retirement and pension systems.
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 475 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Correctional Training Commission - Members [SB-441]
Altering the membership of the Correctional Training Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 55 on 04/09/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Harford County - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights [SB-216]
Adding Harford County to the provisions of law relating to the Cecil County, Garrett County, and St. Mary's County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights; providing that specified provisions of law relating to hearing board procedures and the finality of specified hearing board decisions do not apply in Harford County; and defining terms.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 30 on 04/09/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights [SB-1070]
Adding Baltimore County to the provisions of law relating to the Cecil County, Garrett County, and St. Mary's County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 03/26/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Aid for Critical Services - County Maintenance of Effort Requirements [SB-1055]
Requiring each county, beginning in fiscal year 2015, to appropriate at least the same amount of local funds to specified categories of critical services as the county appropriated in the prior fiscal year; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to withhold specified State aid if a county does not meet specified maintenance of effort requirements in specified categories of critical services; requiring the Secretary to disburse specified withheld State aid if specified maintenance of effort requirements are met; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Public Safety Employees [HB-873]
Providing that an occupational disease presumption applies to specified deputy sheriffs who develop heart disease and hypertension under specified circumstances; and providing for enhanced workers' compensation benefits for specified deputy sheriffs for a compensable permanent partial disability of less than a specified number of weeks.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Cluster
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension Systems - Cost-of-Living Adjustments - Simplification and Clarification [HB-852]
Clarifying the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments for specified State retirement or pension systems; clarifying the applicability of specified cost-of-living adjustments to specified State retirement or pension systems and to specified participants in those systems; consolidating provisions relating to cost-of-living adjustments that apply to all of the cost-of-living adjustments; declaring the intent of the General Assembly that the purpose of the Act is to clarify, and not to substantively alter benefits; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Melony Griffith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 551 on 05/16/2013