Protection Orders
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders (Sagar Ghimire Act) [HB-1344]
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, 2023 on its policy recommendations for improving the use of Extreme Risk Protective Orders in the State.
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Gettr Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Peace Orders and Protective Orders - Coercive Control [HB-1178]
Authorizing a certain person to petition for a peace order or protective order against another person whom the petitioner alleges has engaged in coercive and controlling behavior toward the petitioner; and defining "coercive control" as repeated or continuous behavior toward an adult that is controlling, has a serious effect on the other person, and the individual who engages in the behavior knows or should reasonably know it will have a serious effect on the other individual.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Domestic Violence - Protective Orders - Status Hearings [HB-887]
Authorizing a person eligible for relief under a final protective order to file a motion for a status review hearing to review the order and determine if further intervention by the court is necessary to protect the person eligible for relief; and requiring a court to promptly schedule a status review hearing after providing notice to the respondent.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Criminal Law – Violation of a Protective Order – Merger Prohibition and Separate Sentence Authorization [HB-817]
Prohibiting a conviction for violation of a certain protective order from merging with a conviction for a certain other crime; and authorizing a sentence for violation of a certain protective order to be imposed separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a certain other sentence.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Stalking - Penalties [SB-429]
Increasing the penalties for stalking to a period of imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to $10,000 or both if the victim had a protective order in effect against the defendant at the time of the offense or the defendant had previously been convicted of stalking.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Intercepted Communications - Admissibility of Evidence [SB-382]
Providing that a certain communication that was intercepted in violation of certain provisions of law may be admissible in certain proceedings under certain circumstances; and prohibiting the admissibility of the contents of an intercepted communication or evidence derived from an intercepted communication as evidence unless certain conditions are met.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Informal Adjustment [HB-360]
Authorizing the juvenile court to refer a certain matter to the Department of Juvenile Services for a certain informal adjustment if the time for a certain adjudicatory hearing has been waived and the petition is not the result of an unsuccessful informal adjustment; and requiring a certain petition to be dismissed if a certain informal adjustment is successfully completed.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Crimes - Interception of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communications - Exception for Imminent Danger [SB-375]
Authorizing a person to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication when the person reasonably believes that the person is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of a crime of violence, stalking, or a violation of a protective order.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings [SB-280]
Authorizing a petitioner receiving medical treatment at a hospital to electronically file a petition for a temporary protective order while at the hospital; requiring certain hospitals to refer a petitioner filing a petition on the grounds of domestic violence to a hospital-based or community-based domestic violence prevention program; and authorizing a petitioner to electronically file a petition for a temporary protective order from certain programs and centers.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings [HB-296]
Authorizing a petitioner receiving medical treatment at a hospital to electronically file a petition for a temporary protective order while at the hospital; requiring hospitals to refer petitioners to certain programs; authorizing a petitioner to electronically file a petition for a temporary protective order from certain programs and centers; and requiring a court that receives an electronically filed petition to hold a hearing through video conferencing either the same or next business day under certain circumstances.
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Washington 2021-2022 Regular Session
Concerning control of the disposition of remains. [SB-5629]
Concerning control of the disposition of remains.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Family Law - Marriage - Age Requirements [SB-29]
Prohibiting an individual under the age of 17 years from marrying; and authorizing a minor to file an action to divorce and deeming a minor emancipated for the limited purpose of obtaining a divorce.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Juvenile Court Jurisdiction - Peace Orders - Repeal [HB-121]
Repealing provisions granting the juvenile court jurisdiction over a peace order proceeding in which the respondent is a minor.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Stalking - Penalties [HB-110]
Altering the penalties for stalking if the victim had a protective order in effect against the defendant at the time of the offense or the defendant had previously been convicted of stalking.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Family Law - Marriage of Minors [HB-83]
Authorizing a minor to file a petition for authorization to marry in the minor's own name in the circuit court for the county in which the minor resides; authorizing a married minor to file an action for divorce; extending the jurisdiction of the equity court to include a petition for authorization for a minor to marry; authorizing an individual who is 17 years old to marry under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person under the age of 17 from marrying; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Family Law - Emancipation of a Minor and Authorization to Marry [HB-242]
Extending the jurisdiction of the equity court to include a petition for emancipation of a minor and authorization to marry; altering the conditions under which an individual who is 17 years old is authorized to marry; prohibiting an individual under the age of 17 years from marrying; requiring a clerk of the court to review a certain order before issuing a marriage license; authorizing a court to deny an emancipation petition and marriage authorization if the court makes a written finding it is not in the petitioner's best interest; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Peace Orders - Workplace Violence [HB-289]
Making certain provisions of law relating to the filing, issuance, and modification of certain peace orders and to the shielding of certain court records of certain peace order proceedings apply to certain peace orders filed by certain employers on the basis of certain acts committed against certain employees at the employees' workplace; requiring an employer to notify an employee before the employer files a certain petition; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Family Law - Emancipation of a Minor and Authorization to Marry [SB-173]
Extending the jurisdiction of the equity court to include a petition for emancipation of a minor and authorization to marry; altering the conditions under which an individual who is 17 years old is authorized to marry; prohibiting an individual under the age of 17 years from marrying; requiring an applicant for a marriage license to provide a certain document to a clerk of the court; requiring a clerk of the court to review a certain order before issuing a marriage license under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Peace Orders - Workplace Violence [SB-105]
Specifying that certain provisions of law relating to peace orders may not be interpreted to create or impose a duty on a certain employer to file a petition on behalf of a certain employee; making certain provisions of law relating to the filing, issuance, and modification of certain peace orders and to the shielding of certain court records of certain peace order proceedings apply to certain peace orders filed by certain employers on the basis of certain acts committed against certain employees under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Bullying, Cyberbullying, Harassment, and Intimidation – School Response [SB-725]
Authorizing a school principal to make a report to a law enforcement agency if, after an investigation is completed, the principal has reason to believe that a student has engaged in conduct that constitutes a certain criminal offense; requiring certain school policies prohibiting bullying, harassment, or intimidation to include procedures for providing notice of an act of bullying, harassment, or intimidation to a parent or guardian of the alleged victim and of the alleged perpetrator within 5 days after the act is reported; etc.