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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefit [HB-1389]
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. Mary Lehman
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2024
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Corrections - Segregated Housing - Limitations [HB-1144]
Altering a reporting requirement for correctional units relating to restrictive housing; requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; and establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of segregated housing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Crutchfield
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders [SB-1069]
Providing that a first responder who is diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist with post-traumatic stress disorder is presumed under certain circumstances to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers' compensation law; and specifying that the presumption does not limit any other right or claim an individual may have under workers' compensation law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership [SB-972]
Altering membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include certain employees of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Maryland Department of Health; requiring the State Retirement and Pension System to transfer the creditable service of employees transferred into the Correctional Officers' Retirement System under the Act; authorizing certain employees to elect, on or before June 1, 2025, not to transfer service to the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 136 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Officers and Employees – Required Surety Bonds – Insurance Policies Authorized [HB-1012]
Altering the requirements that certain officers and employees of the State be covered by certain surety bonds to allow the officers and employees to be covered by certain insurance policies; transferring certain duties and responsibilities of the Maryland State Employees Surety Bond Committee to the State Treasurer; and repealing certain provisions of law related to the approval, form, and record of certain surety bonds required for certain officers and employees of the State.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 437 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Corrections - Segregated Housing - Limitations [SB-1085]
Altering a reporting requirement for correctional units relating to restrictive housing; requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; and establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of segregated housing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership [HB-1005]
Altering membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include certain employees of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Maryland Department of Health; requiring the State Retirement and Pension System to transfer the creditable service of employees transferred into the Correctional Officers' Retirement System under the Act unless the employee elects not to transfer service on or before June 1, 2025; authorizing certain employees to elect not to transfer service; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aletheia McCaskill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 135 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Veterans Affairs - Responses to Arrested Veterans and Veterans in Crisis [SB-887]
Requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to coordinate with law enforcement agencies to establish a process by which the Department and the First Responders Action Group shall receive certain information about a veteran who was arrested; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill a $2,000,000 appropriation to the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions; and requiring the Commissions, in consultation with the Department, to assess and develop first response practices to veterans in crisis.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Personnel - Line-of-Duty Death and Funeral Benefits [SB-850]
Increasing to $25,000 the maximum amount of funeral expenses that may be provided for a line-of-duty death of certain public safety officers and indexing the benefit to inflation; repealing an offset against certain funeral expenses for the line-of-duty death of certain public safety officers; increasing the maximum amount of line-of-duty death benefits for State employees and indexing the benefit to inflation; providing a funeral expense benefit for a line-of-duty death for State employees and indexing the benefit to inflation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 479 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Dorchester County - County Applicants - Polygraph Examination [SB-809]
Exempting applicants for employment as a paramedic or an emergency medical technician with the Emergency Medical Services Division or as a 9-1-1 Center dispatcher at the Dorchester County 9-1-1 Center within the Dorchester County Department of Emergency Services from the prohibition on employers requiring or demanding that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination as a condition of prospective employment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 379 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Officers and Employees - Required Surety Bonds - Insurance Policies Authorized [SB-775]
Altering the requirements that certain officers and employees of the State be covered by certain surety bonds to allow the officers and employees to be covered by certain insurance policies; transferring certain duties and responsibilities of the Maryland State Employees Surety Bond Committee to the State Treasurer; and repealing certain provisions of law related to the approval, form, and record of certain surety bonds required for certain officers and employees of the State.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 438 on 05/09/2024
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Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Employee Retirement Income [HB-714]
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, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Income Tax – Subtraction Modification – Public Safety Employee Retirement Income [SB-588]
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, 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 2/07 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act [HB-597]
Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; altering the eligibility criteria and the types of grants to be awarded under the Program; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop certain mental health wellness policies to be implemented in certain law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 709 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Dorchester County - County Applicants - Polygraph Examination [HB-589]
Exempting applicants for employment as a paramedic or an emergency medical technician with Dorchester County or as a 9-1-1 specialist at the Dorchester County 9-1-1 Center from the prohibition on employers requiring or demanding that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination as a condition of prospective employment.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 380 on 04/25/2024
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Correctional Services - Investigation of Suspected Homicide - Reporting [HB-565]
Requiring the Department of State Police to investigate any death of an incarcerated individual suspected to be a homicide that occurs while the individual is in the custody of the Division of Correction whether within or outside a correctional facility; and requiring the Department, by December 31 each year, to report to the Governor and the General Assembly the number of investigations completed and the number of cases referred by the Department for prosecution for the preceding calendar year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 956 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act [SB-470]
Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; altering the eligibility criteria and the types of grants to be awarded under the Program; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop certain mental health wellness policies to be implemented in certain law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 708 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Training Commission - Membership - Alterations [SB-402]
Altering the membership of the Correctional Training Commission; requiring certain members of the Commission appointed by the Governor to represent certain geographic regions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 900 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers, Correctional Employees, and Court-Ordered Services Providers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity - Penalties and Registry [HB-302]
Altering penalties relating to sexual contact between a law enforcement officer, correctional employee, or court-ordered services provider and certain individuals under certain circumstances; increasing the penalties from a misdemeanor to a felony, and on conviction a person is subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years instead of 3 years; and requiring a person convicted of a certain offense to register on a certain sex offender registry.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Forfeiture of Benefits [HB-9]
Establishing that a public employee is subject to forfeiture of benefits from the State Retirement and Pension System when a public employee is found guilty of, pleads guilty to, or enters a plea of nolo contendere to a qualifying crime that is committed in the course of the performance of the public employee's duties; providing for the processes and procedures to implement a forfeiture of benefits; and providing for the processes and procedures to reverse a forfeiture of benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
First Reading Appropriations on 01/10/2024