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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Prison Artists Marketplace Program - Establishment [HB-944]
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Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to establish the Prison Artists Marketplace Program; specifying that the purpose of the Program is to display and sell artistic works created by inmates during a term of incarceration; requiring that the artistic works be sold at a marketplace at Druid Hill Park in Baltimore City; requiring a specified distribution of the proceeds from the sale of artistic works; stating it is the intent of the General Assembly to employ inmates who are eligible for work release; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/27/2017
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Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations [SB-1015]
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Prohibiting a correctional facility from placing an inmate in restrictive housing for more than 15 consecutive days or a total of 20 days in a 60-day period, with specified exceptions; establishing specified protections for inmates who are placed in restrictive housing; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/17/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Enhanced Security Compassionate Release Program [SB-984]
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Establishing the Enhanced Security Compassionate Release Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing for the purpose of the Program; requiring the Program to include a specified initial cap on participation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release [SB-983]
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Requiring a judicial officer to make a specified determination regarding release or detention of a defendant before trial; requiring a judicial officer to consider specified information; prohibiting a judicial officer from imposing specified financial conditions of release on a defendant for a specified reason; establishing the Pretrial Services Workgroup to examine the financial impacts of pretrial release conditions, conduct public hearings, and study what pretrial release services were provided to defendants; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/05/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Reform [SB-694]
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Repealing specified provisions that provide that inmates serving a term of life imprisonment may be paroled only with the Governor's approval, subject to specified provisions; repealing specified provisions requiring specified parole decisions to be transmitted to the Governor under specified circumstances; repealing specified provisions authorizing the Governor to disapprove specified parole decisions in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Reform [HB-723]
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Repealing specified provisions that provide that inmates serving a term of life imprisonment may be paroled only with the Governor's approval, subject to specified provisions, requiring specified parole decisions to be transmitted to the Governor under specified circumstances, authorizing the Governor to disapprove specified parole decisions in a specified manner, providing that if the Governor does not disapprove a specified parole decision in a specified manner within a specified time period, the decision becomes effective; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/13/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making - Disqualified Individuals [SB-562]
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[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
Prohibiting specified individuals from serving as a health care agent under specified circumstances; establishing a specified exception; prohibiting specified individuals from making decisions about health care for specified individuals under specified circumstances; requiring a person who obtains specified information that would prohibit an individual from serving as a health care agent or making health care decisions for a specified individual to provide the information to a specified health care provider or facility; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Compensation for Erroneous Conviction and Imprisonment - Certification of Error [HB-593]
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Authorizing a specified individual to request that a State's Attorney certify that a conviction was made in error under specified circumstances; providing that an individual is eligible for a specified grant from the Board of Public Works if a State's Attorney has certified that the individual's conviction was made in error; establishing the Task force to Study Erroneous Conviction and Imprisonment; requiring the Task Force to report its finding to the Governor and General Assembly by December 15, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 800 on 05/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Prison Artists Marketplace Program - Establishment [SB-469]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to establish the Prison Artists Marketplace Program; specifying that the purpose of the Program is to display and sell artistic works created by inmates during a term of incarceration; requiring that the artistic works be sold at a marketplace at Druid Hill Park in Baltimore City; requiring a specified distribution of the proceeds from the sale of artistic works; stating it is the intent of the General Assembly to employ inmates who are eligible for work release; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Carroll County - Detention Center - Polygraph Testing [HB-565]
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Establishing that a specified prohibition on requiring an employee or a prospective employee to take a polygraph examination or similar test as a condition of prospective or continued employment does not apply to an individual employed as a correctional officer or in another specified capacity at the Carroll County Detention Center.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 121 on 04/11/2017
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Resolve, To Study the Development of a Behavioral Health Unit at the Cumberland County Jail [HB-676]
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Resolve, To Study the Development of a Behavioral Health Unit at the Cumberland County Jail
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Moonen
Reports Read on 05/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making - Disqualified Individuals [HB-498]
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[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
Prohibiting specified individuals from serving as a health care agent under specified circumstances; establishing a specified exception; prohibiting specified individuals from making decisions about health care for specified individuals under specified circumstances; requiring a person who obtains specified information that would prohibit an individual from serving as a health care agent or making health care decisions for a specified individual to provide the information to a specified health care provider or facility; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 657 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Carroll County - Detention Center - Polygraph Testing [SB-372]
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Establishing that a specified prohibition on requiring an employee or a prospective employee to take a polygraph examination or similar test as a condition of prospective or continued employment does not apply to an individual employed as a correctional officer or in any other capacity that involves direct personal contact with an inmate in the Carroll County Detention Center.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 122 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Higher Education - Adult Correctional Institutions - Job Training and Education [HB-459]
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Requiring, under specified circumstances and subject to specified funding recommendations, postsecondary education and workforce training programs developed and recommended by the Correctional Education Council to provide inmates in correctional institutions in the Division of Correction with the requisite training, certifications, and experience to obtain careers in in-demand job sectors; authorizing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board to make a specified recommendation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 687 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Repeal of AIDS Education Program for Persons Convicted of Drug- or Sex-Related Crimes [HB-445]
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Repealing a specified educational program on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) for persons who plead guilty or nolo contendere to or are found guilty of specified drug- or sex-related crimes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 201 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Compensation for Erroneous Conviction and Imprisonment - Certification of Error [SB-348]
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[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a specified individual to request that a State's Attorney certify that a conviction was made in error under specified circumstances; providing that an individual is eligible for a specified grant from the Board of Public Works if a State's Attorney has certified that the individual's conviction was made in error; establishing the Task Force to Study Erroneous Conviction and Imprisonment; requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly by December 15, 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 799 on 05/27/2017
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An Act Regarding the Transportation of Prisoners to County Jails [HB-101]
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An Act Regarding the Transportation of Prisoners to County Jails
Sponsored by: Sen. Kimberley Rosen
Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 02/16/2017
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An Act To Ensure the Availability of In-person Visitation in County Jails [HB-1414]
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An Act To Ensure the Availability of In-person Visitation in County Jails
Sponsored by: Sen. Kimberley Rosen
Placed In The Legislative Files. (dead) on 04/10/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Inmates - Financial Literacy Training [SB-243]
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[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to offer financial literacy training to an inmate who has been sentenced to a term of incarceration in the Division of Correction and who is within 1 year of being released from a correctional facility; specifying the objective and instructional topics of the financial literacy training; and authorizing the Department to consult or collaborate with any public or private agency, entity, or individual in developing the curriculum for the financial literacy training.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Repeal of AIDS Education Program for Persons Convicted of Drug- or Sex-Related Crimes [SB-185]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repealing a specified educational program on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) for persons convicted of specified drug- or sex-related crimes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 200 on 04/18/2017