Protection Orders
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law - Protective Orders - Surrender of Firearms [HB-1050]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering and establishing provisions relating to the surrender of firearms by a respondent under the domestic violence statutes; creating the Task Force to Study the Use of Firearms in Domestic Violence Situations; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report on its recommendations on or before November 15, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Juanita Bartlett
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Family and Law Enforcement Protection Act [SB-943]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering and establishing provisions relating to the surrender of firearms by a respondent under the domestic violence statutes; creating the Task Force to Study the Use of Firearms in Domestic Violence Situations; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report on its recommendations on or before November 15, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Adoption of a Statute for Assault in the Third Degree [SB-873]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Adoption of a Statute for Assault in the Third Degree; requiring the Workgroup, if it recommends adoption of a third degree assault prohibition, to prepare draft legislation with the assistance of the Department of Legislative Services; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law - Permanent Protective Orders - Consent [SB-721]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Specifying that an individual may consent to the issuance of a permanent protective order against the individual.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 537 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law - Permanent Protective Orders - Consent [HB-929]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Specifying that an individual may consent to the issuance of a permanent protective order against the individual.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Crutchfield
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 538 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) [HB-853]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a certain individual to file a motion to reduce the duration of a certain sentence if the individual was convicted between the ages of at least 18 and under 25, was not sentenced to life, is not a sex offender, has served at least 20 years of the term of confinement, and was not convicted of murder involving a victim who was a first responder who was killed in the line of duty; applying procedures for a proceeding under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 96 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Peace Orders and Protective Orders – Military Protection Orders [HB-533]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
Authorizing a judge to consider whether a military protection order has been issued against a respondent when determining whether to grant a temporary peace order or a temporary protective order; and requiring a law enforcement officer to notify a certain law enforcement agency that an individual may have violated a military protection order under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Crutchfield
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 530 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Peace Orders and Protective Orders - Military Protection Orders [SB-273]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a judge to consider whether a military protection order has been issued against a respondent when determining whether to grant a temporary peace order or a temporary protective order; and requiring a law enforcement officer to notify a certain law enforcement agency that an individual may have violated a military protection order under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 531 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Peace Orders and Criminal Harassment - Intentional Visual Surveillance [HB-236]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the relief that may be included in a final peace order; altering the acts that constitute criminal harassment to include certain visual surveillance of an area of another person's residence where the other has a reasonable expectation of privacy; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction for a first offense is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of $500 or both, and for a second or subsequent offense, imprisonment of up to 180 days or a fine of $1,000 or both.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 574 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Theft - Mail and Packages (Porch Piracy Act of 2025) [HB-143]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting the theft of mail or packages delivered or left to be collected by the United States Postal Service or a delivery service company; authorizing the court to order a person convicted of a certain crime to stay away from certain locations; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment of up to 5 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Peace Orders and Criminal Harassment - Intentional Visual Surveillance [SB-92]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the relief that may be included in a final peace order; altering the acts that constitute criminal harassment to include certain visual surveillance of an area of another person's residence where the other has a reasonable expectation of privacy; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction for a first offense is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of $500 or both, and for a second or subsequent offense, imprisonment of up to 180 days or a fine of $1,000 or both.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 575 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders (Sagar Ghimire Act) [HB-1458]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders; and requiring the Workgroup to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by May 1, 2025, on policy recommendations for improving the use of extreme risk protective orders in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Harry Bhandari
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Protective Orders - Coercive Control [HB-1290]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a person to petition for a protective order against another person who the petitioner alleges has engaged in controlling or coercive behavior toward the petitioner; and defining "coercive control" as a pattern of emotional or psychological manipulation, maltreatment, threat of force, or intimidation used to compel an individual to act, or refrain from acting, against the individual's will.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Safety - Extreme Risk Protective Orders - Review of Court Records [HB-1267]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
[Science ]
Authorizing researchers affiliated with institutions of higher education who are conducting academic or policy research to review a court record related to a petition for an extreme risk protective order.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Safety – Extreme Risk Protective Orders – Review of Court Records [SB-905]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Science ]
[Education ]
Authorizing researchers affiliated with institutions of higher education who are conducting research to review a court record related to a petition for an extreme risk protective order; requiring the Maryland Judiciary to require an institution of higher education that has researchers reviewing court records to enter into an agreement providing for the storage and handling of the records; authorizing the Judiciary to institute an injunction or other remedy for a violation of the agreement and to prevent disclosure of certain records; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 929 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Peace Orders - Visual Surveillance [HB-911]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a certain person to petition for a peace order against another person whom the petitioner alleges has conducted visual surveillance of areas of the petitioner's residence where the petitioner has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Safety – Firearm Background Checks, Victim Notification, and the Maryland State Police Gun Center [HB-869]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a law enforcement agency that receives a certain report of a prohibited person failing a background check to notify certain victims; requiring the Secretary of State Police to notify the Maryland State Police Gun Center of certain information if the Secretary disapproves a firearm application because a prospective purchaser, lessee, or transferee failed a background check; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Juanita Bartlett
Hearing Canceled on 02/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Safety - Firearm Background Checks, Victim Notification, and the Maryland State Police Gun Center [SB-753]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a law enforcement agency that receives a report of a prohibited person failing a background check to immediately notify certain victims; requiring the Secretary of State Police to notify the Maryland State Police Gun Center of certain information if the Secretary disapproves a firearm application because a prospective purchaser, lessee, or transferee failed a background check; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Family Law - Protective Orders - Crimes of Violence and Stalking [SB-743]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Adding stalking to the list of offenses for which a certain individual may petition for a protective order; and altering certain provisions of law relating to the issuance of a permanent protective order.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Family Law - Protective Orders - Stalking and Permanent Protective Orders [HB-745]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the definition of "person eligible for relief" under the domestic violence statutes to include an individual who alleges that the respondent committed stalking under certain circumstances; and altering certain provisions of law relating to the issuance of a permanent protective order.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024