Protection Orders
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Safety – Handgun Permits – Protective Order and Peace Order [SB-497]
Requiring the Secretary of State Police to issue a handgun permit to a person who is otherwise qualified and who is a person eligible for relief under a protective order, who is under the protection of an order for protection, or who is a petitioner under a peace order; requiring the Handgun Permit Review Board to review a certain record or conduct a certain hearing within 10 calendar days after receiving a request from a certain applicant; requiring the Board to sustain, reverse or modify a certain decision under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2018
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Family Law – Domestic Violence – Permanent Protective Orders [SB-491]
Expanding the circumstances under which the court is required to issue a certain permanent protective order; and requiring the court to issue a permanent protective order against a certain individual if, during the term of a certain protective order, the individual committed an act of abuse against a certain person eligible for relief under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 426 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Safety – School Mental Health Services and Mental Disorder Weapon Restraining Order [SB-1263]
Altering a certain prohibition on making certain threats to commit or cause to be committed a crime of violence; requiring the State Department of Education to develop a certain model policy for the establishment of a threat assessment team by January 1, 2019; authorizing a certain petitioner, under certain circumstances, to file a petition for a certain restraining order alleging that, due to a mental disorder, a certain respondent is a danger to self or the person or property of another; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Waugh
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 03/29/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Peace Orders and Protective Orders - Coercive Control [HB-599]
Authorizing a certain person to petition for a peace order or protective order against another person whom the petitioner alleges has engaged in certain behavior toward the petitioner that is controlling or coercive.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/17/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Privileged Communications – Mental Health Providers – Exception for Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect [HB-1628]
Providing that a certain patient privilege does not exist for certain records and certain testimony of a psychiatrist or licensed psychologist, a psychiatric-mental health nursing specialist or professional counselor, or a licensed certified social worker related to suspected child abuse and neglect in certain civil proceedings under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Peace Orders and Protective Orders – Surrender of Firearms [HB-1562]
Requiring a temporary peace order and a final peace order to order the respondent to surrender to law enforcement authorities any firearm in the respondent's possession within a certain time frame and to refrain from possession of any firearm for the duration of the temporary peace order or the final peace order; requiring, instead of authorizing, a temporary protective order to order a certain respondent to surrender to law enforcement authorities any firearm in the respondent's possession within a certain time frame; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Family Law - Domestic Violence - Permanent Protective Orders [HB-1303]
Expanding the circumstances under which the court is required to issue a certain permanent protective order; and requiring the court to issue a permanent protective order against a certain individual if, during the term of a certain protective order, the individual committed an act of abuse against a certain person eligible for relief under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 425 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Safety – Extreme Risk Protective Orders [HB-1302]
Authorizing certain individuals to file a petition for an extreme risk protective order with a certain court or a District Commissioner under certain circumstances; requiring a petition for an extreme risk protective order to contain certain information on the present danger including the number, types, and location of any known firearms in possession of the respondent; authorizing a judge to enter an interim extreme risk protective order to require the respondent to surrender any firearm in the respondent's possession; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 250 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Safety – Handgun Permits – Protective Order and Peace Order [HB-1189]
Requiring the Secretary of State Police to issue a handgun permit to a person who is otherwise qualified and is eligible for relief under a protective order, who is under the protection of an order for protection, or who is a petitioner under a peace order; requiring the Handgun Permit Review Board to review a certain record or conduct a certain hearing within 10 calendar days after receiving a request from a certain applicant; requiring the Board to sustain, reverse, or modify a certain decision under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [SB-907]
Prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion unless a certain determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a certain physician; providing that the failure of a physician to perform certain actions is deemed "unprofessional conduct"; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations on or before January 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Safety – Rifles and Shotguns – Sales, Rentals, Transfers, and Loans [SB-737]
Providing that a person who is not a certain licensee may not complete the sale of a certain rifle or shotgun, except under certain circumstances; requiring, before a certain sale is conducted, the seller and purchaser to meet jointly with a certain licensee and request that the licensee facilitate the sale; requiring a licensee to take certain actions when facilitating a sale; exempting a certain person from a certain background check under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Third Reading Passed (32-14) on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Peace Orders - Workplace Violence [SB-555]
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; providing certain immunity from certain liability to a certain employer under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
Hearing 2/28 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Safety – Regulated Firearms – Prohibition of Loans [SB-346]
Prohibiting a certain dealer or other person from loaning a regulated firearm to a certain borrower under certain circumstances; prohibiting a certain dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a regulated firearm to a certain person who the dealer or other person knows or has reason to believe intends to commit a certain crime or cause certain harm; creating a certain exception; and providing that a person who is the borrower of a regulated firearm is not required to take a certified firearms safety training course.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 458 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Courts - Documentary Evidence - Protective Order [SB-320]
Authorizing a defendant in a malpractice claim against a licensed professional to move for a protective order to limit the disclosure of certain documentary evidence under certain circumstances; requiring a court, upon a certain motion by the defendant, to review the claimant's request for documentary evidence and authorizing the court to issue a certain protective order for good cause shown; providing for the prospective application of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Evidence - Testimony by Spouse - Violation of Protective Order [SB-241]
Providing that the spouse of a person on trial for a violation of a protective order may be compelled to testify as an adverse witness if the spouse is the petitioner in the proceeding in which the protective order was issued.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Peace Orders – Relief Eligibility and Duration – Rape and Sexual Offenses [SB-209]
Authorizing a commissioner, if a petition is filed and there are reasonable grounds to believe that the respondent has committed rape or a sexual offense or attempted rape or sexual offense in any degree against the petitioner, to issue an interim peace order to protect the petitioner; authorizing a judge to issue a temporary peace order or a final peace order to protect a petitioner seeking relief if the underlying act for the petition is rape or a certain sexual offense; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Delegates J. Lewis, Shetty, And Lopez on 04/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [HB-975]
Prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion unless a certain determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a certain physician; providing that the failure of a physician to perform certain actions is deemed "unprofessional conduct"; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations on or before January 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Peace Orders and Protective Orders - Coercive Control [HB-850]
Authorizing a certain person to petition for a peace order or protective order against another person whom the petitioner alleges has engaged in certain behavior toward the petitioner that is controlling or coercive.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
First Reading Judiciary on 02/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Courts - Documentary Evidence - Protective Order [HB-848]
Authorizing a defendant in a malpractice claim against a licensed professional to move for a protective order to limit the disclosure of certain documentary evidence under certain circumstances; requiring a court, upon a certain motion by the defendant, to review the claimant's request for documentary evidence and authorizing the court to issue a certain protective order for good cause shown; providing for the prospective application of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Peace Orders - Workplace Violence [HB-640]
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; providing certain immunity from certain liability to a certain employer under certain circumstances; prohibiting an employer from retaliating against an employee under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/04/2019