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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Office of the Attorney General - Senior and Vulnerable Adult Asset Recovery Unit [SB-407]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Senior and Vulnerable Adult Asset Recovery Unit in the Office of the Attorney General for the purpose of protecting seniors and vulnerable adults from financial crimes under § 8-801 of the Criminal Law Article; authorizing the Unit to bring civil actions for damages against certain persons; requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2022, to appropriate at least $250,000 for the Unit; requiring the Unit to use the funds to hire new staff and investigate and assist the Unit in bringing civil actions; etc.
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Gettr Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Courts - Improperly Summoning a Police Officer - Civil Liability [SB-436]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a certain civil action to be brought against a person who knowingly summons a police officer with a certain intent; specifying certain types of damages that a certain person is entitled to recover; and providing that the Act does not restrict certain legal remedies.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Protective Orders. [HB-2710]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Permits a law enforcement officer to search a person convicted of violating certain temporary restraining orders or protective orders, including the person's motor vehicle and the person's residence, for firearms without obtaining a search warrant if the law enforcement officer has reason to believe acts of abuse, malicious property damage, or harassment by the person are imminent. Specifies that a seized firearm shall not be used for a subsequent conviction if the original search lacked probable cause but authorizes law enforcement to maintain
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Harassment and Destruction of Property [SB-335]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the basis on which a certain person is prohibited from taking certain actions against a certain group.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Bullying. [HB-2483]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires all entities that provide educational or recreational activities to youth to establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures on bullying, harassment, and retaliation, and provide staff with appropriate annual training, regardless of whether the entity receives any government funding. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Requesting The Department Of Education To Submit A Report To The Legislature On The Implementation Of The Amended Chapters 19 And 89 Of Title 8, Hawaii Administrative Rules. [SCR-7]
[Education ]
Requesting The Department Of Education To Submit A Report To The Legislature On The Implementation Of The Amended Chapters 19 And 89 Of Title 8, Hawaii Administrative Rules.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Requesting The Department Of Education To Submit A Report To The Legislature On The Implementation Of The Amended Chapters 19 And 89 Of Title 8, Hawaii Administrative Rules. [HR-11]
[Education ]
Requesting The Department Of Education To Submit A Report To The Legislature On The Implementation Of The Amended Chapters 19 And 89 Of Title 8, Hawaii Administrative Rules.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Requesting The Department Of Education To Submit A Report To The Legislature On The Implementation Of The Amended Chapters 19 And 89 Of Title 8, Hawaii Administrative Rules. [HCR-13]
[Education ]
Requesting The Department Of Education To Submit A Report To The Legislature On The Implementation Of The Amended Chapters 19 And 89 Of Title 8, Hawaii Administrative Rules.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Sexual Harassment Prevention Training - Designated Coordinator - University System of Maryland [HB-325]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Applying certain sexual harassment prevention training requirements to all units in the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches of State government and to each constituent institution of the University System of Maryland; and repealing the requirement that a certain representative designated by a unit of the University System of Maryland to coordinate certain sexual harassment prevention training be the unit's Title IX Coordinator.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Requesting The Department Of Education To Submit A Report To The Legislature On The Implementation Of The Amended Chapters 19 And 89 Of Title 8, Hawaii Administrative Rules. [SR-8]
[Education ]
Requesting The Department Of Education To Submit A Report To The Legislature On The Implementation Of The Amended Chapters 19 And 89 Of Title 8, Hawaii Administrative Rules.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Harassment. [SB-2267]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibits purposeful harassment with the intent to prevent the taking of fish from persons who are fishing.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of an Item or a Symbol to Threaten or Intimidate [SB-161]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from placing or inscribing an item or a symbol, including an actual or depicted noose or swastika, whether temporary or permanent, on any real or personal property, public or private, without the express permission of the owner, owner's agent, or lawful occupant of the property, with the intent to threaten or intimidate any person or group of persons; and establishing that a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both applies to a violation of the Act.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of an Item or a Symbol to Threaten or Intimidate [HB-5]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from placing or inscribing an item or a symbol, including an actual or depicted noose or swastika, whether temporary or permanent, on any real or personal property, public or private, without the express permission of the owner, owner's agent, or lawful occupant of the property, with the intent to threaten or intimidate any person or group of persons; and establishing that a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both applies to a violation of the Act.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of assault and harassment by persons committed to certain facilities; increasing a criminal penalty. [HB-4108]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of assault and harassment by persons committed to certain facilities; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Schools and Child Care Centers - State Grant Program - Security Upgrades for Facilities at Risk of Hate Crimes or Attacks [SB-1191]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the Maryland Center for School Safety to make grants for specified security-related projects to schools and child care centers determined to be at risk of specified hate crimes or attacks; authorizing specified schools or child care centers to apply to the Center for a specified State grant; establishing the terms and conditions for the use of specified State grant funds by specified recipients; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Schools and Child Care Centers - State Grant Program - Security Upgrades for Facilities at Risk of Hate Crimes or Attacks [HB-1661]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the Maryland Center for School Safety to make grants for specified security-related projects to schools and child care centers determined to be at risk of specified crimes or attacks; authorizing specified schools or child care centers to apply to the Center for a specified State grant; establishing the terms and conditions for the use of specified State grant funds by specified recipients; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Employment Discrimination - Sexual Harassment - Definition of Employer [HB-1659]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Altering the definition of "employer" for purposes of a complaint alleging sexual harassment by reducing from 15 to 1 the minimum number of employees an employer has; and providing that the Act preempts or prevails over specified local laws that require that an employer have more than one employee for purposes of a complaint alleging employment discrimination based on sexual harassment.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Domestic Violence - Definition of Abuse PG 314-17 [HB-1272]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering, in Prince George's County, the definition of "abuse" to include harassment and malicious destruction of property for purposes of specified provisions of law relating to domestic violence.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board [HB-1037]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Modifying from 90 days to 1 year of the action giving rise to the complaint the time limit for filing a complaint with the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board; and requiring the complaint to be in writing on a form authorized by the Board and signed and sworn to under penalty of perjury by the complainant.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Domestic Violence - Education and Definition of Abuse [SB-900]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to encourage county boards of education to incorporate age-appropriate lessons on domestic violence into a specified curriculum; altering the definition of "abuse" for purposes of specified provisions of law relating to domestic violence to include harassment and malicious destruction of property; and defining harassment and malicious destruction of property.