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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Rape Kit Testing - Tracking Program and Grant Fund [SB-669]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the date from December 31, 2025, to March 31, 2026, by which a certain report under a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program is required to be submitted; altering the purpose and use of the Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund; expanding the duties of the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy relating to the Fund; prohibiting the use of the Fund for a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 667 on 05/20/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 24, Chapter 7, relative to child forensic interviews. [HB-583]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
As enacted, permits the introduction into evidence of a video recording of a child victim being interviewed by a forensic interviewer regarding sexual or physically violent contact with the child if the forensic interviewer confirms the accuracy of the recording and the child is available for cross examination; makes other changes relative to forensic interviews. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Ray Clemmons
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 162 on 05/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Washington County - Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Target Redevelopment Area [SB-698]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain construction material or warehousing equipment that is purchased for use in the Mount Aetna Technology Park in Washington County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2025
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Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)
Civil penalties; commercial motor vehicles [SB-1370]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Civil penalties; commercial motor vehicles
Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Payne
Chapter 101 on 05/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies [HB-829]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "qualified generator lead line" for purposes of provisions of law regarding certificates of public convenience and necessity; requiring an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an overhead transmission line to include certain information in its application; requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain evidence before taking final action on a certain application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction) [SB-651]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a county to enact, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for a local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Relocation of Human Remains - Authorization Process [SB-624]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a person seeking to relocate human remains from a burial site to apply for approval for relocation with the Office of Cemetery Oversight before seeking authorization from a State's Attorney; establishing requirements and procedures for an application for authorization to relocate human remains; requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight to delay authorization for 90 days for relocation of human remains under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Revenge Porn - Computer-Generated Visual Representation [HB-803]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly distributing a computer-generated visual representation of another including a photograph, a film, a video, a digital image, or a picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act – Revisions [SB-665]
[Finance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Making certain virtual currency subject to the abandoned property laws in the State; establishing certain provisions to determine certain information about certain apparent owners of abandoned property; altering and establishing certain provisions pertaining to the presumption of abandonment for certain types of property; establishing certain procedures to establish the death of a certain insured or certain annuitant; altering the dollar value at which the Comptroller is required to publish certain notice; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 635 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Courts - Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program - Establishment [SB-655]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing an Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program within the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide expertise in artificial intelligence to the circuit courts and the District Court in the form of expert testimony on certain types of evidence before the courts; requiring the Office to develop a grant application for the Program and award grants to eligible higher education institutions; and authorizing the Governor for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 to include $250,000 in the annual budget bill for the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Motor Vehicles - Right to Repair [HB-843]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a manufacturer of certain motor vehicles to provide certain information and tools related to the diagnosis, service, and repair of motor vehicles to certain owners and independent repair facilities under certain circumstances; requiring a manufacturer that sells motor vehicles with telematics systems to install an open data platform in certain motor vehicles; requiring the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General to develop a certain document relating to telematics systems and certain consumer rights; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Ghrist
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/29/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to a waiver of the preservation of evidence and the return of a seized weapon in a criminal case. [HB-2180]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to a waiver of the preservation of evidence and the return of a seized weapon in a criminal case.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Cunningham
Referred To Criminal Justice on 05/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization of Pilot Program [SB-600]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in certain school zones in Baltimore City and the City of Takoma Park under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County, if authorized by local law; and requiring that a certain percentage of the fines collected under the Act be distributed to the local management board for Baltimore City and be used only to provide youth programming and services for youth living in or attending a school located in the 45th or 46th legislative districts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 571 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act - Revisions [HB-761]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Making certain virtual currency subject to the abandoned property laws in the State; establishing certain provisions to determine certain information about certain apparent owners of abandoned property; altering and establishing certain provisions pertaining to the presumption of abandonment for certain types of property; establishing certain procedures to establish the death of a certain insured or certain annuitant; altering from $100 to $50 the value at which the Comptroller is required to publish a certain notice; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 636 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Stolen Vehicles or Registration Plates [HB-758]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a local designee under a local automated speed enforcement program to void a citation issued under the program if the local designee determines that the motor vehicle subject to the citation or its registration plates were stolen at the time the alleged violation occurred; prohibiting a local automated speed enforcement program from issuing or mailing a citation until the program confirms that the motor vehicle involved in the alleged violation or its registration plates were not reported as stolen; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Distracted Driving Monitoring System Pilot Program [SB-613]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing a pilot program to authorize the use of distracted driving monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain prohibitions regarding the use of certain devices while operating a vehicle; and requiring that a county that authorizes a program of distracted driving monitoring systems under the Act to report on the effectiveness of the systems on or before December 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions [SB-608]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the requirements for certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the individuals eligible to request a certain official to certify victim helpfulness relating to certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the time periods within which a certain certifying entity shall certify or decline a certain form under certain circumstances; and requiring a certifying entity to develop protocols to assist certain petitioners to take certain actions.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 114 on 04/22/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of hindering the investigation or prosecution of certain sexual offenses committed against a child. [HB-2113]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of hindering the investigation or prosecution of certain sexual offenses committed against a child.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Reynolds
Scheduled For Public Hearing In S/c On . . . on 04/24/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 24, Chapter 7, relative to child forensic interviews. [SB-304]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
As enacted, permits the introduction into evidence of a video recording of a child victim being interviewed by a forensic interviewer regarding sexual or physically violent contact with the child if the forensic interviewer confirms the accuracy of the recording and the child is available for cross examination; makes other changes relative to forensic interviews. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ferrell Haile
Effective Date(s) 04/11/2025 on 05/02/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to a no-evidence motion for summary judgment. [HB-2100]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Relating to a no-evidence motion for summary judgment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mihaela Elizabeth Plesa
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/09/2025