Criminal Procedure - Custody of Arrested Persons Before Release [HB-513]
Requiring a police officer to keep custody of an arrested person from the time of arrest until the person is committed by lawful authority to a State or local correctional facility, released from custody, or in the custody of another police officer; and authorizing a correctional officer assigned to supervise and transport inmates to keep custody of or provide transport for specified arrested persons under specified circumstances.
HB-513: Criminal Procedure - Custody of Arrested Persons Before Release
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 4/4 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/27/2012
Public Health - Inmates - HIV Testing [HB-509]
Authorizing specified courts to order specified inmates to furnish blood samples or cheek swabs to be tested for the presence of HIV under specified circumstances; requiring specified courts to hold specified hearings under specified circumstances before ordering a specified test; requiring a specified correctional employee or the employee's representative and a specified inmate or the inmate's representative to be notified of specified information; providing that only specified evidence may be admitted at specified hearings; etc.
HB-509: Public Health - Inmates - HIV Testing
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
Charles County - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights Act [HB-1457]
Providing for specified rights of a correctional officer in Charles County relating to employment, investigation, and discipline under specified circumstances; providing for the procedures for the investigation or interrogation of a correctional officer; etc.
HB-1457: Charles County - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights Act
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
State Retirement and Pension System - Vested Retirement Allowance - Members and [SB-947]
Requiring that members or former members of the State Retirement and Pension System complete and submit an application to the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System stating the date when a vested retirement allowance will commence; prohibiting members or former members of the State Retirement and Pension System from receiving a specified vested retirement allowance for a specified period of time; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
SB-947: State Retirement and Pension System - Vested Retirement Allowance - Members and
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/18/2011
State Retirement and Pension System - Optional Retirement Program - New [SB-735]
Providing that State employees beginning State employment on or after July 1, 2011, are not eligible to join the Employees' Pension System, the Teachers' Pension System, the State Police Retirement System, the Correctional Officers' Retirement System, the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System, or the Judges' Retirement System and are required to join the optional retirement program; etc.
SB-735: State Retirement and Pension System - Optional Retirement Program - New
Sponsored by: Sen. David Brinkley
Hearing 2/24 At 8:00 A.m. on 02/16/2011
Police and Correctional Training Commissions - Staff - Appointing and [SB-63]
Altering the appointing authority for, the supervisory authority over, and the classification of the executive director, the deputy director, and specified other employees of the Correctional Training Commission and the Police Training Commission.
SB-63: Police and Correctional Training Commissions - Staff - Appointing and
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 02/21/2011
State Health and Retirement Benefits - Public Employees and Retirees [SB-628]
Altering the eligibility requirements for State employees receiving health benefits under the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; requiring that by July 1, 2020, the State discontinue a specified prescription drug benefit plan available to specified retirees; requiring specified local employers to pay a specified portion of employer contributions for specified members of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System; etc.
SB-628: State Health and Retirement Benefits - Public Employees and Retirees
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Hearing 3/2 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2011
Optional Retirement Program - State and Participating Governmental Unit [SB-6]
Providing that only individuals serving as Governor on or before January 18, 2011, are eligible for a defined benefit retirement allowance; providing that, on or after July 1, 2011, specified individuals are not eligible to join the Employees' Pension System, the Teachers' Pension System, the State Police Retirement System, the Correctional Officers' Retirement System, the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System, or the Judges' Retirement System; etc.
SB-6: Optional Retirement Program - State and Participating Governmental Unit
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Hearing Cancelled on 02/04/2011
State Retirement and Pension System - Administration - Simplification [SB-357]
Clarifying that specified employees of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council may participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; clarifying that the definition of "Social Security integration level" for purposes of calculating State Retirement and Pension System benefits only applies to members of the several systems who are eligible to receive full old age and survivors benefits provided under Title II of the federal Social Security Act; etc.
SB-357: State Retirement and Pension System - Administration - Simplification
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/19/2011
Citizens Rights Act [HB-744]
Authorizing law enforcement officers in the State who are authorized to do so by the federal government to verify the immigration status of specified persons; requiring police officers who encounter and detain in the normal course of their duties an individual who the police officer determines is an undocumented alien to inform a specified federal agency as soon as possible; prohibiting law enforcement officers from considering race, color, or national origin in implementing a specified provision of the Act, with an exception; etc.
HB-744: Citizens Rights Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/25/2011
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2011 [HB-72]
Altering or repealing required appropriations; altering the distribution of revenues; altering or repealing specified funding requirements; altering the authorized use of specified funds; altering for a specified fiscal year a specified percentage used to determine eligibility for and the amount of State grants to specified counties and Baltimore City based on per capita yield of county income taxes; altering the amount of a surcharge imposed for recording specified instruments for specified fiscal years; etc.
HB-72: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2011
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
St. Mary's County - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights [HB-522]
Adding St. Mary's County to provisions of law relating to the Cecil County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights; and altering the definition of "correctional officer" to exclude a correctional officer who is in probationary status on the officer's initial entry into the correctional agency, except if an allegation of brutality in the execution of the officer's duties is made against the officer.
HB-522: St. Mary's County - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
State Retirement and Pension System - Vesting and Eligibility [HB-494]
Altering the eligibility requirements that specified members of the State Retirement and Pension System must meet in order to qualify for a service retirement allowance; and altering the number of years from 5 years to 10 years of service that members of the State Retirement and Pension System must accrue to vest in specified retirement and pension systems of the State Retirement and Pension System.
HB-494: State Retirement and Pension System - Vesting and Eligibility
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Aumann
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations Withdrawn on 03/24/2011
State Retirement and Pension System - Administration - Simplification [HB-333]
Clarifying that specified employees of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council may participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; clarifying that the definition of "Social Security integration level" for purposes of calculating State Retirement and Pension System benefits applies only to members of the several systems who are eligible to receive full old age and survivors benefits provided under Title II of the federal Social Security Act; etc.
HB-333: State Retirement and Pension System - Administration - Simplification
Sponsored by: Sen. Melony Griffith
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
State Retirement and Pension System - Vesting and Eligibility [HB-305]
Increasing the number of years of service specified members of the State Retirement and Pension System must accrue to vest in specified retirement and pension systems of the State Retirement and Pension System from 5 years to 15 years; and altering the eligibility requirements that specified members of the State Retirement and Pension System must meet in order to qualify for a normal service retirement allowance.
HB-305: State Retirement and Pension System - Vesting and Eligibility
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations Withdrawn on 02/21/2011
Privileged Communications - Critical Incident Stress Management and Peer [HB-1325]
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, correctional officer, or emergency responder in the course of duty; etc.
HB-1325: Privileged Communications - Critical Incident Stress Management and Peer
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary Withdrawn on 03/23/2011
State Retirement and Pension System - Vested Retirement Allowance - Members and [HB-1312]
Requiring that members or former members of the State Retirement and Pension System complete and submit an application to the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System stating the date when a vested retirement allowance will commence; prohibiting members or former members of the State Retirement and Pension System from receiving a specified vested retirement allowance for a specified period of time; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
HB-1312: State Retirement and Pension System - Vested Retirement Allowance - Members and
Sponsored by: Sen. Melony Griffith
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/18/2011