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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts and Judicial Proceedings and Criminal Procedure - Technical Corrections - References to Intellectual Disability [HB-432]
Replacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 444 on 05/09/2024
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Victims' Rights - Notification of Release From Confinement (Jaycee Webster Victims' Rights Act) [HB-115]
Requiring a certain commitment unit to include in a notification given to a victim, victim's representative, or witness regarding the release from confinement of a sentenced defendant or child respondent the telephone number of the Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 758 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Victims' Rights - Notification of Release From Confinement (Jaycee Webster Victims' Rights Act) [SB-4]
Requiring a certain commitment unit to include in a notification given to a victim, victim's representative, or witness regarding the release from confinement of a sentenced defendant or child respondent the name and telephone number of the lead victim services employee of the State's Attorney's office of the county in which the sentenced defendant or child respondent was prosecuted.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Referred Judiciary on 02/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Crimes – Firearms – Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2024) [HB-41]
Establishing, altering, and clarifying penalties for and elements of certain firearm-related crimes; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a certain defendant charged with a certain firearm-related crime under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
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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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Division of Pretrial Detention and Services - Facilities [SB-251]
Altering the composition and authority of the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; altering the authority of the Commissioner of the Division; establishing the Youth Detention Center in the Division; establishing the facility administrator and authorizing assistant facility administrators for the Youth Detention Center; and repealing authorization for the Baltimore City Detention Center.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 100 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Division of Pretrial Detention and Services - Facilities [HB-222]
Altering the composition and authority of the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; altering the authority of the Commissioner of the Division; establishing the Youth Detention Center in the Division; establishing the facility administrator and authorizing assistant facility administrators for the Youth Detention Center; and repealing authorization for the Baltimore City Detention Center.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 99 on 04/09/2024
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Probation, Parole, and Pretrial Release Violations - Cannabis Use [HB-980]
Prohibiting a court from revoking a defendant's pretrial release or finding that a defendant has violated probation, and the Maryland Parole Commission from finding that a parolee has violated parole, based solely on the use of cannabis or a positive cannabis test unless the court or Commission, at the time of ordering pretrial release, makes a finding that the use of cannabis could create a danger to the defendant or others and includes as a condition of pretrial release, probation, or parole that the defendant may not use cannabis.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure – Pretrial Release Restrictions – Firearm Crimes [HB-1041]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant charged with transporting a regulated firearm for illegal sale or trafficking, participating in a straw purchase of a regulated firearm, or possessing an unserialized firearm or unfinished frame or receiver; authorizing a judge to authorize the pretrial release of a certain defendant under certain circumstances; and creating a rebuttable presumption that a certain defendant will flee and pose a certain danger.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Crutchfield
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Crimes – Firearms – Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2023) [HB-952]
Establishing, altering, and clarifying penalties for and elements of certain firearm-related crimes; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a certain defendant charged with a certain firearm-related crime under certain circumstances; and prohibiting a dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a regulated firearm to a purchaser, lessee, borrower or transferee under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Private Home Detention Monitoring - Notification [HB-859]
Requiring a private home detention monitoring agency to immediately notify the court after a defendant subject to home monitoring as a condition of pretrial release has been missing for 24 hours; requiring a private home detention monitoring agency to immediately notify the Division of Parole and Probation upon determining that an individual subject to home monitoring as a condition of probation has been missing for 24 hours; establishing the Workgroup on Home Detention Monitoring; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Third Reading Passed (136-0) on 03/20/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Crime of Violence (No Bail for Repeat Violent Offenders Act of 2023) [HB-736]
Prohibiting a judicial officer from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant who is charged with a crime of violence if the defendant has a pending charge for a crime of violence or was convicted within the previous 10 years of a crime of violence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Private Home Detention Monitoring - Notification [SB-853]
Requiring a private home detention monitoring agency to immediately notify the court after a defendant subject to home monitoring as a condition of pretrial release has been missing for 24 hours; and requiring a private home detention monitoring agency to immediately notify the Division of Parole and Probation upon determining that an individual subject to home monitoring as a condition of probation has been missing for 24 hours.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Officers - Age Requirement [SB-701]
Altering the age requirement for employment as a correctional officer in any unit of the Division of Correction, any unit of the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, and the Patuxent Institution from 21 to 19 years of age.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Children Charged as Adults - Confinement [SB-704]
Repealing certain provisions requiring a certain court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a certain case involving a child to order the child to be held in a secure juvenile facility pending a certain determination, except under certain circumstances; requiring a certain child to be held in a certain secure juvenile facility while the child is awaiting trial or other legal process, except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/27/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Violation of Pretrial or Posttrial Condition by Incarcerated Person - Victim Contact [SB-487]
Prohibiting a certain incarcerated person from violating a condition of pretrial or posttrial release or other pretrial or posttrial condition prohibiting the person from contacting, harassing, or abusing an alleged victim or going in or near an alleged victim's residence or place of employment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 681 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Violation of Pretrial or Posttrial Condition by Incarcerated Person - Victim Contact [HB-411]
Prohibiting a certain incarcerated person from violating a condition of pretrial or posttrial release or other pretrial or posttrial condition prohibiting the person from contacting, harassing, or abusing an alleged victim or going in or near an alleged victim's residence or place of employment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 682 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Collection and Publication of Criminal Case and Prosecutorial Information [HB-1429]
Establishing requirements for the collection and dissemination of certain information relating to the Office of the State's Attorney in each county and Baltimore City, coordinated in a certain manner by the Administrative Office of the Courts and the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Crutchfield
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/17/2022