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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Nonprofit Organizations - Unauthorized Support of Israeli Settlement Activity (Not on Our Dime Act) [HB-1124]
Prohibiting certain nonprofit organizations from aiding or abetting certain activity by the government of Israel or a citizen of Israel; authorizing the Attorney General or a certain person to bring a certain action against a nonprofit organization that violates the Act; and requiring the Secretary of State to remove a nonprofit organization from the Registry of Charitable Solicitation after receiving notice from the Attorney General or a prevailing plaintiff of a decision entered against a nonprofit organization.
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Criminal Procedure – Crime Solvers Reward Fund – Establishment [HB-942]
Establishing the Crime Solvers Reward Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide grants to law enforcement agencies and county reward programs to be used as rewards offered to the public for certain assistance in solving certain crimes; and requiring the Department by October 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, to report to the General Assembly on the number of rewards issued and the total amount of money provided under the Act.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Not Criminally Responsible Verdict - Term of Commitment [SB-554]
Requiring the court, after a verdict of not criminally responsible for murder in the first degree to commit a defendant to a designated health care facility for life; and requiring a court, after a verdict of not criminally responsible for murder in the second degree to commit the defendant to a designated health care facility for a term of up to 40 years.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure – Incompetency to Stand Trial Dismissal [SB-449]
Altering the time period after which a court is required to dismiss a certain charge against a defendant found incompetent to stand trial under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Safe Communities Act of 2024 [HB-310]
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiting a deduction of diminution credits of more than 10% of an incarcerated individual's aggregate sentence for crimes of violence for an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Safe Communities Act of 2024 [SB-44]
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiting a deduction of diminution credits of more than 10% of an incarcerated individual's aggregate sentence for crimes of violence for an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Death Penalty [HB-87]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; and establishing certain procedures relating to custody, warrant of execution, incompetency, method of execution, witnesses, certificate, disposition of body, notice, trial, sentencing, review, and appeal in relation to imposition of the death penalty.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Youth Accountability and Safety Act [HB-1180]
Providing that a person who was under the age of 25 years at the time of the offense may not be found to have committed murder in the first degree if the charge is based on a murder committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate a certain felony.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Law – Attempted Second–Degree Murder – Penalty [HB-937]
Altering, from 30 to 40 years, the maximum term of imprisonment that may be imposed for the offense of attempted second-degree murder.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Murder Prevention and Reduction in Maryland [HB-1030]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Murder Prevention and Reduction in Maryland; requiring the Task Force to conduct a comprehensive examination of factors contributing to homicides in the State; and requiring the Task Force to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services and to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Crime Solvers Reward Fund - Establishment [HB-1044]
Establishing the Crime Solvers Reward Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide grants to law enforcement agencies and county reward programs to be used as rewards offered to the public for certain assistance in solving certain crimes; and requiring the Department by October 1, 2024 and each year thereafter to report to the General Assembly on the number of rewards issued and the total amount of money provided under the Act.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Felony Murder - Limitation for Youth (Youth Accountability and Safety Act) [SB-652]
Providing that a person who was under the age of 25 years at the time of the offense may not be found to have committed murder in the first degree if the charge is based on a murder committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate a certain felony.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Murder - Diminution Credits [SB-569]
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an inmate who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Juvenile Justice Reform [SB-691]
Altering provisions of law relating to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the juvenile intake process, and the placement of a certain child in detention or community detention; altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the juvenile court in making a disposition on a certain petition; specifying the authority of the juvenile court to place a child on probation under certain circumstances; requiring a certain report from the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Higher Education - Edward T. Conroy and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program and Jean B. Cryor Memorial Scholarship Program - Expansion (Officer Keona Holley Public Safety Act) [SB-652]
Expanding the Edward T. Conroy and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program and the Jean B. Cryor Memorial Scholarship Program to include certain postsecondary institutions outside the State as eligible institutions that may award scholarships under the programs.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Division of Parole and Probation - Duties - Offenders Under Supervision (Parole and Probation Performance Act) [SB-587]
Altering the duties of the Division of Parole and Probation to include the examination and review of murders involving offenders under the supervision of the Division and advise the Secretary on policies and programs to prevent such murders; and requiring the Division to report annually certain information to the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee and the House Judiciary Committee.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure and Public Safety - Courts and Criminal Justice in Baltimore City [SB-586]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to notify the Baltimore Police Department, within 24 hours of a release, if a defendant is released prior to trial; establishing the Jobs Court Pilot Program in the District Court sitting in Baltimore City to reduce recidivism by offering defendants an opportunity to take part in full-time job training and job placement programs as a condition of probation; requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to develop a plan to implement and monitor the pilot program; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Juvenile Justice Reform [HB-459]
Altering provisions of law relating to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the juvenile intake process, and the placement of a certain child in detention or community detention; altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the juvenile court in making a disposition on a certain petition; specifying the authority of the juvenile court to place a child on probation under certain circumstances; establishing the Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform and Emerging and Best Practices; etc.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Murder. [HB-2324]
Amends provisions relating to first degree murder. Adds a person commits the offense of first-degree murder if the person knowingly or intentionally causes the death of another person that is less than fourteen years old or pregnant with a viable fetus. Adds a person commits the offense of first-degree murder if the murder was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel manifesting exceptional depravity.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Pretrial Release of Defendant - Notice [HB-441]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, if a defendant is released before trial, to notify the Baltimore Police Department within 24 hours of the release; and requiring that the notice be provided in a manner that allows the sorting and filtering of the information provided by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.