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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking - Sunset Extension [SB-863]
Extending for an additional year to June 30, 2017, the termination date for the Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking; and requiring the Workgroup to submit a supplemental report on or before December 1, 2016.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 80 on 04/12/2016
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Public Safety - School Safety Enforcement Fund [SB-83]
Renaming the School Bus Safety Enforcement Fund to be the School Safety Enforcement Fund; expanding the purposes of the Fund to include enhancing school safety; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to consider the geographic distribution of grant recipients before making a grant from the Fund; prohibiting a law enforcement agency or board of education from using a grant to fund the installation or maintenance of a speed monitoring system in or around a school zone; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 529 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board [SB-768]
Establishing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board; providing for the membership, duties, staffing, procedures, and reporting of the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board; establishing the Performance Incentive Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; establishing the Local Government Justice Reinvestment Commission; providing for the membership, duties, staffing, procedures, and reporting of the Local Government Justice Reinvestment Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel McFadden
Hearing 3/14 At 10:30 A.m. (budget And Taxation) on 03/14/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Explorer Program - Funding [SB-745]
Establishing the Law Enforcement Explorer Program Fund to be used to make specified grants to local law enforcement agencies for law enforcement explorer programs; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to administer the Fund; requiring the Governor, each fiscal year, to make specified appropriations to the Fund; requiring the Executive Director to establish a grant application procedure; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/24/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Safety - SWAT Teams - Reporting and Limitations [SB-589]
Requiring the Police Training Commission to adopt a set of standards for the training and deployment of SWAT teams in the State; requiring each law enforcement agency to follow the standards; requiring, on or before April 1, 2017, and on or before April 1 of each following year a law enforcement agency that maintains a SWAT team to report specified information to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention using a specified format; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2016
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Maryland Income Tax Refunds - Warrant Intercept Program - Statewide [SB-425]
Authorizing specified counties to participate, for a specified period of time, in a specified income tax refund withholding program related to individuals with outstanding warrants if the sheriff of the county notifies the Comptroller of the county's intention to participate on or before December 31 of the first taxable year for which the county intends to participate; repealing a specified provision of law that prohibits the program from applying to specified members of the armed forces of the United States; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 387 on 05/10/2016
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Criminal Procedure - Seizure and Forfeiture [SB-161]
Authorizing the forfeiture of specified property under specified circumstances; repealing a specified provision authorizing the forfeiture of specified money or weapons relating to possession of a controlled dangerous substance; requiring that a specified seizing authority provide a receipt for property on seizure that includes specified information; requiring that a specified seizing authority mail notice with specified information to the owner of seized property within a specified period of time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 658 on 05/28/2016
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State Government - Office of Legislative Audits - Alterations in Audit Requirements [SB-116]
Altering the time period during which the Office of Legislative Audits and the Legislative Auditor are required to audit specified State funds, programs, authorities, units, and a specified local liquor board; requiring the audit of each unit of State government to be conducted at an interval ranging from 3 to 4 years unless the Legislative Auditor determines, on a per case basis, that more frequent audits are required; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 49 on 04/12/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Safety and Policing Workgroup - Recommendations [SB-1026]
Requiring a complaint against a law enforcement officer alleging brutality in the execution of the officer's duties to be signed under the penalty of perjury instead of before an official authorized to administer oaths; authorizing an individual who has a video recording to file a brutality complaint against a law enforcement officer; altering the time period within which a specified complaint against a law enforcement officer may be filed; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/04/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Justice Reinvestment Act [SB-1005]
Requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to conduct a risk and needs assessment on inmates as soon as feasible after sentencing and develop a case plan to guide an inmate's rehabilitation while in custody; altering the manner in which specified diminution credits may be earned; authorizing expungement for convictions for specified misdemeanors after 10 years, or 15 years under specified conditions; establishing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board and the Local Government Justice Reinvestment Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 515 on 05/19/2016
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State Government - Office of Legislative Audits - Alterations in Audit Requirements [HB-84]
Altering the time period during which the Office of Legislative Audits and the Legislative Auditor are required to audit specified State funds, programs, authorities, units, and a specified local liquor board; requiring the audit of each unit of State government to be conducted at an interval ranging from 3 to 4 years unless the Legislative Auditor determines, on a per case basis, that more frequent audits are required; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2016
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Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking - Sunset Extension [HB-786]
Extending for an additional year to June 30, 2017, the termination date for the Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking; and requiring the Workgroup to submit a supplemental report on or before December 1, 2016.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 81 on 04/12/2016
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Public Safety - Police Training Commission - Policies and Reporting Requirements [HB-585]
Requiring the Police Training Commission, in cooperation with the Office of the Attorney General and the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, to develop specified statewide standards; requiring the Commission to develop a uniform form and system by which law enforcement agencies annually shall report specified incidents to the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 02/29/2016
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Public Safety - SWAT Teams - Reporting and Limitations [HB-521]
Requiring the Police Training Commission to adopt a set of standards for the training and deployment of SWAT teams in the State; requiring, on or before April 1, 2017, and on or before April 1 of each following year, a law enforcement agency that maintains a SWAT team to report specified information to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention using a standardized format; requiring the Office of Crime Control and Prevention to submit an analysis of the specified law enforcement agency reports to the Governor and General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/17/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Income Tax Refunds - Warrant Intercept Program - Statewide [HB-390]
Authorizing specified counties to participate, for a specified period of time, in a specified income tax refund withholding program related to individuals with outstanding warrants if the sheriff of the county notifies the Comptroller of the county's intention to participate on or before December 31 of the first taxable year for which the county intends to participate; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to study and report annually on specified matters to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Third Reading Passed (127-12) on 04/11/2016
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Criminal Procedure - Seizure and Forfeiture [HB-336]
Authorizing the forfeiture of specified property under specified circumstances; repealing a specified provision authorizing the forfeiture of specified money or weapons relating to possession of a controlled dangerous substance; requiring that a specified seizing authority provide a receipt for property on seizure that includes specified information; requiring that a specified seizing authority mail notice with specified information to the owner of seized property within a specified period of time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 619 on 05/19/2016
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Public Safety - Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Fund - Establishment (Alicia's Law) [HB-1490]
Requiring that a specified portion of unclaimed lottery prizes be paid to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Fund; establishing the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Fund; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to administer the Fund; providing that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund not subject to specified provisions of law; providing for the uses, purposes, sources of funding, investment of money, and auditing of the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Lierman
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Justice Reinvestment Act [HB-1312]
Requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to conduct a specified risk and needs assessment on specified inmates and include the results in a specified case record; altering the manner in which specified diminution credits may be earned; requiring the Division to impose specified graduated sanctions; establishing the Addiction Treatment Divestiture Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; establishing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board and the Local Government Justice Reinvestment Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/05/2016
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Habitual Drunk Driver - Mandatory Minimum Penalty and Vehicle Forfeiture [HB-1306]
Altering a specified mandatory minimum penalty for a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence of alcohol or under the influence of alcohol per se; authorizing, with a specified exception, the seizure and forfeiture of a motor vehicle that a person drives or attempts to drive while under the influence of alcohol when the person is convicted of a third or subsequent violation of driving or attempting to drive while under the influence of alcohol or under the influence of alcohol per se within 10 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/07/2016
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Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Human Trafficking Awareness Pilot Program [HB-1273]
Establishing the Human Trafficking Awareness Pilot Program in Anne Arundel County; requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, to provide awareness for all school-based personnel on human trafficking; requiring the Department and the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to provide materials to the Board describing specified resources available for school-based personnel; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2016