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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Washington County - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Employment Conditions and Collective Bargaining [SB-428]
Altering the grounds on which a deputy sheriff having a rank of major or below in Washington County may be discharged after 2 years of continuous employment; providing that a special deputy sheriff in Washington County is not a State employee for certain purposes; authorizing sworn deputy sheriffs at the rank of sergeant and below and correctional deputies at the rank of sergeant and below to engage in collective bargaining with the Washington County Sheriff and the County Administrator; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 795 on 05/16/2023
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Police Accountability Boards and Administrative Charging Committees - Municipal Corporations [SB-409]
Authorizing a municipal corporation in the State to have a police accountability board to receive complaints of police misconduct from the public; requiring the board to submit an annual report to the governing body of the municipal corporation identifying trends in the disciplinary process of police officers and recommending changes to improve police accountability; and authorizing a municipal corporation to establish an administrative charging committee to serve law enforcement agencies in the municipal corporation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Police Accountability Boards and Administrative Charging Committees - Municipal Corporations [HB-518]
Authorizing a municipal corporation in the State to have a police accountability board to receive complaints of police misconduct from the public; requiring the board to submit an annual report to the governing body of the municipal corporation identifying trends in the disciplinary process of police officers and recommending changes to improve police accountability; and authorizing a municipal corporation to establish an administrative charging committee to serve law enforcement agencies in the municipal corporation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Queen
First Reading Judiciary on 02/01/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Safety - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Notification of Action Filed Against Police Officer [HB-430]
Requiring a court to notify the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission of the filing of a civil action against a police officer involving allegations that the police officer wrongfully caused the death of or serious bodily injury to an individual; and requiring the court to make the required notification within 10 days after the filing of the civil action.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Third Reading Passed (101-36) on 04/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Office of the Attorney General - Independent Investigations Division - Authority to Prosecute [SB-290]
Expanding the investigative jurisdiction of the Independent Investigations Division of the Office of the Attorney General to include a police-involved incident resulting in serious bodily injury to an individual that is not otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Division; requiring the Division to submit an annual report on its activities in the prior calendar year to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 31; authorizing the Attorney General to prosecute certain criminal matters under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 632 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
County Police Accountability Boards - Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct [SB-285]
Authorizing the local governing body of a county, including Baltimore City, to authorize its police accountability board to exercise investigatory and subpoena powers; and authorizing a police accountability board to conduct an investigation of police misconduct concurrently with a law enforcement agency investigating the complaint.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Civil Rights - Violation of Rights - Government Liability [HB-115]
Establishing the civil liability of a police officer who deprives or allows another to deprive an individual of certain rights under the Maryland Declaration of Rights and the Maryland Constitution; requiring that the employer of a police officer indemnify the law enforcement officer against a judgment or settlement entered against the officer under the Act subject to certain exceptions; requiring that a civil action under the Act be filed within 2 years after the cause of action accrues; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 1/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/12/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Information Act - Inspection of Records From Body-Worn Digital Recording Devices [SB-40]
Establishing certain requirements for a custodian of records related to certain recordings from a certain body-worn digital recording device worn by a law enforcement officer; and requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with certain other entities and stakeholders, to develop certain uniform standards and policies.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 4/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Safety – Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission – Prohibition Against Certain Affiliation or Support by Police Officers [HB-88]
Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to prohibit police officers from affiliating with, supporting, or advocating for White supremacist groups, ideologies, or causes or participating in or actively promoting a certain extremist group.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 1/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Custodial Interrogation of Minors - Admissibility of Statements [HB-76]
Establishing a certain rebuttable presumption that a statement made by a minor during a custodial interrogation is involuntary and is inadmissible in a juvenile or criminal proceeding against the minor under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 1/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Safety – Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission [SB-110]
Altering the membership and duties of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; providing that a law enforcement agency may employ an individual as a police officer for a period exceeding 1 year only if the individual is certified by the Commission or for a period not to exceed 1 year if the individual is provisionally certified by the Commission; and altering provisions of law relating to the certification and recertification of police officers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/27/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Scholarships and Police Officer Recruitment [SB-949]
Requiring law enforcement agencies to develop and implement certain recruitment policies; 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; and establishing the Police Officers Educational Benefit Scholarship I and the Police Officers Educational Benefit Scholarship II.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Police Accountability Boards and Administrative Charging Committees - Municipal Corporations [HB-1184]
Authorizing each municipal corporation in the State to have a police accountability board to receive complaints of police misconduct filed by members of the public; and authorizing each municipal corporation to establish an administrative charging committee to serve law enforcement agencies in the municipal corporations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Police Immunity and Accountability Act [HB-1012]
Specifying that a police officer who subjects or causes to be subjected any individual to the deprivation of certain rights under the Maryland Constitution or the U.S. Constitution is liable for certain damages; establishing that a police officer is not immune from civil or criminal liability for violations of another individual's constitutional rights; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to review certain cases brought under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Information Act – Police Officers – Unfounded Complaints [HB-1042]
Specifying that a record of an investigation of misconduct by a police officer is a personnel record for purposes of the Public Information Act if the result of the investigation determined that the complaint of misconduct was unfounded.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Safety - Use of Force Incident Reports [HB-1044]
Altering a reporting requirement applicable to a law enforcement officer or police officer involved in a use of force incident in the line of duty; and requiring by July 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, each local law enforcement agency to publish the aggregate data of police officers' use of force as required by the Act on its public website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board and Police Accountability Board [HB-991]
Altering the powers and duties of the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board; altering the powers and duties of the Baltimore City police accountability board; and repealing the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board on April 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Hearing Canceled on 03/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Washington County – Police Administrative Charging Committee [HB-946]
Requiring the head of a law enforcement agency that employs the police officer who is the subject of the complaint in Washington County or their designee to serve as an advisory, nonvoting member of the police administrative charging committee for Washington County.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Thiam
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Government - Attorney General - Independent Investigations Division [SB-896]
Renaming the Independent Investigative Unit in the Office of the Attorney General to be the Independent Investigations Division; authorizing the Attorney General or certain designated individuals to seek certain injunctive relief or issue a certain subpoena under certain circumstances; authorizing the Division or a certain State's Attorney to prosecute a police officer under certain circumstances; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the Division in fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Rereferred To Judiciary on 04/07/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Safety – Use of Force Incident Reports [SB-752]
Altering a reporting requirement applicable to a law enforcement officer or police officer involved in a use of force incident in the line of duty; and requiring, by July 1, 2024 and annually thereafter, a local law enforcement agency to publish on its public website the aggregate data reported of police officers' use of force; requiring a local law enforcement agency, by January 1, 2023 and every 3 months thereafter, to publish on its public website the total number of use of force incidents reported; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2022