Evidence - Witness Credibility - Forgery Conviction [HB-387]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring that evidence that a witness has been convicted of forgery be admitted in court for the purpose of attacking the credibility of the witness under certain circumstances.
Evidence - Witness Credibility - Forgery Conviction [SB-236]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring that evidence that a witness has been convicted of forgery be admitted in court for the purpose of attacking the credibility of the witness under certain circumstances.
Crimes - Criminal Gangs - Prohibitions and Funding [SB-388]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the penalties for specified offenses relating to criminal gangs; prohibiting a criminal gang or an individual belonging to a criminal gang from receiving or investing specified proceeds in a specified manner; prohibiting criminal gangs and persons involved with criminal gangs from obtaining specified property under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-388: Crimes - Criminal Gangs - Prohibitions and Funding
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2016
Justice Reinvestment Act [SB-1005]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to conduct a risk and needs assessment on inmates as soon as feasible after sentencing and develop a case plan to guide an inmate's rehabilitation while in custody; altering the manner in which specified diminution credits may be earned; authorizing expungement for convictions for specified misdemeanors after 10 years, or 15 years under specified conditions; establishing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board and the Local Government Justice Reinvestment Commission; etc.
SB-1005: Justice Reinvestment Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 515 on 05/19/2016
Crimes - Criminal Gangs - Prohibitions and Funding [HB-461]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the penalties for specified offenses relating to criminal gangs; prohibiting a criminal gang or an individual belonging to a criminal gang from receiving or investing specified proceeds in a specified manner; prohibiting criminal gangs and persons involved with criminal gangs from obtaining specified property under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-461: Crimes - Criminal Gangs - Prohibitions and Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/31/2016
Justice Reinvestment Act [HB-1312]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Mental Health ]
Requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to conduct a specified risk and needs assessment on specified inmates and include the results in a specified case record; altering the manner in which specified diminution credits may be earned; requiring the Division to impose specified graduated sanctions; establishing the Addiction Treatment Divestiture Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; establishing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board and the Local Government Justice Reinvestment Commission; etc.
HB-1312: Justice Reinvestment Act
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/05/2016
Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act - Revision [SB-941]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Revising the Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; identifying the Child Support Enforcement Administration as the support enforcement agency of the State; extending the application of specified provisions of the Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to include parties, pleadings, proceedings, and support orders of a foreign country; authorizing a tribunal of this State to exercise jurisdiction over a guardian or conservator under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-941: Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act - Revision
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/10/2015
Labor and Employment - Fair Scheduling Act [SB-688]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring an employer to provide employees with a specified work schedule within a specified time period, notify employees of specified changes, and provide employees with a new work schedule within 24 hours after making a change to the initial schedule; requiring an employer to conspicuously post at each work site specified work schedules; requiring an employer to pay specified predictability pay under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-688: Labor and Employment - Fair Scheduling Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/26/2015
Labor and Employment - Fair Scheduling Act [HB-969]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring an employer to provide employees with a specified work schedule within a specified time period, notify employees of specified changes, and provide employees with a new work schedule within 24 hours after making a change to the initial schedule; requiring an employer to conspicuously post at each work site specified work schedules; requiring an employer to pay specified predictability pay under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-969: Labor and Employment - Fair Scheduling Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/30/2015
Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act - Revision [HB-1289]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Revising the Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; identifying the Child Support Enforcement Administration as the support enforcement agency of the State; extending the application of specified provisions of the Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to include parties, pleadings, proceedings, and support orders of a foreign country; authorizing a tribunal of this State to exercise jurisdiction over a guardian or conservator under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-1289: Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act - Revision
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 308 on 05/12/2015
Motor Vehicle Administration - Investigative Division - Issuance of Citations [SB-75]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing an employee of the Investigative Division of the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue citations to the same extent as a police officer under specified circumstances; and altering the violations for which an employee of the Investigative Division may issue a citation under specified circumstances.
SB-75: Motor Vehicle Administration - Investigative Division - Issuance of Citations
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 19 on 04/09/2013
Unauthorized Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Transcripts, Diplomas, and Grade Reports - Penalties [SB-56]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from buying, selling, distributing, using, offering, or presenting as genuine a transcript, diploma, or grade report of an entity that represents itself as an institution of postsecondary education if the entity is not authorized to operate in the State or another state or country.
SB-56: Unauthorized Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Transcripts, Diplomas, and Grade Reports - Penalties
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 10 on 04/09/2013
Criminal Law - Counterfeiting - Venue [SB-511]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Including the county in which an alleged counterfeit deed or other instrument is filed or recorded in a specified manner as a venue to prosecute a specified counterfeiting crime or other crime that establishes a specified counterfeiting crime.
SB-511: Criminal Law - Counterfeiting - Venue
Sponsored by: Sen. Norman Stone
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Falsified Transcripts, Diplomas, and [SB-292]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a person from falsely altering, causing or procuring to be falsely altered, or willingly aiding or assisting in falsely altering a transcript, diploma, or grade report of an institution of postsecondary education; prohibiting a person from knowingly buying, selling, or distributing a false, forged, counterfeited, or altered transcript, diploma, or grade report; etc.
SB-292: Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Falsified Transcripts, Diplomas, and
Sponsored by: Sen. Education
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
Criminal Law - Counterfeiting - Venue [HB-879]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Including the county in which an alleged counterfeit deed or other instrument is filed or recorded in a specified manner as a venue to prosecute a specified counterfeiting crime or other crime that establishes a specified counterfeiting crime.
HB-879: Criminal Law - Counterfeiting - Venue
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Barkley
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/19/2011
Criminal Law - Simulated Census Documents - Prohibition [SB-680]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from using, sending, or delivering to another a document that simulates an official letter, survey, or questionnaire relating to the decennial census of the United States or implies a specified association with certain government entities for a specified purpose; prohibiting a person from using a logo, seal, insignia, envelope, or other form that simulates specified identifying information of any governmental unit; providing specified penalties for violations of the Act; etc.
SB-680: Criminal Law - Simulated Census Documents - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. David Harrington
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/29/2010
Public Safety - Maryland Code of Military Justice [SB-1010]
[Public Safety ]
[Military ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[National Security ]
[Crime ]
Establishing a Maryland Code of Military Justice; providing for jurisdiction and applicability of the Act; providing for authority of certain judge advocates; establishing the rights of certain victims; providing for the apprehension and restraint of certain offenders; providing for certain non-judicial punishment; establishing the jurisdiction for certain courts-martial; providing for the appointment and composition of certain courts-martial; establishing certain pre-trial procedures; etc.
SB-1010: Public Safety - Maryland Code of Military Justice
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 592 on 05/08/2020