Pretrial Detention Or Release
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Garrett County - Pretrial Release, Work Release, and Home Detention Programs [SB-217]
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 a certain time; providing for eligibility for the pretrial release program; authorizing the Sheriff to establish and direct a certain work release program; authorizing the Sheriff to establish and administer a home detention program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 120 on 04/18/2019
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Stalking – Violation of Conditions of Release [SB-138]
Including the crime of stalking in the list of charges to which a certain prohibition against violating a certain condition of pretrial or posttrial release is applicable.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 49 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Charge by Citation - Violation of Condition of Release [SB-130]
Altering the designation of a certain crime that a police officer may not charge by citation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 46 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Marijuana - Urinalyses, Civil Offense Threshold, and Evidence Standards [HB-875]
Prohibiting the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services and the Division of Parole and Probation from considering the submission of a urine sample that is positive for marijuana as a violation of pretrial release, parole, or probation under certain circumstances; altering the threshold amount of marijuana of which use and possession is a civil offense; establishing that the odor of marijuana emanating from a particular person does not, in itself, constitute probable cause to arrest the person for the commission of a crime; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
First Reading Judiciary on 02/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Correctional Facilities - Restrictive Housing - Pregnant Inmates [HB-745]
Requiring each correctional facility to have a written policy in place regarding the medical care of pregnant inmates that addresses the use of medical isolation or restrictive housing for certain purposes during pregnancy and during a certain post-pregnancy period; establishing that a pregnant inmate may not be involuntarily placed in certain restrictive housing, with certain exceptions; providing that a certain pregnant inmate may be placed in certain restrictive housing if a certain managing official makes a certain determination; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Third Reading Passed (140-0) on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Stalking – Violation of Conditions of Release [HB-667]
Including the crime of stalking in the list of charges to which a certain prohibition against violating a certain condition of pretrial or posttrial release is applicable.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Conditions of Pretrial Release - Home Detention Monitoring [HB-566]
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: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Garrett County - Pretrial Release, Work Release, and Home Detention Programs [HB-407]
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 a certain time; providing for eligibility for the pretrial release program; authorizing the Sheriff to establish and direct a certain work release program; authorizing the Sheriff to establish and administer a home detention program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 119 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release Services Program - Victim Notification [HB-263]
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. Vanessa Atterbeary
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Howard County - Department of Correction - Authority to Establish Programs Ho. Co. 29-19 [HB-1406]
Authorizing the Howard County Department of Correction to establish community service and pretrial services programs; authorizing the Director of the Howard County Department of Correction to adopt regulations relating to the operation of certain programs; authorizing a certain judge or court to allow a certain individual to participate in a certain program under certain circumstances; authorizing a certain inmate to leave the Howard County Detention Center under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 152 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Charge by Citation - Violation of Condition of Release [HB-121]
Altering the designation of a certain crime that a police officer may not charge by citation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 45 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Involuntary Commitment - Procedures for Admission [HB-1204]
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: Rep. Erek Barron
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Correctional Services - Opioid Use Disorder Examinations and Treatment [HB-116]
Requiring local correctional facilities to conduct an assessment of the mental health and substance use status of each inmate using evidence-based screenings and assessments to determine if a certain diagnosis is appropriate and if 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: Rep. Erek Barron
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 532 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Pretrial Release - Prior Crimes [SB-603]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant charged with a crime of violence if the defendant has previously been convicted of a specified crime; and prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing release of a defendant charged with a specified crime if the defendant has previously been convicted of a crime of violence.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 567 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Law - First Degree Murder - Sentencing (Geraldine's Law) [SB-402]
Requiring the court to impose lifetime supervision for a person sentenced to imprisonment for life for first degree murder; requiring the lifetime supervision to include at least 5 years of supervised probation, electronic monitoring for life following release, and specified conditions as determined by the court; authorizing a person to file a petition for discharge from lifetime supervision and requiring a court to hear and adjudicate the petition; prohibiting more than one petition for discharge in 1 year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Waugh
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/07/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction [SB-243]
Repealing provisions of law that exclude from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court a child of a specified age alleged to have committed specified offenses; repealing provisions of law governing the transfer of specified criminal cases to the juvenile court; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/29/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Justice Reinvestment Act [SB-1005]
Requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to conduct a risk and needs assessment on inmates as soon as feasible after sentencing and develop a case plan to guide an inmate's rehabilitation while in custody; altering the manner in which specified diminution credits may be earned; authorizing expungement for convictions for specified misdemeanors after 10 years, or 15 years under specified conditions; establishing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board and the Local Government Justice Reinvestment Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 515 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Pretrial Release - Prior Crimes [HB-374]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant charged with a crime of violence if the defendant has previously been convicted of a specified crime; and prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing release of a defendant charged with a specified crime if the defendant has previously been convicted of a crime of violence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction [HB-304]
Repealing provisions of law that exclude from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court a child of a specified age alleged to have committed specified offenses; repealing provisions of law governing the transfer of specified criminal cases to the juvenile court; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jalisi
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/07/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Pretrial Release, Parole, and Probation - Marijuana - Urinalyses [HB-269]
Prohibiting the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services and the Division of Parole and Probation from considering the submission of a urine sample that is positive for marijuana as a violation of pretrial release, parole, or probation in specified circumstances; and providing for the application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/14/2016