Drunk Driving Offenses - Expungement and the Ignition Interlock System Program [HB-105]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require persons convicted of or granted probation before judgment for certain criminal offenses related to driving while impaired by alcohol, a drug, drug combination, or a combination of drugs and alcohol to participate in the Ignition Interlock System Program for certain periods of time; etc.
HB-105: Drunk Driving Offenses - Expungement and the Ignition Interlock System Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 715 on 05/16/2024
Criminal Law - Death Penalty [HB-87]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; and establishing certain procedures relating to custody, warrant of execution, incompetency, method of execution, witnesses, certificate, disposition of body, notice, trial, sentencing, review, and appeal in relation to imposition of the death penalty.
HB-87: Criminal Law - Death Penalty
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2024
Homicide or Life-Threatening Injury by Motor Vehicle or Vessel - Parole Eligibility and Penalties [SB-87]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Specifying that certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by motor vehicle or vessel are violent crimes for the purpose of parole eligibility; increasing penalties for certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by motor vehicle or vessel; and establishing a subsequent offender penalty for causing life-threatening injury by operating a motor vehicle or vessel in a criminally negligent manner.
SB-87: Homicide or Life-Threatening Injury by Motor Vehicle or Vessel - Parole Eligibility and Penalties
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 2/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
Drunk Driving Offenses - Expungement and the Ignition Interlock System Program [SB-118]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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 requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require certain persons who are convicted of, or granted certain probation for, certain drunk driving offenses to participate in the Ignition Interlock System Program for certain periods of time.
SB-118: Drunk Driving Offenses - Expungement and the Ignition Interlock System Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Third Reading Passed (115-22) on 04/08/2024
Gun Theft Felony Act of 2023 [HB-1250]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing a penalty for theft of a firearm of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 for a first offense, and imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 for a second or subsequent offense.
HB-1250: Gun Theft Felony Act of 2023
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/16/2023
Criminal Procedure - Alcohol and Drug Offenses - Immunities - Limitations [HB-1215]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Mental Health ]
Requiring that a person who is immune from arrest, charge, or prosecution for certain alcohol and drug offenses under certain circumstances be referred to substance use disorder treatment services regulated by the Behavioral Health Administration; and prohibiting a person from receiving certain immunity if the person has failed to participate in a program or has received immunity twice.
HB-1215: Criminal Procedure - Alcohol and Drug Offenses - Immunities - Limitations
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
Public Safety – Online Firearm Sales – Requirements [HB-1018]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from purchasing a firearm from a certain online vendor unless a licensed firearm dealer facilitates the sale with the purchaser and the online vendor; requiring a certain licensed firearm dealer facilitating an online sale of a firearm to process the sale in a certain manner and comply with certain federal and State laws; and establishing certain criminal penalties for knowingly violating the Act.
HB-1018: Public Safety – Online Firearm Sales – Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Queen
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/06/2023
Crimes – Firearms – Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2023) [HB-952]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing, altering, and clarifying penalties for and elements of certain firearm-related crimes; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a certain defendant charged with a certain firearm-related crime under certain circumstances; and prohibiting a dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a regulated firearm to a purchaser, lessee, borrower or transferee under certain circumstances.
HB-952: Crimes – Firearms – Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2023)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
Gun Theft Felony Act of 2023 [HB-750]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing a penalty for theft of a firearm of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 for a first offense, and imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 for a second or subsequent offense.
HB-750: Gun Theft Felony Act of 2023
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023
Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Possession and Permits to Carry, Wear, and Transport a Handgun [HB-824]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the penalty for a violation of the prohibition on wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun; requiring the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy to annually report certain information to the Governor and General Assembly; requiring the Department of State Police to transmit a certain summary of certain laws relating to firearms to certain persons; requiring the Secretary of State Police, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a certain curriculum; etc.
HB-824: Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Possession and Permits to Carry, Wear, and Transport a Handgun
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 651 on 05/16/2023
Criminal Law - Theft of a Handgun [SB-564]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the felony of theft of a handgun; and establishing a penalty for theft of a handgun of, for a first conviction, 2 to 5 years of imprisonment or a fine of up to $1,000 or both and, for a second or subsequent conviction, imprisonment for 5 to 10 years or a fine of up to $2,500 or both.
SB-564: Criminal Law - Theft of a Handgun
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2023
Crimes and Corrections - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2023) [SB-744]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a certain inmate with a certain reentry kit and assistance in obtaining Medicaid benefits under certain circumstances; altering the elements of certain prohibitions against using a certain firearm in the commission of a certain crime; etc.
SB-744: Crimes and Corrections - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2023)
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
Criminal Law - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Handgun - Penalties (Gun Violence Accountability Act) [SB-745]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering certain penalties for certain violations involving the wearing, carrying, or transporting of a handgun on or about the person; and repealing certain exceptions for certain minimum sentencing requirements for a first violation involving the wearing, carrying, or transporting of a handgun on or about the person.
SB-745: Criminal Law - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Handgun - Penalties (Gun Violence Accountability Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/20/2023
Grossly Negligent or Drunk or Drugged Operation of Vehicle or Vessel - Prior Convictions [HB-483]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that certain previous convictions for drunk or drugged operation of a vehicle or vessel and grossly negligent manslaughter by vehicle or vessel under certain provisions of law constitute prior convictions for the purpose of determining certain enhanced subsequent offender penalties.
HB-483: Grossly Negligent or Drunk or Drugged Operation of Vehicle or Vessel - Prior Convictions
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 552 on 05/08/2023
Criminal Law - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms - Restrictions (Gun Safety Act of 2023) [SB-1]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm in certain locations; prohibiting a person from wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm onto certain property unless the owner or owner's agent has given certain permission; altering certain provisions of law relating to the authority of the Secretary of State Police to limit the wearing, carrying, or transporting of a handgun at certain times and locations; etc.
SB-1: Criminal Law - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms - Restrictions (Gun Safety Act of 2023)
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 680 on 05/16/2023
Criminal Procedure - Restorative Justice Program [SB-27]
[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 to address and ameliorate the harmful effects of offenses on a victim in a certain manner; and establishing the position of Restorative Justice Legal Specialist, the Restorative Justice Program Revolving Fund, and the Maryland Restorative Justice Council.
SB-27: Criminal Procedure - Restorative Justice Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 2/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2023
Grossly Negligent or Drunk or Drugged Operation of Vehicle or Vessel - Prior Convictions [SB-74]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing that certain previous convictions for drunk or drugged operation of a vehicle or vessel and grossly negligent manslaughter by vehicle or vessel under certain provisions of law constitute prior convictions for the purpose of determining certain enhanced subsequent offender penalties.
SB-74: Grossly Negligent or Drunk or Drugged Operation of Vehicle or Vessel - Prior Convictions
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 553 on 05/08/2023