District Courts
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cannabis Reform [SB-833]
[Cannabis ]
[Small Business ]
[Crime ]
[Economic Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to conduct a baseline study of cannabis use in the State; establishing the Cannabis Business Assistance Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide assistance to small, minority, and women-owned businesses entering the adult-use cannabis industry; altering certain provisions relating to penalties, charging procedures, expungement, shielding, and sentencing for certain marijuana-related offenses; legalizing the use and possession of marijuana under certain circumstances; etc.
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Gettr Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Restorative Justice Program [SB-850]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Restorative Justice Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services; and establishing the position of Restorative Justice Legal Specialist, the Restorative Justice Program Revolving Fund, and the Maryland Restorative Justice Council.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Juveniles Charged as Adults - Confinement [HB-877]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing certain provisions requiring a certain court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a certain case involving a child to order the child to be held in a secure juvenile facility pending a certain determination, except under certain circumstances; requiring a certain child to be held in a certain secure juvenile facility while the child is awaiting trial or other legal process, except under certain circumstances; providing Baltimore City is not required to comply with the provisions of the Act until October 1, 2022; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore Police Department - Consent Decree - Exceptions to State Law [SB-866]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that if certain provisions or requirements of State law are determined by a certain court to be inconsistent with a certain consent decree between the United States of America, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and the Baltimore Police Department, those provisions or requirements of State law will have no force or effect under certain circumstances; etc.
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Idaho 2022 Regular Session
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Amends existing law to revise deadlines for the deposit of certain court fees. [HB-542]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
DISTRICT COURTS -- Amends existing law to revise deadlines for the deposit of certain court fees.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cannabis – Legalization and Regulation (Cannabis Legalization and Reparations for the War on Drugs Act) [SB-692]
[Cannabis ]
[Taxes ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Legalizing the use and possession of a certain amount of cannabis by an individual who is at least 21 years of age; providing for the clearing of criminal records and disposition of certain charges relating to the use and possession of cannabis; and establishing a system for the regulation and taxation of the market for the production and sale of cannabis in the State.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Courts - Baltimore City Jobs Court Pilot Program and Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund [HB-785]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Jobs Court Pilot Program in the District Court sitting in Baltimore City to reduce recidivism by offering defendants an opportunity to participate in full-time job training and job placement programs as a condition of probation, an alternative to incarceration, or a condition of pretrial release; and requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to take certain actions including providing a certain report, in consultation with the Baltimore Workforce Development Board, to the Governor and the General Assembly.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore City – District Court – Jobs Court Pilot Program [SB-602]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Jobs Court Pilot Program in the District Court sitting in Baltimore City to reduce recidivism by offering defendants an opportunity to participate in full-time job training and job placement programs as a condition of probation, an alternative to incarceration, or a condition of pretrial release; and requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to take certain actions including providing a certain report, in consultation with the Baltimore Workforce Development Board, to the Governor and the General Assembly.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Real Property – Actions to Repossess – Judgment for Tenants and Proof of Rental Licensure [HB-703]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a landlord to submit to the clerk of the court evidence of compliance with certain local rental property licensure requirements and demonstrate that the landlord is compliant with the licensure requirements.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Real Property - Actions to Repossess - Judgment for Tenants and Proof of Rental Licensure [SB-563]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a landlord to submit to the clerk of the court evidence of compliance with certain local rental property licensure requirements and demonstrate that the landlord is compliant with the licensure requirements; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Courts - Surcharges and Payment to Special Funds [HB-693]
[Finance ]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Increasing certain surcharges on certain fees, charges, and costs in certain civil cases in the circuit courts and the District Court; requiring that certain surcharges collected be deposited into the Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund and directed to certain special funds in the State; establishing the Rental Assistance Special Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; and requiring interest earnings of the Rental Assistance Special Fund to be credited to the Rental Assistance Special Fund.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Small Claims - Examination in Aid of Enforcement and Interrogatories in Aid of Execution - Prohibition [SB-452]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting the court from ordering the appearance of an individual for an examination in aid of enforcement or ordering an individual to answer interrogatories in aid of execution.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To The District Courts. [HB-2222]
[Finance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Increases the monetary threshold for claims over which the district courts have jurisdiction from $40,000 to $60,000.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Crimes - Firearms - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2022) [HB-423]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the types of cases in which the State may appeal from a decision of a trial court under certain circumstances; establishing, altering, and clarifying penalties for and elements of certain firearm-related crimes; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a certain defendant charged with a certain firearm-related crime under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Crimes - Firearms - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2022) [SB-396]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the types of cases in which the State may appeal from a decision of a trial court under certain circumstances; establishing, altering, and clarifying penalties for and elements of certain firearm-related crimes; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a certain defendant charged with a certain firearm-related crime under certain circumstances; etc.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
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Judges; nominations for election to general district court. [SR-10]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
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Judges; nominations for election to juvenile and domestic relations district court. [SR-11]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Nominating persons to be elected to juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
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Judges; nominations for election to general district court. [HR-12]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
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Judges; nominations for election to juvenile and domestic relations district court. [HR-13]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Nominating persons to be elected to juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
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Judges; election in Court of Appeals of Virginia, Circuit Court, General District Court, etc. [HJR-152]
[Elections ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Election of Court of Appeals of Virginia Judges, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and a member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.