Penalties And Sentences
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Time for Violent Crime Act [HB-734]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Motor Vehicles - Reckless, Negligent, and Aggressive Driving (Sergeant Patrick Kepp Act) [HB-744]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the penalties and points assessments related to the offenses of reckless, negligent, and aggressive driving; and adding certain motor vehicle offenses as elements that may contribute to charges for reckless or aggressive driving.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 446 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Distribution of Heroin or Fentanyl Causing Serious Bodily Injury or Death (Victoria, Scottie, Ashleigh, and Yader's Law) [SB-604]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting an individual from distributing heroin or fentanyl or chemical analogues of heroin or fentanyl, the use of which results in the death or serious bodily injury of another; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and, in addition to any other penalty imposed for a certain violation, on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Distracted Driving Monitoring System Pilot Program [SB-613]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing a pilot program to authorize the use of distracted driving monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain prohibitions regarding the use of certain devices while operating a vehicle; and requiring that a county that authorizes a program of distracted driving monitoring systems under the Act to report on the effectiveness of the systems on or before December 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Health Care Quality Fund for Community-Based Behavioral Health Programs - Establishment [SB-592]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Health Care Quality Fund for Community-Based Behavioral Health Programs in the Maryland Department of Health to provide funding for training, grant awards, demonstration projects, or other purposes designed to improve behavioral health care services in the State; requiring the Department to pay to the Comptroller certain civil penalties collected from behavioral health programs and the Comptroller to distribute the penalties into the Fund; and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Health Care Quality Fund for Community-Based Behavioral Health Programs - Establishment [HB-743]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Health Care Quality Fund for Community-Based Behavioral Health Programs in the Maryland Department of Health to provide funding for training, grant awards, demonstration projects, or other purposes designed to improve behavioral health care services in the State; requiring the Department to pay to the Comptroller certain civil penalties collected from behavioral health programs and the Comptroller to distribute the penalties into the Fund; and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Distribution of Literature to Purchasers of Firearms and Ammunition [HB-713]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to prepare certain literature relating to firearms and ammunition and to distribute the literature to all county health departments in the State; requiring each county health department to distribute certain literature to all establishments that sell firearms or ammunition within the county; requiring establishments that sell firearms or ammunition in the State to make certain literature visible and available and to distribute the literature to purchasers of firearms and ammunition; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Performing Arts Nonprofit Organization License - Record-Keeping Requirements [HB-714]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Repealing certain incorrect references to the Comptroller of Maryland in certain provisions of law requiring the holder of a performing arts nonprofit organization license in Harford County to comply with certain record-keeping and reporting requirements; repealing the authority of the Comptroller to suspend the license of a license holder without a hearing under certain circumstances; and authorizing, rather than requiring, the Board to summon a license holder for a hearing and impose a fine under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 788 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Intercepted Communications - Statute of Limitations and Penalties [HB-706]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the statute of limitations applicable to a certain offense relating to the prohibition against intercepting and disclosing any wire, oral, or electronic communications and reclassifying the offense as a misdemeanor instead of a felony; and providing that certain provisions may not be construed to limit the amount of restitution that may be ordered for a certain violation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Ordinance Enforcement - Amount of Fines and Penalties [SB-573]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Increasing the maximum amount that Baltimore City is authorized to establish for civil and criminal fines and penalties for violating certain ordinances, rules, or regulations from $1,000 to $10,000.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Dismembering or Burying Human Remains With Intent to Conceal a Crime [HB-674]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person, with the intent to conceal a crime, from knowingly and willfully dismembering, destroying, removing, burying, disposing of, or obliterating by any means any portion of human remains; prohibiting a person from aiding or abetting another in committing a violation of the Act; and establishing that a violation of the Act is a felony with a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 545 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Information Act - Frivolous, Vexatious, or Abusive Requests - Remedies [SB-554]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing the custodian of a record to file a certain complaint relating to a Public Information Act request or pattern of requests with the Public Information Act Compliance Board or circuit court; authorizing the Compliance Board to issue a certain order or dismiss a complaint under certain circumstances; authorizing a complainant to appeal a certain decision of the Compliance Board; and authorizing the circuit court to issue a certain order under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Adoption and Reporting Requirements [SB-537]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
Applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; requiring certain research facilities and testing facilities to submit to the Department of Agriculture certain information regarding dogs and cats on or before January 31 each year; and requiring a school or an institution of higher education that uses animals for certain purposes to submit a report on the results of certain inspections to the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Transfers to Federal Authorities - Undocumented Immigrants (Protecting Marylanders From Violent Crime Act of 2025) [HB-653]
[Crime ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a certain State or local correctional facility, on request of the United States Department of Homeland Security, to transfer a certain undocumented immigrant to the United States Department of Homeland Security under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Boating Accidents - Duty to Stop at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties [HB-676]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty to stop the vessel as close as possible to the scene until the operator has rendered certain assistance and provided certain information; establishing certain criminal penalties for the operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty who does not take certain actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Favorable With Amendments {883125/1 Adopted on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Safety Corridors [SB-520]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to use speed monitoring systems in areas determined to be of high risk to vulnerable road users and priority corridors in the Administration's Pedestrian Safety Action Plan; and defining "vulnerable road users" as individuals not traveling in a motor vehicle, including pedestrians, bicyclists, other cyclists, persons using personal conveyance or a mobility device such as a wheelchair, and persons on foot in a highway work zone.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Regulation [SB-536]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a research facility or testing facility; prohibiting a research facility and testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes and performing devocalization procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a research facility and testing facility from using traditional animal test methods under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Distribution of Literature to Purchasers of Firearms and Ammunition [SB-577]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to prepare certain literature relating to firearms and ammunition and to distribute the literature to all county health departments in the State; requiring each county health department to distribute certain literature to all establishments that sell firearms or ammunition within the county; requiring establishments that sell firearms or ammunition in the State to make certain literature visible and available and to distribute the literature to purchasers of firearms and ammunition; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025