Crimes And Punishments
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animal care. [SB-124]
[Animals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 525 to define terms; require peace officers and animal control officers to serve notice of seizure of an animal subjected to cruelty; create procedure for seizing agencies to petition a court to order owner to pay cost of care for a seized animal; establish penalties; amend KRS 258.215 to require owners to be responsible for cost of care of an impounded animal; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 258.117 to reduce the number of board appointees from each nominating organization from two to one; add one member to be
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Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Prohibitions and Penalties [SB-1009]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the penalties for a person using or possessing with intent to use, delivering or selling under certain circumstances, or manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver or sell under certain circumstances drug paraphernalia to inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled dangerous substance; repealing the prohibition on possessing controlled paraphernalia under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Crime of Violence - Medical Facilities and Places of Worship - Penalty (Sacred Places Safety Act) [SB-1010]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in a medical facility or a place of worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to campaign finance. [HB-411]
[Elections ]
[Finance ]
[Ethics ]
Amend KRS 121.015, relating to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, to define "campaign consultant"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to establish the registration process for campaign consultants; set penalty for failure to register; require employers of campaign consultants to pay a registration fee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prohibiting the possession and transfer of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices. [HB-410]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "assault weapon" and "large capacity ammunition feeding device"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize possession and transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices; criminalize the possession and transfer of assault weapons; provide exceptions for large capacity ammunition feeding devices and assault weapons lawfully owned prior to the effective date of this Act; amend KRS 237.104 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
To Judiciary (h) on 02/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to patient-directed care at the end of life. [HB-408]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill patient's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; establish conditions required to make request; permit patient to rescind request at any time; permit an attending physician to provide medication; establish requirements for attending physician to inform patients and document request; require disposal of unused medications; establish residency requirements for qualified patients; require report by the Cabinet for Health
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Health Services (h) on 02/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [SB-118]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 533 to define terms; require the court, upon conviction of the defendant, to consider the defendant's status as a primary caretaker of a dependent child unless the defendant is a violent offender, the victim is a child, or a statute prohibits an alternative sentence; require the court, upon a finding that the defendant is a primary caretaker of a dependent child, to consider an alternative sentence; provide that the defendant shall have the right to present an alternative sentencing plan and a family impact statement
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Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To Judiciary (s) on 02/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to waiting periods for sales of firearms. [HB-409]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to require a waiting period of five business days between the sale and transfer of a firearm; amend KRS 237.990 to establish a penalty for a violation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
To Judiciary (h) on 02/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy for Minors - Prohibition (Protect the Kids Act) [HB-1399]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Prohibiting a licensed health care practitioner from prescribing, dispensing, or administering a cross-sex hormone or otherwise providing cross-sex hormone therapy for the treatment of certain mental health diagnoses to an individual who is a minor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing Canceled on 03/11/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Catastrophic Health Emergency - Immunity for Health Care Providers - Repeal [HB-1437]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repealing immunity from civil and criminal liability for health care providers acting in good faith and under a catastrophic health emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Theft - Redeemable Credit Points [HB-1319]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly or willfully obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over certain points with the intent to deprive a certain owner of the points; and providing that a person who violated the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not to exceed 5 years or a fine of up to $10,000 or both and is required to pay the owner the value of the points.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Convertible Pistols [HB-1287]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, receiving, or transferring a certain convertible pistol; and defining "convertible pistol" as any semiautomatic pistol that can be converted into a machine gun solely by the attachment of a switch/auto-sear.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Sale of Residential Property - Taxes and Offers to Purchase (End Hedge Fund Control of Maryland Homes Act of 2025) [HB-1428]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Property Tax ]
[Economic Development ]
Imposing an excise tax on the acquisition and excess ownership of certain single-family residences in the State by certain entities; authorizing a person who offers for sale to a third party improved single-family residential real property, for the first 30 days, to accept an offer to purchase the property made only by an individual, a community development organization, a nonprofit organization, or a real estate enterprise that owns an interest in less than 3% of all residential real property in the county; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
First Reading Environment And Transportation And Ways And Means on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost-Sharing Contribution - Requirements [HB-1246]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to include certain discounts, financial assistance payments, product vouchers, and other out-of-pocket expenses made by or on behalf of an insured or enrollee when calculating cost-sharing contributions for certain prescription drugs; requiring certain persons that provide financial assistance payments, discounts, product vouchers, or other out-of-pocket expenses to notify an insured or enrollee of certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health - Abortion - Ultrasound and Wait Time [HB-1271]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a qualified provider from performing or inducing an abortion on a pregnant woman within 24 hours after the woman receives certain ultrasound imaging; establishing certain requirements related to the performance of a certain transabdominal ultrasound; and providing that a woman is not required to accept anything offered during certain transabdominal ultrasound imaging.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie S. Ciliberti
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Distribution of Heroin or Fentanyl Causing Serious Bodily Injury or Death (Victoria, Scottie, Ashleigh, and Yader's Law) [HB-1398]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting an individual from distributing heroin or fentanyl or chemical analogues of heroin or fentanyl, the use of which results in the death or serious bodily injury of another; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and, in addition to any other penalty imposed for a certain violation, on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Reportable Offenses and Prohibited Behavior on School Grounds - Alterations [HB-1265]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the offenses that constitute "reportable offenses" that a law enforcement agency must report to certain school personnel under certain circumstances; altering certain provisions relating to the provision of notification to certain school personnel of the arrest of a student for a certain reportable offense; requiring the State Department of Education to develop an operational protocol to guide the transmission of reportable offense information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ways and Means
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Sickle Cell Disease - Institutions of Higher Education - Policies, Procedures, and Educational Campaigns [HB-1352]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Prohibiting an institution of higher education from denying access or services to a student based on the student's diagnosis of sickle cell disease; requiring an institution of higher education to provide reasonable accommodations for students with sickle cell disease; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop an education and awareness campaign for institutions of higher education in the State regarding students with sickle cell disease; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Office of Social Equity - Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund - Modifications [HB-1364]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Nonprofit ]
Repealing provisions of law requiring the Office of Social Equity to report on the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund and to solicit public input on the uses of the Fund and publish a review of the input; requiring the Office to oversee the appropriation of funds from the Fund and to train Fund recipients; requiring the Office to require each county to develop a plan for the distribution of certain funds to community-based organizations and to report certain information to the office every year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Favorable With Amendments Report By Economic Matters on 04/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Legislative Services - Data Collection - Violent Crimes [HB-1304]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Department of State Police to submit certain information collected through the Uniform Crime Reporting Program to the Department of Legislative Services on or before November 30 each year and create a certain work plan; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to submit reports to the Governor and General Assembly on the information required to be collected and the work plan by June 30, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025