Pretrial Detention Or Release
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Grace Period for Failure to Appear [HB-685]
Prohibiting a defendant who fails to appear for a scheduled court hearing from being penalized if he or she turns himself or herself in to the court within 7 days of the missed hearing and if he or she was not arrested or charged with another crime after failure to appear; authorizing a court to order a certain defendant to pay certain fees and costs; and applying the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/05/2018
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Criminal Procedure - Domestic Violence - Active Electronic Monitoring - Pretrial Release and Probation [HB-65]
Requiring a certain judicial officer to consider including, if requested by a victim, electronic monitoring that provides a certain victim notification as a condition of pretrial release; authorizing a judge to order that a defendant be subject to electronic monitoring that provides a certain victim notification as a condition of pretrial release; specifying that the court may include electronic monitoring that provides a certain victim notification as a condition of probation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Angela Angel
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Fees [HB-480]
Repealing a certain requirement that a certain defendant pay a certain fee to a certain private home detention monitoring agency; and providing that a defendant who is subject to pretrial release may not be required to pay for certain services provided or security measures taken by the State, a county, or another entity acting on behalf of the State or a county.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund - Establishment [HB-447]
Establishing the Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund to provide grants to eligible counties to establish or improve pretrial services programs; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to administer the Fund; providing for the uses, purposes, sources of funding, investment of money, and auditing of the Fund; requiring certain distributions from the Fund to be used to supplement and not supplant certain other funds; establishing the requirements for a certain pretrial services program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 771 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Violation of Conditions of Release [HB-388]
Expanding the list of charges to which a certain prohibition against violating a certain condition of pretrial or posttrial release is applicable.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 427 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Incompetency and Criminal Responsibility [HB-385]
Requiring a court to determine eligibility for and conditions of pretrial release for a certain defendant in accordance with certain rules at a certain time; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to arrange for admission of a certain defendant to an appropriate facility within 21 days after the date of commitment in accordance with the Health Department's facility and admission policy; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/19/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Cecil County - Home Detention and Release Programs [HB-373]
Repealing provisions relating to a home detention program in Cecil County; authorizing the Sheriff of Cecil County to establish home detention, pretrial release, work release, and prerelease programs; requiring the Sheriff to adopt regulations necessary to implement the programs; providing that a certain condition imposed by a court supersedes a certain regulation under certain circumstances; authorizing a court to allow a certain individual to participate in a program established under the Act at a certain time; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 608 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Garrett County – Pretrial Release, Work Release, and Home Detention Programs [HB-1757]
Authorizing the Sheriff of Garrett County to establish a pretrial release program that offers alternatives to pretrial detention and adopt certain regulations; authorizing a court to order a certain individual to participate in the pretrial release program; authorizing the court to make the order at any time during an individual's pretrial detention; providing for eligibility for the pretrial release program; authorizing the Sheriff to establish and direct a certain work release program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/21/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release Services Program - Victim Notification [HB-1520]
Requiring a judicial officer to consider the recommendation of a certain pretrial release services program in making a certain determination; requiring a court or District Court commissioner to consider including certain no contact provisions as a condition of pretrial release if a certain pretrial release services program has made a certain request; requiring a certain pretrial release services program to notify the court on receipt of certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Vallario
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure – Pretrial Release – Defendant on Parole [HB-1397]
Prohibiting a judicial officer from authorizing pretrial release for a defendant charged with a crime of violence who is on parole until after the conclusion of a certain proceeding for revocation of parole.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer (Police Protection Act) [HB-1128]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant who is charged with assault in the first degree or assault in the second degree against a victim who is a law enforcement officer; providing that a judge may authorize the pretrial release of a certain defendant on suitable bail or certain other conditions or both; requiring a judge to order the continued detention of a defendant who is considered likely to flee or one who poses a danger to another person or community; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Inmate Release Programs [HB-110]
Authorizing the St. Mary's County Sheriff to establish a pretrial release program and a prerelease program; authorizing a certain inmate to leave a certain detention center for certain purposes; repealing a provision authorizing the Sheriff and the Board of County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to charge a certain inmate a certain amount or fee to pay for certain costs; requiring the Sheriff or the Sheriff's designee to collect the earnings of a certain inmate, less any payroll deduction required by law; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 741 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Conditions of Pretrial Release - Home Detention Monitoring [SB-932]
Exempting certain defendants placed in private home detention as a condition of pretrial release from the requirement to pay a certain monitoring fee if the defendant qualifies as an indigent individual under certain circumstances or if a private home detention monitoring device is provided by the State or a local jurisdiction.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing Canceled on 03/07/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Correctional Services - Opioid Use Disorder Examinations and Treatment [SB-846]
Requiring local correctional facilities to conduct an assessment of the mental health and substance use status of each inmate using evidence-based screening and assessments to determine whether opioid treatment or medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction is appropriate; requiring each local correctional facility to make available at least one formulation of each FDA-approved full opioid agonist, partial opioid agonist, and long-acting opioid antagonist used for the treatment of opioid use disorders; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 03/27/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Involuntary Commitment - Procedures for Admission [SB-789]
Authorizing local correctional facilities to apply for involuntary admission to a certain facility of a certain inmate if the Behavioral Health Administration agrees to pay certain expenses; prohibiting the Administration from refusing to admit an inmate based on the source of the referral of the inmate; requiring a certain examining physician to disclose the need for a certain order to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release Services Program - Victim Notification [SB-551]
Requiring a judicial officer to consider the recommendation of a certain pretrial release services program in making a certain determination; requiring a court or District Court commissioner to consider including certain no-contact provisions as a condition of pretrial release if a certain pretrial release services program has made a certain request; requiring a certain pretrial release services program to notify the court on receipt of certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/12 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer (Police Protection Act) [SB-408]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant who is charged with assault in the first degree or assault in the second degree against a victim who is a law enforcement officer; providing that a judge may authorize the pretrial release of a certain defendant on suitable bail or certain other conditions or both; requiring a judge to order the continued detention of a defendant who is considered a flight risk or who poses a danger to another person or the community; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 2/21 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders [SB-295]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer or a first responder under certain circumstances constitutes aggravating circumstances that the court or jury must consider in making a determination as to the imposition of the death penalty; establishing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/29/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Violation of Conditions of Release [SB-268]
Altering an exception to the requirement that a police officer charge certain offenses by citation; and expanding the list of charges to which a certain prohibition against violating a certain condition of pretrial or posttrial release is applicable to include stalking.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 02/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Sex Offenders [SB-228]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant who is registered or required to register as a certain sex offender under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 389 on 05/13/2019