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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 [SB-177]
Altering the prohibition against certain sex acts between a law enforcement officer and certain individuals; altering the penalty relating to sexual contact between a law enforcement officer and a person in the custody of the officer by making a violation of the prohibition a felony and imposing a period of imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to $3000 or both; and requiring a person convicted of a certain offense to register on a certain sex offender registry.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Favorable With Amendments {583822/1 Adopted on 04/04/2024
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Correctional Services - Division of Pretrial Detention and Services - Facilities [SB-251]
Altering the composition and authority of the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; altering the authority of the Commissioner of the Division; establishing the Youth Detention Center in the Division; establishing the facility administrator and authorizing assistant facility administrators for the Youth Detention Center; and repealing authorization for the Baltimore City Detention Center.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 100 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders [HB-190]
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: Rep. Terri Hill
Referred To Interim Study By Economic Matters on 03/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Division of Pretrial Detention and Services - Facilities [HB-222]
Altering the composition and authority of the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; altering the authority of the Commissioner of the Division; establishing the Youth Detention Center in the Division; establishing the facility administrator and authorizing assistant facility administrators for the Youth Detention Center; and repealing authorization for the Baltimore City Detention Center.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 99 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Death Penalty [HB-87]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; and establishing certain procedures relating to custody, warrant of execution, incompetency, method of execution, witnesses, certificate, disposition of body, notice, trial, sentencing, review, and appeal in relation to imposition of the death penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Investigation of Suspected Homicide - Reporting [SB-36]
Requiring the Department of State Police, on or before December 31 each year, to post on its website and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report detailing, for the preceeding calendar year, the number of investigations completed by the Department of deaths of incarcerated individuals suspected to be homicides that occur while the incarcerated individuals are in the custody of the Division of Correction and the number of cases referred to the Department for prosecution following an investigation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 955 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Dorchester County - County Applicants - Polygraph Examinations [HB-1270]
Exempting applicants for employment as a paramedic or an emergency medical technician provider with Dorchester County, as a 9-1-1 Center dispatcher at the Dorchester County 9-1-1 Center, or as a correctional officer of the Dorchester County Detention 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
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/20/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer - Definition [SB-909]
Altering the definition of "public safety officer" to include certain public safety officers employed full time by a State public safety agency for purposes of a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on the dwelling of a public safety officer.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/15/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Forfeiture of Benefits [HB-790]
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
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Facilities - Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Inmates (Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act) [SB-761]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Officers - Age Requirement [SB-701]
Altering the age requirement for employment as a correctional officer in any unit of the Division of Correction, any unit of the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, and the Patuxent Institution from 21 to 19 years of age.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act) [SB-459]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Referred To Interim Study By Judicial Proceedings on 03/27/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Washington County - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Employment Conditions and Collective Bargaining [HB-637]
Altering the grounds on which a deputy sheriff having a rank of major or below in Washington County may be discharged after 2 years of continuous employment; providing that a special deputy sheriff in Washington County is not a State employee for certain purposes; authorizing sworn deputy sheriffs at the rank of sergeant and below and correctional deputies at the rank of sergeant and below to engage in collective bargaining with the Washington County Sheriff and the County Administrator; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 794 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer [HB-599]
Repealing the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of a certain credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a dwelling owned by a public safety officer; repealing a certain limitation on the amount of the credit; requiring the governing body of a county or municipal corporation that authorizes the credit to establish, by law, the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of eligibility for the credit; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Referred Rules on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Dwellings of Public Safety Officers - Retired Personnel [HB-618]
Altering, for taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023, the definition of "public safety officer" to include certain retired personnel for purposes of a certain credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a certain dwelling that is owned by the public safety officer; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Pruski
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Washington County - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Employment Conditions and Collective Bargaining [SB-428]
Altering the grounds on which a deputy sheriff having a rank of major or below in Washington County may be discharged after 2 years of continuous employment; providing that a special deputy sheriff in Washington County is not a State employee for certain purposes; authorizing sworn deputy sheriffs at the rank of sergeant and below and correctional deputies at the rank of sergeant and below to engage in collective bargaining with the Washington County Sheriff and the County Administrator; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 795 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders [SB-406]
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; limiting the applicability of the presumption to benefits for services related to the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for a period of 2 years immediately following an initial diagnosis; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Transfer of Membership – Modifications [HB-527]
Making certain members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System eligible to receive creditable service at retirement for unused sick leave accrued by the member in the State Employees' Retirement System or State Employees' Pension System; and requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to transfer certain individuals' Employees' Retirement System or Employees' Pension System service to the Correctional Officers' Retirement System on June 30, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 197 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Transfer of Membership - Modifications [SB-369]
Making certain members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System eligible to receive creditable service at retirement for unused sick leave accrued by the member in the State Employees' Retirement System or State Employees' Pension System; and requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to transfer certain individuals' Employees' Retirement System or Employees' Pension System service to the Correctional Officers' Retirement System on June 30, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 198 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit – Dwellings of Public Safety Officers – Retired Personnel [SB-364]
Altering, for taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023, the definition of "public safety officer" to include certain retired personnel for purposes of a certain credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a certain dwelling that is owned by the public safety officer; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2023