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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Display of Material Harmful to Minors - Restrictions [HB-30]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from offering for sale in a retail establishment open to the general public a book, magazine, or any other printed material, the cover or content of which is harmful to minors, if the material is on open display to, or within the convenient reach of, minors who may frequent the retail establishment, with a specified exception; providing a civil penalty of $100 for the first violation, and $300 for subsequent violations of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/22/2016
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Public Schools - Access to Obscene Materials and Child Pornography - Prohibited [HB-1456]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to make notifications and authorize the Comptroller to withhold funds from a county board of education under specified circumstances; prohibiting county boards of education and public schools from allowing access to specified materials on specified devices; requiring county boards and public schools to adopt specified policies and procedures; requiring the State Superintendent or a designee to monitor county boards and public schools for compliance with the policies and procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Schools and Libraries - Access to Obscene Materials and Child Pornography - Prohibited [HB-1375]
[Education ]
[Libraries ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to make specified notifications under specified circumstances; prohibiting county boards, public schools, and specified libraries from allowing access to specified materials; requiring county boards, public schools, and specified libraries to adopt, implement, and submit specified policies and procedures; requiring the State Superintendent or a designee to regularly monitor county boards, public schools, and specified libraries for compliance with specified policies and procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2016
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Schools and Libraries - Access to Obscene Materials and Child Pornography - Prohibited [HB-1110]
[Education ]
[Libraries ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the State Superintendent to make specified notifications under specified circumstances; prohibiting county boards, public schools, and specified libraries from allowing access to specified materials; requiring county boards, public schools, and specified libraries to adopt, implement, and submit specified policies and procedures; requiring the State Superintendent or a designee to regularly monitor county boards, public schools, and specified libraries for compliance with specified policies and procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2014
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Child Pornography Offenders - Diminution Credits and Parole [HB-27]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting an inmate who is serving a sentence in a State or local correctional facility for committing specified child pornography offenses from earning diminution credits to reduce the inmate's term of confinement, being released on parole in order to undergo specified treatment, being eligible for parole consideration, or receiving specified deductions from the inmate's term of confinement.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Cluster
Hearing 1/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/22/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Transit Vehicles - Prohibited Acts - Use of Obscene Language [HB-1093]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting individuals from using obscene language in transit vehicles and trains owned or controlled by the Maryland Transit Administration or operated by a railroad company under contract to the Administration; limiting the Act to the operator of and passengers in transit vehicles with a seating capacity of 20 or more individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/20/2013
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Children in Need of Assistance and Child Abuse and Neglect - Sexual Abuse - [SB-1082]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "sexual abuse" for provisions of law relating to children in need of assistance, child abuse, and child neglect to include specified actions relating to human trafficking, obscene material, pornography, and prostitution.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennie Forehand
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Children in Need of Assistance and Child Abuse and Neglect - Sexual Abuse - [HB-860]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "sexual abuse" for provisions of law relating to children in need of assistance, child abuse, and child neglect to include specified actions relating to human trafficking, obscene material, pornography, and prostitution.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Transit Vehicles - Prohibited Acts - Use of Obscene Language [HB-528]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting specified persons from using obscene language in specified transit vehicles; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/08/2010
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Visual Surveillance in a Private Place or of a Private Area [HB-1211]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a certain prohibition against visual surveillance without consent of an individual in a private place or of the private area of an individual to remove the limitation that the surveillance be conducted with prurient intent.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
First Reading Judiciary on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Education - Health and Safety of Students - Notification of Problematic Sexual Behavior [HB-1005]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring public schools and nonpublic schools that receive State funds to notify parents or guardians of certain students involved in an incident of problematic sexual behavior by the close of business on the day of the incident; and requiring a county board to ensure that certain schools have a certain policy in place regarding a certain notification.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition and Statute of Limitations (Hidden Predator Act of 2020) [HB-974]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "sexual abuse"; altering the statute of limitations in certain civil actions relating to child sexual abuse by providing that a certain action may be filed at any time; providing for the retroactive application of the Act to revive any action that was barred by the application of the period of limitations applicable before October 1, 2020, if the action is filed before October 1, 2022; and repealing a statute of repose for certain civil actions relating to child sexual abuse.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Third Reading Passed (127-0) on 03/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class MT (Movie Theater) License [HB-923]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Harford County to grant up to five Class MT (movie theater) licenses to the same person; and increasing the fee for a Class MT license from $500 to $1,000.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 370 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Crimes – Indecent Exposure – Definition [SB-515]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Defining the term "indecent exposure" to establish that the offense of indecent exposure prohibits a person from, in public, engaging in a certain act of masturbation; and providing that a person convicted of a violation of the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to imprisonment of up to 3 years or a fine not to exceed $1,000 or both.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Child Pornography and Exhibition and Display of Obscene Items to Minors [HB-501]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Child Pornography and Exhibition and Display of Obscene Items to Minors [SB-365]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing Canceled on 01/29/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Juveniles – Sexting [HB-272]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Third Reading Passed (133-0) on 03/13/2020