Injury
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Business Regulation – Social Media Websites – Censored Speech [HB-1314]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
Prohibiting a social media website from taking certain actions to censor the religious speech or political speech of a certain user; authorizing the Attorney General to bring a certain civil cause of action under certain circumstances; authorizing a court to award certain court costs and attorney's fees to the prevailing party of a certain action; providing that a certain violation of the Act is an unfair and deceptive trade practice that is subject to certain penalties; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Troy Adams
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2021
Spread the world
Gettr Maryland 2021 Regular Session
✔
Office of the Attorney General - Firearm Crime, Injuries, Fatalities, and Crime Firearms - Study Extension [HB-1186]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering certain dates by which the Office of the Attorney General is required to provide certain reports to the Governor and the General Assembly relating to firearm crimes, firearm injuries and fatalities, and crime firearms; authorizing the Office to access certain information from the District Court concerning certain protective orders for a certain purpose; requiring an additional report to be submitted by December 1, 2024 by the Office of the Attorney General under a certain Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 651 on 05/30/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
State Government – Attorney General – Independent Law Enforcement Prosecution Unit [HB-1035]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing the Independent Law Enforcement Prosecution Unit in the Office of the Attorney General; providing for the purpose of the Unit; requiring the Governor to annually include $5,000,000 in the State budget for the Unit; requiring the Unit to investigate certain shootings and other incidents that result in death; requiring a law enforcement agency to notify the Unit of certain shootings and other incidents at a certain time and to cooperate with the Unit under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 2/15 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/05/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Police Qualified Immunity and Accountability Act [HB-1049]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing, notwithstanding any other provision of law, that a law enforcement officer is not immune from civil or criminal liability for acts or omissions causing certain physical or mental injury that occur while the law enforcement officer is acting in an official capacity; prohibiting a person from bringing an action under the Act under certain circumstances; specifying that certain immunity does not apply to a claim brought under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Hearing 2/15 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/05/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Worker Safety and Health - Injury and Illness Prevention Program [SB-728]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Small Business ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring employers with 10 or more employees, or whose rate of work-related injury and illness exceeds the average incidence rate of all industries in the State to develop and implement a health and safety committee to promote health and safety in the workplace; providing for the membership, meetings, and duties of the committee; requiring that the committee maintain certain records and retain the records for a certain period of time; requiring each employer to establish and maintain an injury and illness prevention program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Labor and Employment – Worker Safety and Health – Injury and Illness Prevention Program [HB-923]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Small Business ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring employers with 10 or more employees, or whose rate of work-related injury and illness exceeds the average incidence rate of all industries in the State to develop and implement a health and safety committee to promote health and safety in the workplace; providing for the membership, meetings, and duties of the committee; requiring that the committee maintain certain records and retain the records for a certain period of time; requiring each employer to establish and maintain an injury and illness prevention program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 3/05 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/09/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
✔
Mental Health Facilities - Sexual Abuse and Harassment - Reporting and Prevention [HB-881]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring residential treatment facilities to report complaints of sexual abuse and sexual harassment within 24 hours of receiving the complaint to the Behavioral Health Administration, the Office of Health Care Quality, or in the case of a minor, to Child Protective Services; requiring the Office and the Administration to develop and implement a certain reporting system; requiring facilities to develop and implement policies and procedures for responding to complaints of sexual abuse and harassment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geraldine Valentino-Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 155 on 05/18/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Safety – Required Drug and Alcohol Testing for Law Enforcement Officers [SB-601]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Public Health ]
Expanding the procedures for conducting an investigation or interrogation under certain circumstances that may lead to disciplinary action, demotion, or dismissal of a law enforcement officer; establishing an exception to an existing authorization for a law enforcement agency to require a certain law enforcement officer to submit to certain testing under certain circumstances; requiring a law enforcement officer to submit to certain drug and alcohol testing under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing Canceled on 02/02/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Good Teacher Protection Act [HB-828]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a staff member of a school, acting in an official capacity, is not civilly liable for personal injury or property damage resulting from intervention in a student altercation or other student disturbance if the staff member intervened in a reasonably prudent manner and the actions taken do not constitute grossly negligent, willful, wanton, or intentionally tortious conduct.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cox
Hearing 2/10 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/31/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Life-Threatening Injury Involving a Motor Vehicle or Vessel - Criminal Negligence (Wade's Law) [HB-855]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from causing a life-threatening injury to another as a result of the person's driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel in a criminally negligent manner; exempting certain conduct that results in a life-threatening injury to another; and establishing a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both for a violation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wayne A. Hartman
Third Reading Passed (127-7) on 03/22/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
✔
Baltimore County - Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Detention and Correctional Officers [SB-651]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing for enhanced workers' compensation benefits for a Baltimore County correctional officer and a Baltimore County detention officer for a compensable permanent partial disability of less than 75 weeks; and providing that the Act applies only prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 200 on 05/18/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
✔
Criminal Law - Harm to Service Animals [SB-607]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from willfully and maliciously killing, injuring, or interfering with the use of a certain service animal, or willfully and maliciously allowing a certain animal to kill, injure, or interfere with the use of a certain service animal; establishing penalties for a violation of certain provisions of the Act of imprisonment of up to 2 years or a fine of up to $2,500, or both; authorizing a court to order a certain defendant to pay certain restitution as a condition of sentencing; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 179 on 05/18/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
✔
Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Police Discipline and Law Enforcement Programs and Procedures [HB-670]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repealing the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights; prohibiting a police officer from preventing a citizen from recording the officer's actions if the citizen is otherwise acting lawfully and safely; establishing the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Police Officers and the Maryland Police Officers Scholarship Program; requiring the Police Training and Standards Commission to take certain actions in response to violations of a certain Use of Force Statute; requiring each county to have a police accountability board; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne A. Jones
Gubernatorial Veto Override (legislative Date: 4/9/2021) - Chapter 59 on 04/10/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Information Act – Personnel and Investigatory Records – Complaints Against Police Officers [HB-671]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a custodian to grant inspection of certain personnel records by the United States Attorney, the Attorney General, the State Prosecutor, or a State's Attorney; establishing that a record relating to a formal complaint of job-related misconduct made against a police officer is not a personnel record under certain provisions of the Public Information Act under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland police Training and Standards Commission to post on its website and submit to the General Assembly certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne A. Jones
First Reading Judiciary on 01/26/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Second Degree Assault - Sports Official [HB-688]
[Sports ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is an official, an umpire, a referee, or a judge officiating at a sporting event; authorizing a police officer to arrest a person without a warrant if the police officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed a certain assault; and establishing that a violation of the Act is a misdemeanor with a penalty of up to 10 years in prison or a fine of up to $2,500 or both.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan K McComas
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/09/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority – Metro Transit Police – Quotas and Metro Transit Police Complaints Board [HB-666]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact to require the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to prohibit the use of enforcement quotas to evaluate, incentivize, or discipline members of the Metro Transit Police, including with regard to the number of arrests made or citations or warnings issued; and providing for the establishment, composition, powers, and duties of a Police Complaints Board, subject to a certain concurrence in the Act by the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
First Reading Judiciary on 01/26/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Safety - Law Enforcement Reform [HB-707]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that the Police Department of Baltimore City is an agency and instrumentality of the City of Baltimore, instead of the State; providing that police officers of the department have the authority conferred under Title 2 of the Criminal Procedure Article; requiring that a certain "no-knock" search warrant be preapproved by a certain supervisor and the State's Attorney; altering the required frequency of certain police training; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Harry Bhandari
Hearing 2/12 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/26/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
✔
Public Institutions of Higher Education - Student Athletes (Jordan McNair Safe and Fair Play Act) [SB-439]
[Education ]
[Sports ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Declaring certain findings of the General Assembly regarding the educational needs and the health and safety of student athletes; prohibiting a public institution of higher education or certain organizations from preventing a student athlete from earning compensation from the use of the athlete's name, image, or likeness; prohibiting a public institution of higher education from providing a prospective student athlete with certain compensation or preventing the athlete from obtaining certain representation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 138 on 05/18/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
✔
Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Trauma Act) [HB-548]
[Human Services ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Establishing the Commission on Trauma-Informed Care to coordinate a statewide initiative to prioritize the trauma-responsive and trauma-informed delivery of State services that impact children, youth, families, and older adults; requiring the Commission to submit its findings annually to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 30; requiring the Commission to study developing a process and framework for implementing an Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Aware Program in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 722 on 05/30/2021
Spread the world
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Search Warrants [SB-419]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering a provision of law authorizing an application for a search warrant to contain a request authorizing the executing law enforcement officer to enter a building, apartment, premises, place, or thing to be searched without giving notice of the officer's authority or purpose and to require that the application contain known information about the presence of minors, vulnerable adults, and individuals with disabilities who may be present during the execution of the warrant; establishing certain reporting requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing 3/25 At 1:30 P.m. on 03/12/2021