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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) [SB-291]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence or sentences under certain circumstances; and establishing procedures for a proceeding under the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2025
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Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Intercepted Communications - Admissibility of Evidence [HB-314]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Providing that the contents of a certain intercepted communication and evidence derived from the communication may be received in evidence in a certain proceeding under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Vulnerable Adult Victims and Witnesses [SB-298]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing the court to admit into evidence in certain criminal proceedings certain out of court statements made by a vulnerable adult victim or witness under certain circumstances and subject to certain requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Secondary Enforcement and Admissibility of Evidence [SB-292]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a police officer to document all reasons for a traffic stop or other stop on a citation or police report resulting from the stop; establishing that certain evidence obtained during a traffic stop or other stop in violation of certain provisions may be or is inadmissible in certain proceedings; authorizing a police officer to enforce certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law only as a secondary action; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions [HB-306]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to receive and respond to certain complaints; requiring common ownership communities to file certain documents with the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to establish a database of governing documents accessible to the public; and establishing requirements for a local common ownership commission established by the local government of a county.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Affidavit for Judicial Authorization [HB-301]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Altering and clarifying the requirement that a sworn affidavit for judicial authorization to initiate forensic genetic genealogical DNA analysis and search (FGGS) assert that the reasonable investigative leads have been pursued and failed to identify the perpetrator and instead requiring that a sworn affidavit for judicial authorization assert that identity of the perpetrator is unknown.
Sponsored by: Rep. David H. Moon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 135 on 04/22/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to reporting information regarding certain evidence collection kits. [HB-1775]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Relating to reporting information regarding certain evidence collection kits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard
Laid On The Table Subject To Call on 04/30/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to a limitation on public access by livestream or videoconference to certain criminal proceedings involving evidence depicting an act of a sexual nature. [HB-1752]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to a limitation on public access by livestream or videoconference to certain criminal proceedings involving evidence depicting an act of a sexual nature.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christian Manuel Hayes
Read First Time on 03/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Courts - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation [SB-167]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the conditions under which a lawsuit is considered a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP suit); altering the conditions under which a defendant in a SLAPP suit is not civilly liable for certain communications; establishing certain standards and requirements relating to a motion to dismiss an alleged SLAPP suit; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 1/15 At 12:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Wrongful Detainer - Time of Hearing and Service of Process [SB-46]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring a certain hearing to be held not more than 10 business days after a certain complaint is filed; and altering requirements relating to service of process in a wrongful detainer action.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 188 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Admission of Out-of-Court Statements - Assault in the Second Degree [SB-146]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that during the trial of a criminal case in which a defendant is charged with an assault in the second degree, a certain statement is not excluded by the hearsay rule if the statement is offered against a party that has engaged in, directed, or conspired to commit wrongdoing that was intended to and did procure the unavailibility of the declarant of the statement, under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Dulany James
Hearing 1/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations ("Know Before They Knock" Family Right to Notice Act) [HB-223]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a local department of social services or a law enforcement agency to provide oral and written notice of certain rights to a parent or caretaker of a child at the time of initial contact during an investigation of suspected child abuse or neglect; and excluding evidence obtained in violation of the Act from being used in certain judicial or administrative proceedings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Incarcerated Seniors - Motion to Reduce the Duration of a Sentence [SB-141]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing an individual who is at least 60 years old and has been imprisoned for at least 20 years to file a motion to reduce the duration of the individual's sentence; requiring the court to conduct a hearing on a motion to reduce the duration of a sentence, unless the court has held a hearing on a similar motion in the preceding 5 years; and requiring a court to consider enumerated factors in determining whether to grant a motion to reduce the duration of a sentence and to issue its decision in writing or on the record in open court.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Admission of Out-of-Court Statements - Assault in the Second Degree [HB-281]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that during the trial of a criminal case in which a defendant is charged with an assault in the second degree, a certain statement is not excluded by the hearsay rule if the statement is offered against a party that has engaged in, directed, or conspired to commit wrongdoing that was intended to and did procure the unavailibility of the declarant of the statement, under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth M. Embry
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 02/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Safe Neighborhoods - Pilot Program [HB-283]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to establish a Safe Neighborhoods Pilot Program to provide doorbell cameras or security systems with doorbell cameras to residents of high-crime areas; requiring the Office to report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2027, regarding the usefulness and viability of the Program based on a cost-benefit analysis; and requiring the Governor to include $5,000,000 in the annual budget bill in fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter for the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Allen Young
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Holding Over - Expedited Hearing and Service of Summons for Active Duty Service Members [SB-32]
[Real Estate ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Housing ]
Requiring the District Court to hold a hearing on a tenant holding over within 45 days after a landlord makes a complaint if the landlord or the landlord's spouse is on active duty with the United States military; and authorizing a private process server to serve a certain summons if the constable or sheriff of the county fails to serve the summons within 10 days after the summons is issued by the court.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn D. Gile
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 646 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Custodial Interrogation of Minors - Admissibility of Statements [HB-165]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing a certain rebuttable presumption that a statement made by a minor during a custodial interrogation is involuntary and is inadmissible in a juvenile or criminal proceeding against the minor if the law enforcement officer intentionally used information known by the officer to be false in order to elicit the statement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Organized Retail Theft Act of 2025 [HB-179]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that multiple thefts committed by the same person in multiple counties under one scheme or continuing course of conduct may be joined and prosecuted in any county in which any one of the thefts occurred; prohibiting one or more persons from committing a series of thefts from retail merchants over a 90-day period with an aggregate value exceeding $1,500; requiring a court to make a finding as to whether a certain crime is organized retail theft under certain circumstances for a certain purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 192 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Fraud - Conveyance, Lease, or Possession of Residential Real Property [HB-202]
[Crime ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting the intentional fraudulent sale, conveyance, or lease or attempted sale, conveyance, or lease of real property by a person who does not own the real property; prohibiting the acquisition, sale, or conveyance or the attempted acquisition, sale, or conveyance of real property by deception, intimidation, threat, or undue influence; prohibiting a person from possessing or claiming a right to possess residential real property the person does not lawfully possess or own, with the intent to defraud another; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Nawrocki
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Evidence - Interception of Oral Communications - Fair Housing Testing [SB-107]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
Providing that it is lawful for a person to intercept an oral communication if the person is working as a fair housing tester for a fair housing testing program operated by the federal government, the State, a local government, or a nonprofit civil rights organization under certain circumstances; and providing that the contents of an intercepted oral communication may be used only for the purpose of enforcing federal, State, or local fair housing laws.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Third Reading Passed (28-18) on 03/13/2025