Investigations And Inquiries
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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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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Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act) [SB-514]
[Housing ]
[Crime ]
[Real Estate ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a landlord from requiring or requesting from a prospective tenant certain information relating to criminal history and prohibiting a landlord from considering certain information when evaluating the prospective tenant; permitting a landlord to consider certain criminal history information prior to extending a conditional offer to a prospective tenant and requiring the landlord to consider certain information provided by a prospective tenant relating to a criminal history records check; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
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Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act [HB-693]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Regulating commercial financing transactions, including by establishing requirements related to certain disclosures, calculations of annual percentage rates, terms of repayments, and other related items, and the extension of specific offers.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Favorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2025
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Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness [HB-686]
[Crime ]
[Immigration ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the criteria for determining whether a certain victim or the victim's parent, guardian, or next friend shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of certain criminal activity for a certain purpose; altering the time periods within which a certain certifying entity shall certify or decline a certain form under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Quotas (Community-Oriented Policing Act) [HB-687]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering a prohibition against using the number of arrests made, investigations conducted, citations issued, or warrants served or executed by a law enforcement officer as a criterion for the evaluation, compensation, discipline, promotion, demotion, dismissal, or transfer of the officer; and prohibiting law enforcement agencies from requiring, suggesting, requesting, or directing an officer to act for the purpose of increasing the number of investigations, warrants served or executed, or citations or arrests delivered.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness [SB-553]
[Crime ]
[Immigration ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the criteria for determining whether a certain victim or the victim's parent, guardian, or next friend shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of certain criminal activity for a certain purpose; altering the time periods within which a certain certifying entity shall certify or decline a certain form under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
City of Salisbury - Fire and Explosive Investigator - Authority [SB-527]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
Providing that a City of Salisbury fire and explosive investigator has the same authority as the State Fire Marshal under certain circumstances; authorizing the City of Salisbury Fire Chief to limit the authority of a fire and explosive investigator under the Act; and requiring the City of Salisbury Fire Chief to express the limitation in a written policy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers - Body-Worn Cameras - Requirements [HB-669]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing a recording of a body-worn camera worn by a law enforcement officer to be used as evidence in certain proceedings; requiring a custodian to deny inspection of a recording made with the use of a body-worn camera used by a law enforcement officer, subject to certain exceptions; establishing minimum requirements for a body-worn camera policy for a law enforcement agency and the model policy created by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole A. Williams
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges [SB-533]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the deadlines for the completion of the process of review and investigation by a certain investigating unit through disposition by an administrative charging committee under certain circumstances; and requiring a law enforcement agency to file any administrative charges arising out of an investigation of alleged police officer misconduct that is not required to be reviewed by an administrative charging committee within 1 year and 1 day after the date that the appropriate official of the law enforcement agency became aware of the incident.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 493 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Public Safety - Rape Kit Testing - Tracking Program and Grant Fund [HB-675]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering from December 31, 2025, to March 31,2026, the date 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; and prohibiting the use of the Fund for a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 668 on 05/20/2025
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Public Safety - Persistent Aerial Surveillance [HB-682]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Drones ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Prohibiting persistent aerial surveillance by a unit, an agency, or a political subdivision of the State to gather evidence or other information in a criminal investigation, subject to certain exceptions; and defining "persistent aerial surveillance" as the use of aircraft to record video or a concurrent series of images or pictures that when viewed in aggregate depict a person's actions over time.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Opioid Restitution Fund - Authorized Uses [SB-495]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the allowable uses of the Opioid Restitution Fund to provide funds for the operating expenses and personnel costs for investigations, enforcement actions, and other activities conducted by the Opioids Enforcement Unit within the Office of the Attorney General that are related to the recovery of funds from opioid-related judgments or settlements; and requiring the Attorney General to report annually beginning October 1, 2025, on the status of activity of the Opioids Enforcement Unit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 701 on 05/20/2025
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Common Ownership Communities - Local Commissions [HB-558]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing requirements for a local commission on common ownership communities established by the local government of a county.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions and Immigration Enforcement at Sensitive Locations [HB-579]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring federal law enforcement officers to notify certain individuals of federal immigration action at certain sensitive locations; 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; authorizing the disclosure of certain information under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Conference Committee Report {273726/1 Adopted on 04/07/2025
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Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures [SB-447]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a hospital to conduct screening on a patient presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the patient has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the treatment and transfer of a patient who has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; requiring a hospital to allow the termination of a pregnancy in certain circumstances; prohibiting a hospital from taking adverse action against a provider under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
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County Boards of Education - Root Causes of Chronic Absenteeism and Expulsion - Investigation and Reporting [HB-523]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each county board of education to investigate, identify, and report on root causes of chronic absenteeism and expulsion in the county; and requiring, beginning January 1, 2026, and each quarter thereafter for 10 years, each county board to report its findings to each applicable county delegation to the General Assembly and certain committees in the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Adult Protective Services - Investigations and Disclosure of Information [HB-542]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing a local department of social services to request assistance from federal law enforcement officers in an investigation relating to an alleged vulnerable adult; and altering certain provisions relating to the disclosure of certain information concerning human services to include adult protective services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 500 on 05/13/2025
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Primary and Secondary Education - Definition and Notification of Reportable Offense - Alterations [HB-526]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Altering the definition of "reportable offense" to remove the requirement that the offense occurred off school premises and did not occur at an event sponsored by the school; and requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to report to the local superintendent of schools and school principal for certain decisions made during a certain inquiry of a juvenile offender for certain offenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) And Hearing Canceled (judiciary) on 02/12/2025
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Juvenile Law - Police Record Concerning a Child - Confidentiality Exception [SB-404]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the public disclosure by the Office of the Attorney General of the name and age of a child injured or killed in a police-involved incident, subject to the express consent of the child's parent or guardian.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025
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Education - Antidiscrimination Policies - Policy and Notice Requirements [HB-495]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain schools that have an antidiscrimination policy to ensure that the policy includes certain information and is available to certain individuals in a certain manner; requiring a school to provide a certain training regarding antidiscrimination policies to students and employees in a certain manner; and requiring, if sufficient resources are not available to provide training, a school to coordinate with a community organization with certain expertise to provide the training to students and employees at no cost.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/29/2025