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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Report [HB-1180]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services on or before December 31 each year to submit specified data to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention and the General Assembly relating to the use of restrictive housing in correctional facilities; and requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to make the information submitted available on its Web site.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 597 on 05/19/2016
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Law Enforcement Explorer Program - Funding [HB-110]
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: Rep. Tony Knotts
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/21/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Solicitation for Prostitution - Fine [HB-1089]
Increasing the maximum fine to which a person is subject on conviction of procuring or soliciting or offering to procure or solicit for prostitution or assignation; requiring specified fines to be remitted to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to fund services for victims of human trafficking; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2016
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Public Safety and Policing Workgroup - Recommendations [HB-1016]
Prohibiting retaliatory personnel action against a law enforcement officer who discloses specified information; authorizing the appointment to an administrative hearing board a member of the public who has received specified training; establishing the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission as an independent commission in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; establishing the Community Law Enforcement Program Fund; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation to the Fund of $500,000 annually; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 519 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes Partnership Fund [SB-641]
Altering the definition of "eligible populations" to allow funds from the Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes Partnership Fund to be used for services provided to drug offenders under the supervision of the problem solving courts; altering the information an applicant is required to include in an request for Partnership funding; authorizing a participating county, under specified circumstances, to use Partnership funding to continue or expand funding for eligible functions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 45 on 04/14/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders [SB-607]
Establishing the Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders; specifying the purposes of the Joint Committee are to review the final report of the Governor's Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force, review and monitor the activities of the Governor's Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council, monitor the effectiveness of specified programs, policies, and practices, review compliance with specified federal and State laws by health insurance carriers, and identify areas of concern and corrective measures; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council [SB-602]
Establishing the Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council in the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention; requiring the Council to develop a statewide framework of sentencing and corrections policies to further reduce the State's incarcerated population, reduce spending on corrections and reinvest in strategies for specified purposes; requiring the Council to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 42 on 04/14/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Seizure and Forfeiture [SB-528]
Establishing a minimum amount of $300 that is subject to forfeiture in connection with a controlled dangerous substance violation under specified circumstances; prohibiting a seizing authority or prosecuting authority from directly or indirectly transferring seized property to a federal law enforcement authority or agency, with a specified exception; requiring the seizing authority, within 30 days after the seizure of property, to send by first-class mail specified written information to the owner of the seized property; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/22/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking [SB-521]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking; specifying the purpose of the Workgroup; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; establishing the duties of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Vehicle Laws - Race-Based Traffic Stops - Policy and Reporting Requirements [SB-413]
Requiring that specified law enforcement officers record specified information pertaining to traffic stops; requiring specified law enforcement agencies to report specified information to the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center; requiring the Police Training Commission to develop a specified format and guidelines and a standardized format for the reporting of specified data; requiring the Police Training Commission to develop a specified model policy; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 127 on 05/12/2015
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General Assembly - Mandated Reports by State Agencies [SB-220]
Repealing provisions of law that require State agencies to submit reports to the General Assembly that are deemed obsolete, duplicative, impractical, inefficient, or otherwise unnecessary; combining specified reporting requirements with other more extensive annual reports required to be submitted by State agencies; requiring the Department of Legislative Services, in consultation with agencies of the State government, to periodically review and make recommendations regarding specified reports that may no longer be warranted; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Public Safety - SWAT Team - Deployment and Reporting [SB-173]
Authorizing the deployment of a SWAT team only under specified circumstances; requiring a law enforcement agency to create a specified report before the deployment of a SWAT team, with a specified exception; requiring, at specified intervals beginning on a specified date, 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. Lisa Gladden
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2015
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Public Health - Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes Partnership Fund [HB-971]
Altering the definition of "eligible populations" to allow funds from the Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes Partnership Fund to be used for services provided to drug offenders under the supervision of the problem solving courts; altering the information an applicant is required to include in a request for Partnership funding; authorizing a participating county, under specified circumstances, to use Partnership funding to continue or expand funding for eligible functions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Public Safety - Deaths Involving a Law Enforcement Officer - Reports [HB-954]
Requiring local law enforcement agencies to provide the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention with information on officer-involved deaths and deaths in the line of duty; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to report annually information on officer-involved deaths and deaths in the line of duty to the General Assembly on or before June 30 and to report on or before October 15, 2016, on the number of officer-involved deaths and deaths in the line of duty in the last 3 calendar years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 134 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders [HB-896]
Establishing the Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders; specifying the purposes of the Joint Committee are to review the final report of the Governor's Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force, review and monitor the activities of the Governor's Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council, monitor the effectiveness of specified programs, policies, and practices, review compliance with specified federal and State laws by health insurance carriers, and identify areas of concern and corrective measures; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 464 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Explorer Program - Funding [HB-855]
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: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/19/2015
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Task Force on the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect [HB-780]
Establishing the Task Force on the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2015; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/10/2015
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General Assembly - Mandated Reports by State Agencies [HB-67]
Repealing provisions of law that require State agencies to submit reports to the General Assembly that are deemed obsolete, duplicative, impractical, inefficient, or otherwise unnecessary; combining specified reporting requirements with other more extensive annual reports required to be submitted by State agencies; requiring the Department of Legislative Services, in consultation with agencies of the State government, to periodically review and make recommendations regarding specified reports that may no longer be warranted; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 58 on 04/14/2015
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Criminal Procedure - Maryland Appointed Attorneys Program Corporation [HB-596]
Establishing the Maryland Appointed Attorneys Program Corporation; providing that the purpose of the Corporation is to provide legal representation to indigent criminal defendants at initial appearances before District Court commissioners as required by the Court of Appeals in a specified case decision; providing that the Corporation is not a unit or instrumentality of the State; requiring the Board of Directors of the Corporation to appoint an executive director of the Corporation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/18/2015
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Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking [HB-456]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking; specifying the purpose of the Workgroup; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; establishing the duties of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Asssembly on or before December 1, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 91 on 04/14/2015