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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Domestic Abuse Protective Orders. [HB-301]
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[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Makes a second or subsequent conviction for violation of a domestic abuse protective order a class C felony. Increases the sentencing requirements for second or subsequent convictions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
The Committee(s) On Jha Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 02/05/2025
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Gettr Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Domestic Abuse Protective Orders. [SB-477]
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[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Makes a second or subsequent conviction for violation of a domestic abuse protective order a class C felony. Increases the sentencing requirements for second or subsequent convictions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Re-referred To Jdc. on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Prohibitions on Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting a Handgun - Penalties [HB-354]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing a certain intent element for wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun in certain prohibited places; repealing a certain rebuttable presumption that a person transporting a handgun under certain circumstances transports the handgun knowingly; and altering certain penalty provisions related to wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun in certain prohibited places.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing Canceled on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 [HB-352]
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[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; increasing the cap on the percentage that may be deducted from all open purses and paid to a certain organization; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 604 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 [SB-321]
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[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; requiring certain groups of corporations to file a combined income tax return reflecting the aggregate income tax liability of all members of the group; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Gun Theft Felony Act of 2025 [SB-336]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing a penalties for a first conviction of imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of up to $1,000 or both, and for subsequent convictions, imprisonment not to exceed 10 years or a fine of up to $2,500 or both, for theft of a firearm.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Theft of a Handgun [SB-300]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the felony of theft of a handgun; establishing a penalty for theft of a handgun of, for a first conviction, imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of up to $1,000 or both and, for a second or subsequent conviction, imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to $2,500 or both; and requiring that a sentence imposed under the Act be separate from and consecutive to a sentence for any other offense.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [SB-181]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; repealing the authorization for the Governor to disapprove a decision to grant medical parole; requiring the Commission, within 60 days of receiving a name for parole consideration, to conduct a risk assessment for an individual serving sentences for crimes of violence with an aggregate term of confinement of 40 years or more; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 102 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Prohibitions and Penalties [HB-260]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the penalties for a person using or possessing with intent to use, delivering or selling under certain circumstances, or manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver or sell under certain circumstances drug paraphernalia to inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled dangerous substance; removing intent to administer a controlled dangerous substance from a certain list of intents; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 180 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Mail and Package Theft (Porch Piracy Act of 2025) [HB-210]
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[Data Privacy ]
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Altering the prohibition against taking and breaking open a letter; prohibiting the theft of mail under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from possessing an arrow key with the intent to use or allow the use of the arrow key in the commission of a violation of the Act; providing for concurrent jurisdiction in the District Court and circuit court to try a violation of the Act; and authorizing the use of facial recognition technology to investigate the commission of mail theft.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Fraud - Conveyance, Lease, or Possession of Residential Real Property [HB-202]
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[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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[Law Enforcement ]
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Prohibiting the intentional fraudulent sale, conveyance, or lease or attempted sale, conveyance, or lease of real property by a person who does not own the real property; prohibiting the acquisition, sale, or conveyance or the attempted acquisition, sale, or conveyance of real property by deception, intimidation, threat, or undue influence; prohibiting a person from possessing or claiming a right to possess residential real property the person does not lawfully possess or own, with the intent to defraud another; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Nawrocki
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [HB-190]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole, including providing for a meeting between the incarcerated individual and the Commission; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by older incarcerated individuals; and requiring the Commission to report yearly to the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board on the outcomes of certain parole considerations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia - Penalties [HB-1209]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the penalties for a person using or possessing with intent to use, delivering or selling under certain circumstances, or manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver or sell under certain circumstances drug paraphernalia to inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled dangerous substance; altering the penalties for a person possessing or distributing controlled paraphernalia for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Expungement and Shielding - Probation Before Judgment for Driving While Impaired or Under the Influence [HB-867]
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Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of certain records relating to a probation before judgment for driving while impaired or driving while under the influence; and authorizing a certain person to petition the court to shield certain records relating to a probation before judgment for driving while impaired or driving while under the influence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction [SB-792]
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[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to establish that the juvenile court has exclusive jurisdiction over a child who is at least 11 years old alleged to have committed a crime of violence or a crime involving the use or possession of a firearm or alleged to have committed any crime if the child has been arrested on two prior occasions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law – Money Laundering [HB-797]
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[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person, with the intent to promote a certain crime or with the intent to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, or control of proceeds of a certain crime, from taking certain actions with respect to the proceeds derived from a certain crime; establishing certain penalties if the person violates the law prohibiting a person from taking certain actions with respect to the proceeds derived from a certain drug crime in certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Ghrist
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Family Law - Protective Orders - Crimes of Violence and Stalking [SB-743]
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[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]
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[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
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Reform [SB-744]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child of a certain age alleged to have committed a certain offense; altering certain procedures relating to juvenile intake, detention, and probation; requiring the Secretary of Juvenile Services to include certain programs in a certain plan; requiring the State Board of Victim Services to include certain information about filing a certain complaint in a certain pamphlet; repealing certain provisions relating to the State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Obscured or Modified Registration Plates [HB-750]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from obscuring or modifying a vehicle registration plate in a manner that may prevent identification; and authorizing a police office to enforce the Act only as a secondary action.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen
Third Reading Passed (136-0) on 03/18/2024