Correctional Services - Pregnant Incarcerated Individuals - Substance Abuse Assessment and Treatment [HB-1120]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring that a pregnant incarcerated individual be screened for substance use disorder at intake, referred to health care providers, and provided with certain medications and treatment; requiring a correctional unit to arrange for health insurance coverage and follow-up health care before release of a pregnant incarcerated individual; and requiring that a pregnant incarcerated individual be provided with medical records on release.
Corrections - Housing - Serious Mental Illness [HB-1299]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring certain inmates with a certain serious mental illness to be offered a minimum of 2 hours and 30 minutes of time outside a certain locked room or cell within each 24-hour time period, with certain exceptions; and requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to report certain information to the General Assembly on or before certain dates.
Criminal Procedure - Restorative Justice Program [HB-997]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Restorative Justice Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services; and establishing the position of Restorative Justice Legal Specialist, the Restorative Justice Program Revolving Fund, and the Maryland Restorative Justice Council.
HB-997: Criminal Procedure - Restorative Justice Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Davis
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/07/2022
Criminal Procedure – Postconviction Review – Motion for Reduction of Sentence [HB-958]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a State's Attorney to file a motion for a reduction of sentence at any time during the period of active incarceration; authorizing the Court to consider multiple factors in determining whether to reduce a sentence, disciplinary record and record of rehabilitation, evidence reflecting a diminished risk for future violence, and changes in circumstances since the original conviction;
prohibiting the State's Attorney, if the court denies the motion, from filing a subsequent motion for at least 3 years; etc.
HB-958: Criminal Procedure – Postconviction Review – Motion for Reduction of Sentence
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2022
Criminal Procedure – Petition to Modify or Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) [SB-842]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing a person who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to modify or reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; providing that a certain petitioner is entitled to assistance of counsel and, if indigent, representation by the Office of the Public Defender; etc.
SB-842: Criminal Procedure – Petition to Modify or Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2022
Correctional Services – Medical Parole – Life Imprisonment [SB-774]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing provisions relating to gubernatorial approval of a decision of the Maryland Parole Commission to grant medical parole to an inmate serving a sentence of life imprisonment.
SB-774: Correctional Services – Medical Parole – Life Imprisonment
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2022
Cannabis Reform [SB-833]
[Cannabis ]
[Small Business ]
[Crime ]
[Economic Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to conduct a baseline study of cannabis use in the State; establishing the Cannabis Business Assistance Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide assistance to small, minority, and women-owned businesses entering the adult-use cannabis industry; altering certain provisions relating to penalties, charging procedures, expungement, shielding, and sentencing for certain marijuana-related offenses; legalizing the use and possession of marijuana under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-833: Cannabis Reform
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Third Reading Passed (29-17) on 04/01/2022
Criminal Procedure - Restorative Justice Program [SB-850]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Restorative Justice Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services; and establishing the position of Restorative Justice Legal Specialist, the Restorative Justice Program Revolving Fund, and the Maryland Restorative Justice Council.
SB-850: Criminal Procedure - Restorative Justice Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/28/2022
Correctional Services - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment [HB-920]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting an individual serving a term of life imprisonment for first-degree murder committed on or after October 1, 2022, from being eligible for medical parole; and repealing provisions relating to gubernatorial approval of a decision of the Maryland Parole Commission to grant medical parole to an inmate serving a sentence of life imprisonment.
HB-920: Correctional Services - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment
Sponsored by: Rep. Juanita Bartlett
Third Reading Passed (86-50) on 03/16/2022
Maryland Higher Education Commission - Returning Youth Grant Program - Established [SB-904]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Student Loans ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing the Returning Youth Grant Program to be administered by the Office of Student Financial Assistance within the Maryland Higher Education Commission; requiring the Office to award a grant of State matching funds to certain students who attend an institution of postsecondary education and receive a federal Pell Grant; and requiring the Division of Parole and Probation and the Department of Juvenile Services to provide information about the Program to individuals who may be eligible for a grant.
SB-904: Maryland Higher Education Commission - Returning Youth Grant Program - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/29/2022
Cannabis Reform [HB-837]
[Cannabis ]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission, in consultation with certain stakeholders, to conduct a baseline study of cannabis use in the State by March 1, 2023; altering certain provisions relating to penalties, charging procedures, expungement, shielding, and sentencing for certain offenses involving cannabis; legalizing the use and possession of a certain quantity of cannabis by an individual who is at least 21 years old; establishing the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council and a Cannabis Public Health Fund; etc.
HB-837: Cannabis Reform
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 26 on 04/09/2022
Cannabis – Legalization and Regulation (Cannabis Legalization and Reparations for the War on Drugs Act) [SB-692]
[Cannabis ]
[Taxes ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Legalizing the use and possession of a certain amount of cannabis by an individual who is at least 21 years of age; providing for the clearing of criminal records and disposition of certain charges relating to the use and possession of cannabis; and establishing a system for the regulation and taxation of the market for the production and sale of cannabis in the State.
SB-692: Cannabis – Legalization and Regulation (Cannabis Legalization and Reparations for the War on Drugs Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/11/2022
Correctional Services - Inmate Release [HB-736]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Division of Correction and a local correctional facility to establish, through a memorandum of understanding, a rate of reimbursement for an inmate sentenced to the Division and confined in a local correctional facility under certain circumstances; requiring the Division to transport an inmate from a certain correctional facility to a local correctional facility of the inmate's last known residence before incarceration before the inmate is scheduled to be released from a State correctional facility.
HB-736: Correctional Services - Inmate Release
Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Thiam
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/14/2022
Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [SB-562]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of an inmate when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole, including providing for a meeting between the inmate and the Commission; and requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by inmates who are at least 60 years old.
SB-562: Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2022
Correctional Facilities - Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Inmates (Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act) [SB-550]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting an employee of a correctional facility from discriminating against inmates on the basis of certain protected classes; requiring the managing official of a correctional facility to develop a written nondiscrimination policy regarding inmates; and establishing certain requirements for correctional facilities relating to the gender identity of inmates and inmates who are transgender, nonbinary, or intersex.
SB-550: Correctional Facilities - Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Inmates (Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2022
Correctional Services – Geriatric and Medical Parole [HB-600]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of an inmate when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole, including providing for a meeting between the inmate and the Commission; and requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by inmates who are at least 60 years old.
HB-600: Correctional Services – Geriatric and Medical Parole
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2022
Public Safety - Persistent Aerial Surveillance [HB-545]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Drones ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibiting persistent aerial surveillance by a unit, agency, or political subdivision of the State to gather evidence or other information in a criminal investigation, subject to certain exceptions.
HB-545: Public Safety - Persistent Aerial Surveillance
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2022
Correctional Facilities - Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Inmates (Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act) [HB-453]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting an employee of a correctional facility from discriminating against inmates on the basis of certain protected classes; requiring the managing official of a correctional facility to develop a written nondiscrimination policy regarding inmates; and establishing certain requirements for correctional facilities relating to the gender identity of inmates and inmates who are transgender, nonbinary, or intersex.
HB-453: Correctional Facilities - Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Inmates (Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Lesley Lopez
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2022
Geriatric prisoners; conditional release. [SB-680]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Conditional release of geriatric prisoners. Expands the list of offenses that would prohibit a person from petitioning the Parole Board for conditional release as a geriatric prisoner if the offense was committed on or after July 1, 2022.
SB-680: Geriatric prisoners; conditional release.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Passed By Indefinitely In Rehabilitation And Social Services (8-y 7-n) on 02/04/2022