Education - Maryland Data Analysis and Accountability Program - Established [SB-983]
Establishing the Maryland Data Analysis and Accountability Program in the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center; stating the purpose of the Program; requiring the Center to perform certain functions and duties; establishing a certain governing board with certain membership subject to certain terms; providing for the duties of the Board; requiring the Center to make a certain report to the General Assembly, the Governor, certain oversight boards, and local boards on or before a certain date; etc.
SB-983: Education - Maryland Data Analysis and Accountability Program - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
Hearing Canceled on 02/20/2020
Public Safety - Baltimore City - P.R.O.T.E.C.T. (Public Resources Organizing to End Crime Together) Program [SB-929]
Authorizing certain employees of certain State law enforcement agencies to enforce certain motor vehicle laws within Baltimore City under a certain memorandum of understanding; establishing the P.R.O.T.E.C.T. (Public Resources Organizing to End Crime Together) Program to maximize the use of available resources to combat neighborhood decline and support strategies to reduce crime in Baltimore City and the State; requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to submit a certain report to certain committees; etc.
SB-929: Public Safety - Baltimore City - P.R.O.T.E.C.T. (Public Resources Organizing to End Crime Together) Program
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
Department of Juvenile Services - Juvenile Strategic Reentry Program [SB-769]
Requiring the Secretary of Juvenile Services to establish the Juvenile Strategic Reentry Program for children committed to the custody or under the guardianship of the Department of Juvenile Services; establishing the purpose of the Program; requiring the Department to direct reentry specialists to oversee the return of certain children to the community; requiring that a reentry specialist meet with a child at least 45 days before the release of the child from an out-of-home placement; etc.
SB-769: Department of Juvenile Services - Juvenile Strategic Reentry Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Obie Patterson
Hearing 3/03 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
Juvenile Law - Informal Adjustment [SB-706]
Authorizing a certain court to refer a certain matter to the Department of Juvenile Services for a certain informal adjustment if the time for a certain adjudicatory hearing has been waived and the petition is not the result of an unsuccessful informal adjustment; providing a certain exception to the requirement that the court hold an adjudicatory hearing; and requiring a certain petition to be dismissed if a certain informal adjustment is successfully completed.
SB-706: Juvenile Law - Informal Adjustment
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 3/10 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
Juvenile Law - Informal Adjustment [HB-842]
Authorizing the juvenile court to refer a certain matter to the Department of Juvenile Services for a certain informal adjustment if the time for a certain adjudicatory hearing has been waived and the petition is not the result of an unsuccessful informal adjustment; providing a certain exception to the requirement that the court hold an adjudicatory hearing; and requiring a certain petition to be dismissed if a certain informal adjustment is successfully completed.
HB-842: Juvenile Law - Informal Adjustment
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/12/2020
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership [SB-622]
Altering the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include certain individuals serving in certain positions in the Department of Juvenile Services; providing for the calculation of a certain benefit from the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for individuals serving in certain positions on or before June 30, 2020; requiring the State Retirement Agency, on or before January 1, 2021, to notify the individuals who are affected by the Act of their right to transfer certain service credits; etc.
SB-622: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2020
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership [HB-778]
Altering the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include certain individuals serving in certain positions in the Department of Juvenile Services; providing for the calculation of a certain benefit from the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for individuals serving in certain positions on or before June 30, 2020; requiring the State Retirement Agency, on or before January 1, 2021, to notify the individuals who are affected by the Act of their right to transfer certain service credit; etc.
HB-778: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing Canceled on 02/11/2020
Juvenile Services - Facilities - Garrett Children's Center [HB-673]
Including the Garrett Children's Center as a facility the Department of Juvenile Services is authorized to operate for the diagnosis, care, training, education, and rehabilitation of certain children.
HB-673: Juvenile Services - Facilities - Garrett Children's Center
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 297 on 05/08/2020
Criminal Law - Child Pornography and Exhibition and Display of Obscene Items to Minors [HB-501]
Establishing certain exceptions to provisions of law relating to the display and exhibition of a certain item to a minor, child pornography, and possession of a visual representation of a child under the age of 16 years; prohibiting a minor from engaging in certain conduct involving the display or exhibition of an item to another minor, child pornography, and possession of certain visual representations; etc.
HB-501: Criminal Law - Child Pornography and Exhibition and Display of Obscene Items to Minors
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
Criminal Law - Child Pornography and Exhibition and Display of Obscene Items to Minors [SB-365]
Establishing certain exceptions to provisions of law relating to the display and exhibition of a certain item to a minor, child pornography, and possession of a visual representation of a child under the age of 16 years; prohibiting a minor from engaging in certain conduct involving the display or exhibition of an item to another minor, child pornography, and possession of certain visual representations; etc.
SB-365: Criminal Law - Child Pornography and Exhibition and Display of Obscene Items to Minors
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing Canceled on 01/29/2020
Juveniles – Sexting [HB-272]
Establishing a certain mitigating factor in a certain juvenile court proceeding against a child for a certain violation; requiring and authorizing the juvenile court to take certain actions in making a certain disposition on a certain finding; prohibiting the juvenile court from taking certain actions in making a certain disposition on a certain finding; establishing that a child who is found by the juvenile court to have violated a certain provision of law is not subject to certain sex offender registration; etc.
HB-272: Juveniles – Sexting
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Third Reading Passed (133-0) on 03/13/2020
Juveniles - Mechanical Restraints [HB-1255]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to adopt regulations applicable to specified facilities that specify policies for the use of mechanical restraints on children; authorizing the transport of a child to or from a detention facility or hardware secure facility in mechanical restraints, except under specified circumstances and subject to specified conditions; requiring, on or before September 30 annually, the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on each transport of a child in mechanical restraints; etc.
HB-1255: Juveniles - Mechanical Restraints
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jalisi
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/06/2017
Department of Juvenile Services - Implementation of Task Force Recommendations - Report [HB-1256]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to provide a progress report on the status of the implementation of specified recommendations of the Task Force to Study the Restraint, Searches, and Needs of Children in the Juvenile Justice System; requiring the Department to report on specified recommendations; requiring the Department to report on the implementation of the Task Force's recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 1, 2017.
HB-1256: Department of Juvenile Services - Implementation of Task Force Recommendations - Report
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jalisi
Third Reading Passed (98-21) on 04/10/2017
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership [HB-1081]
Altering the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include specified individuals serving in specified positions in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; providing that specified members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System who meet specified criteria may receive a normal service retirement allowance that is based on specified creditable service; etc.
HB-1081: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 688 on 05/25/2017
Juveniles - Mechanical Restraints [SB-981]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to adopt regulations applicable to specified facilities that specify policies for the use of mechanical restraints on children; authorizing the transport of a child to or from a detention facility or hardware secure facility in mechanical restraints, except under specified circumstances and subject to specified conditions; prohibiting a child from being transported to or from a staff secure program in mechanical restraints, except under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-981: Juveniles - Mechanical Restraints
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/09/2017
Department of Juvenile Services - Implementation of Task Force Recommendations - Report [SB-982]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to provide a progress report on the status of the implementation of specified recommendations of the Task Force to Study the Restraint, Searches, and Needs of Children in the Juvenile Justice System; requiring the Department to report on specified recommendations; and requiring the Department to report on the implementation of the Task Force's recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 1, 2017.
SB-982: Department of Juvenile Services - Implementation of Task Force Recommendations - Report
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 487 on 05/04/2017