Crimes And Punishments
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Masked Intimidation - Prohibition (Unmask Hate Act) [HB-1081]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally harassing, intimidating, or threatening another person while hiding or concealing their face; providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of up to $500 or both for a first offense, and for subsequent offenses, imprisonment of up to 180 days and a fine not to exceed $1,000 or both; and establishing certain affirmative defenses for a violation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Karen R. Toles
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2025 - Preclearance and Voter Intimidation and Obstruction [HB-1044]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Attorney General or the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to review and grant preclearance to certain policies before enactment or implementation; authorizing certain persons to file an action if the Attorney General or the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County fails to properly carry out certain provisions of the Act; and prohibiting acts of intimidation or obstruction that interfere with the right to vote.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-291]
[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: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
To Families & Children (s) on 03/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence. [HB-220]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 189A.010, relating to driving under the influence, to provide that a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence within a 10-year period is a Class D felony; provide that if a person is convicted of a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence the minimum term of imprisonment shall be 120 days; amend KRS 189A.040, 189A.200, 189A.240, and 281A.2102 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
To Judiciary (s) on 03/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle racing. [HB-312]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 189.993 to establish enhanced penalties for a violation of KRS 189.505, including vehicle impoundment and increased fines.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to property rights. [HB-250]
[Real Estate ]
[Crime ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
[Property Tax ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to allow a property owner or his or her authorized agent to request a law enforcement officer to immediately remove a person unlawfully occupying a residential dwelling or other structure under certain circumstances; provide criminal and civil immunity to law enforcement officers and property owners acting in good faith; create a civil cause of action for wrongful removal; create a new section of KRS Chapter 523 to establish the offense of making a false statement to detain real property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Riley
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle racing. [SB-96]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 189.505, relating to motor vehicle racing, to prohibit knowingly promoting, organizing, or facilitating a motor vehicle race upon any street or highway; amend KRS 189.993 to establish enhanced penalties for a violation of KRS 189.505, including vehicle impoundment, driver's license suspension, and forfeiture of a motor vehicle; amend KRS 186.560, relating to driver's license suspension for violations of various penal and traffic laws, to provide that a person with a second or subsequent violation of KRS 189.505 shall be subject to suspension
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Transportation (s) on 02/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to plastic waste. [HB-295]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 224.50-585 to define terms; prohibit the intentional release of more than 25 plastic balloons; establish a ban on plastic, single-use carryout bags by July 1, 2030; establish a ban on the provision of single-use plastic straws and Styrofoam food and beverage containers by retail food and beverage establishments by July 1, 2028; establish civil penalty of $100 per day for violations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Lou Marzian
To Natural Resources & Energy (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. [SB-101]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030 to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040 to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a capital offense; amend KRS 640.010 to define "serious intellectual disability" and "significant subaverage general intellectual functioning"; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
To Judiciary (s) on 02/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prohibited uses of tax dollars. [HB-254]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 65.013 to create a cause of action for violations of the use of tax dollars to advocate for or against public questions on ballot or to lobby or participate in executive agency lobbying; establish time limitation to commence suit and appropriate venue; provide damages recoverable per violation; allow for a class action; prohibit holding a position of public trust or profit for 10 years for individuals held civilly liable; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to establish criminal penalty and a prohibition against holding a position of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sodomy. [HB-227]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repeal KRS 510.100, relating to sodomy in the fourth degree; amend KRS 194A.380 and 532.031 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to expungement. [HB-257]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to create an automatic felony expungement process for eligible convictions.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. [SB-98]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030 to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040 to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a capital offense; amend KRS 640.010 to define "serious intellectual disability" and "significant subaverage general intellectual functioning"; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135,
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Judiciary (s) on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Artificial Intelligence - Health Software and Health Insurance Decision Making [SB-987]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to maintain a registry of artificial intelligence health software that may be distributed or operated in the State; prohibiting a person from distributing or operating artificial intelligence health software unless the software is registered with the Commission; and prohibiting a health insurance carrier from using artificial intelligence to decide or directly influence a health care decision or a decision directly related to health care; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Vehicle Laws - Private Roadways in Residential Communities [SB-915]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting, for a certain period of time, a person from driving a motor vehicle in violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law on private roadways in a residential community in Baltimore County; and authorizing, for a certain period of time, a police officer to enforce the Maryland Vehicle Law on private roadways in a certain residential community in Baltimore County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Baltimore County Senators
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 421 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Distribution of Students' Personal Information - Prohibition [SB-889]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Education ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from distributing personal identifying information or images of a student enrolled in an institution of secondary education or an institution of postsecondary education with intent or knowledge that the information will be used to harm the student or with reckless disregard for the risk the information will be used to harm the student; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to imprisonment of up to 1 year or a fine of up to $5,000 or both.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Public Transit Service and Stations - Exclusion for Assault and Bodily Injury [SB-858]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a person alleged to have committed an assault or other intentional act causing bodily injury may be prohibited from using a State public transit service or entering a State public transit service station; requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to create a rider code of conduct and implement a comprehensive internal safety program to strengthen protections for operators and passengers; requiring the Administration to convene a workgroup to create a rider code of conduct; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 541 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Controlled Dangerous Substances and Firearms [SB-925]
[Cannabis ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a person who is at least 21 years of age to manufacture a personal use amount of cannabis products or concentrated cannabis for personal use or adult sharing at a private residence if the manufacturing process does not involve the use of a volatile solvent; specifying that manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing certain large quantities of certain controlled dangerous substances is a felony; altering the penalties for being a volume dealer and drug kingpin with regard to cannabis; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Division of Just Communities - Establishment [SB-890]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Division of Just Communities in the Department of Housing and Community Development; transferring the authority to designate an area as a Just Community from the Governor to the Department; altering the criteria for designating an area as a Just Community; and transferring the administration of the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program to the Division.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Office of Social Equity - Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund - Modifications [SB-894]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
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; altering certain limitations on the use of the Fund; limiting certain administrative costs to administer the Fund to a certain amount; requiring counties to administer funds from the Fund in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 195 on 04/22/2025