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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Police Department - Reports on Funds [HB-1259]
Requiring the Baltimore Police Department to submit, beginning in fiscal year 2019 and in each subsequent fiscal year, a report on the expenditure of grants received from the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to the Baltimore City Delegation to the General Assembly; and requiring the Department to submit a half-year report for fiscal year 2018 on the expenditure of grants received from the Governor's Office of Crime Control.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/27/2018
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Public Safety - Deaths Involving a Correctional Officer - Reports [HB-1256]
Requiring State and local correctional facilities, beginning in 2019, to provide the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention by March 1 each year with certain information on correctional officer-involved deaths of inmates and deaths in the line of duty; requiring, on or before October 15, 2018, the Office to report to the General Assembly on the number of correctional officer-involved deaths of inmates and deaths in the line of duty that occurred during the previous 3 calendar years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/17/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Safety - Use of Force De-Escalation Training of Law Enforcement Officers - Reports [HB-1173]
Requiring a law enforcement agency to report beginning October 1, 2018, and every 2 years thereafter to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention on policies and procedures related to use of force de-escalation training for law enforcement officers; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to adopt procedures for the collection, analysis, and compilation of use of force de-escalation training information received from a certain law enforcement agency; requiring a certain report; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Task Force on the Effectiveness of State Crime Laboratories [SB-966]
Establishing the Task Force on the Effectiveness of State Crime Laboratories; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving certain compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding certain matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing 3/14 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Juvenile Justice Reform Council [SB-856]
Establishing the Juvenile Justice Reform Council; requiring the Council to develop a framework for reducing juvenile recidivism and increasing public safety and to conduct research into best practices for the treatment of juveniles who are subject to the criminal and juvenile justice systems; requiring the Council to submit an interim report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 1, 2019, and a final report by December 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 252 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Correctional Services - Opioid Use Disorder Examinations and Treatment [SB-846]
Requiring local correctional facilities to conduct an assessment of the mental health and substance use status of each inmate using evidence-based screening and assessments to determine whether opioid treatment or medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction is appropriate; requiring each local correctional facility to make available at least one formulation of each FDA-approved full opioid agonist, partial opioid agonist, and long-acting opioid antagonist used for the treatment of opioid use disorders; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 03/27/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Family Law Services for Sustained Safety Fund [SB-811]
Establishing the Family Law Services for Sustained Safety Fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to administer the Fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; specifying the purpose for which the Fund may be used; providing for the investment of money in and expenditures from the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 2/22 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Police Department - Reports on Funds [SB-81]
Requiring the Baltimore Police Department to submit, beginning in fiscal year 2020 and in each subsequent fiscal year, a report on the expenditure of grants received from the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention for community policing efforts to the Baltimore City Delegation to the General Assembly; requiring the Department to submit a half-year report for fiscal year 2019 on the expenditure of grants received from the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 75 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Reporting by Correctional Units and Requirements Relating to Minors [SB-774]
Expanding the entities required to submit a certain report relating to restrictive housing; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to submit certain information from each correctional unit in a report to the General Assembly; prohibiting a correctional unit from placing a minor in restrictive housing unless there is clear and convincing evidence that certain conditions exist; requiring that a minor in restrictive housing be provided certain conditions and privileges; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 527 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Safety - Correctional Facilities - Mental Disorder Screening [SB-746]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to establish a uniform mental disorder screening procedure for screening inmates; establishing certain requirements for a mental disorder screening test; requiring that each inmate detained or confined in a correctional facility be screened for a mental disorder at a certain time, except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Child Advocacy Centers - Expansion [SB-739]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to ensure that every child in the State has access to a child advocacy center; requiring and authorizing child advocacy centers to assist in the response to or investigation of allegations of child abuse and neglect and a crime of violence in the presence of a minor; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to contract with a certain nonprofit organization to establish a Maryland Statewide Organization for Child Advocacy Centers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 51 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Juvenile Law – Sex Trafficking – Immunity, Services, and Investigations [SB-688]
Requiring a law enforcement officer who has reason to believe that a certain child is a victim of sex trafficking to notify a certain regional navigator; declaring the intent of the General Assembly that a minor who is reasonably believed to have engaged in prostitution be treated as a victim of sexual abuse and have access to immediate child-centered and trauma-informed services; providing certain immunity for a minor who engages in certain prostitution-related conduct; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/07 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Pilot Program - Alleged Rape, Sexual Offense, or Child Sexual Abuse - HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis [SB-657]
Establishing the Pilot Program for Preventing HIV Infection for Rape Victims to prevent HIV infection for victims of an alleged rape or sexual offense or victims of alleged child sexual abuse; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to administer the program; requiring that a victim of an alleged rape or sexual offense or a victim of alleged child sexual abuse be provided with a full course of treatment and follow-up care for postexposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 431 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Forfeiture Proceeds - Appropriation Percentage and Reporting [SB-643]
Altering, from 20% to 100%, the percentage of proceeds the Governor is required to appropriate to the Maryland Department of Health from certain proceeds deposited in the General Fund of the State from certain forfeitures for the purpose of funding drug treatment and education programs; and requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to include in a certain report to the Governor and the General Assembly the total amount deposited in the General Fund from certain forfeitures and how the funds were spent.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 235 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention – Crime Firearms – Study [SB-622]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to study and compile information regarding certain matters that relate to certain crime firearms; requiring the Department of State Police to provide certain information for the study; and requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 335 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Safety - Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund - Established [SB-569]
Establishing the Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund to provide law enforcement agencies with funding to pay for testing of sexual assault evidence collection kits by forensic laboratories; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to administer the Fund and to establish and publish procedures for the distribution of funding; limiting the use of the funds to the equipment, supplies, personnel, and outsourcing necessary for the testing of sexual assault evidence collection kits; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 509 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Criminal Citations - Reporting [SB-566]
Requiring certain law enforcement officers to record certain information pertaining to the issuance of certain citations; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission and the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center, in consultation with the Administrative Office of the Courts, to develop a certain format for the recording of certain data and to develop certain procedures relating to the compilation and submission of certain data on or before a certain date; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/20 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release Services Program - Victim Notification [SB-551]
Requiring a judicial officer to consider the recommendation of a certain pretrial release services program in making a certain determination; requiring a court or District Court commissioner to consider including certain no-contact provisions as a condition of pretrial release if a certain pretrial release services program has made a certain request; requiring a certain pretrial release services program to notify the court on receipt of certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/12 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect – Sex Trafficking – Services and Investigations (Child Sex Trafficking Screening and Services Act of 2019) [HB-827]
Requiring a law enforcement officer who suspects that a child that has been detained is a victim of sex trafficking to notify a regional navigator; requiring a local department of social services that receives a report of suspected child abuse or neglect to refer the child to a regional navigator for services; establishing the Safe Harbor Regional Navigator Grant Program to support services for youth victims of sex trafficking; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to provide funding by October 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 559 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention – Crime Firearms – Study [HB-774]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to study and compile information regarding certain matters that relate to certain crime firearms; requiring the Department of State Police to provide certain information for the study; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Juanita Bartlett
Third Reading Passed (138-0) on 04/08/2019