Gang-Related Crimes - Reporting [HB-311]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the court, on request of the State's Attorney, to make a finding as to whether a crime for which a defendant is convicted or receives a probation before judgment disposition is a gang-related crime; establishing that the State has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that a crime is a gang-related crime; requiring a finding by the court that a crime is a gang-related crime to become part of the court record for purposes of reporting to the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository; etc.
HB-311: Gang-Related Crimes - Reporting
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/24/2014
Crimes - Gang-Free Zones - Penalties for Gang Activity [HB-1416]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from threatening an individual, or a friend or family member of an individual, with or using physical violence to coerce, induce, or solicit the individual to participate in or prevent the individual from leaving a criminal gang in, on, or within a specified distance from a postsecondary school, specified property operated by a State or local transit authority, and a State or local recreation area or park; and increasing the penalty for specified gang activity.
HB-1416: Crimes - Gang-Free Zones - Penalties for Gang Activity
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2014
Task Force to Study the Creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety [SB-772]
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[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing a Task Force to Study the Creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety; providing for the membership, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation, but authorizing reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2012; etc.
SB-772: Task Force to Study the Creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
Task Force to Study the Creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety [HB-79]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing a Task Force to Study the Creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety; providing for the membership, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation, but authorizing reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2012; etc.
HB-79: Task Force to Study the Creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
Criminal Law - Gang Activity - Jurisdiction over Juvenile Offenders [HB-426]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Excluding from the jurisdiction of juvenile court a child at least 16 years old who is alleged to have committed, as a member of a criminal gang, a specified act that would be a crime if committed by an adult; etc.
HB-426: Criminal Law - Gang Activity - Jurisdiction over Juvenile Offenders
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/28/2011
SB-315: Relating to the agencies and entities responsible for compiling and maintaining information pertaining to criminal combinations and criminal street gangs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judith Zaffirini
Effective Immediately on 06/17/2011
You have voted SB-315: Relating to the agencies and entities responsible for compiling and maintaining information pertaining to criminal combinations and criminal street gangs..
Maryland Gang Prosecution Act of 2010 [SB-517]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of criminal gang to repeal the requirement that an association of three or more persons whose members meet specified criteria be ongoing; altering specified factors that persons can have in common to be considered a criminal gang; altering the list of underlying crimes for criminal gang activity; altering a specified prohibition concerning participation in criminal gang activity to repeal the requirement that a pattern of criminal gang activity be ongoing; etc.
SB-517: Maryland Gang Prosecution Act of 2010
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Criminal Law - Gang Activity - Jurisdiction over Juvenile Offenders [SB-365]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Excluding from the jurisdiction of juvenile court a child at least 16 years old who is alleged to have committed, as a member of a criminal gang, a specified act that would be a crime if committed by an adult; etc.
SB-365: Criminal Law - Gang Activity - Jurisdiction over Juvenile Offenders
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2010
Education - Offenses Reportable to School Authorities [SB-360]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amending specified definitions, including the definition of "reportable offense" to include specified violations of the Criminal Law Article and the attempt to commit specified crimes; and requiring a law enforcement agency to report the arrest of a student for a reportable offense to a local superintendent and the public or nonpublic school principal.
SB-360: Education - Offenses Reportable to School Authorities
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2010
Maryland Gang Prosecution Act of 2010 [HB-756]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of criminal gang to repeal the requirement that an association of three or more persons whose members meet specified criteria be ongoing; altering specified factors that persons can have in common to be considered a criminal gang; altering the list of underlying crimes for criminal gang activity; altering a specified prohibition concerning participation in criminal gang activity to repeal the requirement that a pattern of criminal gang activity be ongoing; etc.
HB-756: Maryland Gang Prosecution Act of 2010
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/12/2010
Criminal Law - Gang Activity - Jurisdiction over Juvenile Offenders [HB-609]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Excluding from the jurisdiction of juvenile court a child at least 16 years old who is alleged to have committed, as a member of a criminal gang, a specified act that would be a crime if committed by an adult; etc.
HB-609: Criminal Law - Gang Activity - Jurisdiction over Juvenile Offenders
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/12/2010
Criminal Law - Gangs - Definition, Underlying Crimes, and Sentencing [HB-227]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "criminal gang" to remove a requirement that a specified group must be an ongoing association; adding specified felonies and misdemeanors to the list of underlying crimes that serve to prove a pattern of criminal gang activity for conviction of a defendant as a member of a criminal gang; providing that a sentence for a specified violation must be separate from and consecutive to a sentence for any specified crime, etc.
HB-227: Criminal Law - Gangs - Definition, Underlying Crimes, and Sentencing
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary James
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/12/2010