Baltimore City and Prince George's County - Diversionary and Reentry Program [HB-68]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City to establish a Diversionary and Reentry Program in Baltimore City for at-risk youth and youth offenders; requiring the Office of the State's Attorney for Prince George's County to establish a Diversionary and Reentry Program in Prince George's County for at-risk youth and youth offenders; establishing that the purposes of the programs are to improve public safety, develop skills for at-risk youth, and reduce recidivism by youth offenders; etc.
HB-68: Baltimore City and Prince George's County - Diversionary and Reentry Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Hearing Canceled on 02/25/2021
Baltimore City and Prince George's County - Diversionary and Reentry Program [SB-115]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City to establish a certain Diversionary and Reentry Program in Baltimore City for at-risk youth and youth offenders; requiring the Office of the State's Attorney for Prince George's County to establish a Diversionary and Reentry Program in Prince George's County for at-risk youth and youth offenders; establishing the purposes of the programs are to improve public safety, develop skills for at-risk youth, and reduce recidivism by youth offenders; etc.
SB-115: Baltimore City and Prince George's County - Diversionary and Reentry Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Obie Patterson
Hearing 2/03 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/28/2021
Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Conviction and Subsequent Offender Penalties - Driving While Privilege Is Canceled, Suspended, Refused, or Revoked [SB-114]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a person to file a certain petition for expungement if the person is convicted of a certain misdemeanor involving driving while the person's license or privilege to drive is canceled, suspended, refused, or revoked; and providing that a person is subject to a certain enhanced penalty for a subsequent conviction for driving while the person's license or privilege to drive is canceled, suspended, refused, or revoked only in a certain circumstance.
SB-114: Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Conviction and Subsequent Offender Penalties - Driving While Privilege Is Canceled, Suspended, Refused, or Revoked
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 1/19 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/28/2021
You have voted SB-114: Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Conviction and Subsequent Offender Penalties - Driving While Privilege Is Canceled, Suspended, Refused, or Revoked.
Cannabis - Legalization and Regulation (Inclusion, Restoration, and Rehabilitation Act of 2021) [HB-32]
[Cannabis ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering a certain quantity threshold and establishing a certain age limit applicable to a certain civil offense of use or possession of cannabis; establishing a civil offense for use or possession of a certain amount of cannabis for a person of at least a certain age; establishing a civil offense for cultivating cannabis plants in a certain manner; providing for the licensing of cannabis establishments; establishing certain duties of the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission regarding the licensing of cannabis establishments; etc.
HB-32: Cannabis - Legalization and Regulation (Inclusion, Restoration, and Rehabilitation Act of 2021)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing 2/16 At 1:30 P.m. (judiciary) on 01/18/2021
Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers (Firearms Dealers' Safety Act) [HB-1257]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring a certain licensed firearms dealer to keep certain electronic records; requiring a licensed dealer to update certain records 1 day after the acquisition of a firearm and 7 days after the sale or disposition of a firearm; requiring a licensed dealer to create a certain video and audio recording and to keep the recording for a certain period of time; requiring a licensed dealer to provide a certain video and audio recording to certain persons under certain circumstances; etc.
Cannabis - Legalization, Taxation, and Regulation [HB-1400]
[Cannabis ]
[Taxes ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Substituting the term "cannabis" for the term "marijuana" in certain provisions of law; altering a certain quantity threshold and establishing a certain age limit applicable to a certain civil offense of use or possession of cannabis; establishing an exception to the existing prohibition on obtaining or attempting to obtain a controlled dangerous substance or procuring or attempting to procure the administration of a controlled dangerous substance under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-1400: Cannabis - Legalization, Taxation, and Regulation
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/10/2020
Alcoholic Beverages - Retail License Holders - Alcohol Awareness Program [HB-1435]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that a certain individual who has completed training in an approved alcohol awareness program be present on a licensed premises at certain times; authorizing the trained individual to be absent from the licensed premises for up to 2 hours for certain reasons; requiring the local licensing board to require the license holder to keep a log book documenting certain details of the absence in a certain form; altering certain penalties related to alcohol awareness training; etc.
Criminal Procedure - Sex Offender Registration - Indecent Exposure by Inmate [HB-1348]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "Tier I sex offender" for purposes of provisions relating to a certain sex offender registry to include a person who has been convicted a certain number of times of a certain crime involving indecent exposure by an inmate in the presence of a correctional officer.
HB-1348: Criminal Procedure - Sex Offender Registration - Indecent Exposure by Inmate
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
First Reading Judiciary on 02/07/2020
Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol - Subsequent Offenders - Mandatory Ignition Interlock [HB-1320]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a court to prohibit a person convicted of a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence of alcohol from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped with an ignition interlock system and to order the person to install an ignition interlock system on the person's vehicle as a sentence, part of a sentence, or condition of probation; requiring a court to order certain motor vehicles to be impounded or immobilized for a certain period under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-1320: Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol - Subsequent Offenders - Mandatory Ignition Interlock
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/02/2020
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Mass Murder (Capital Gazette Shooting Memorial Act) [HB-1322]
[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; providing that a certain mass murder under certain circumstances constitutes an aggravating circumstance that the court or jury must consider in making a determination as to the imposition of the death penalty; establishing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; etc.
HB-1322: Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Mass Murder (Capital Gazette Shooting Memorial Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2020
Juvenile Offenders - Dual Sentencing [HB-933]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a certain prosecution involving a child to impose simultaneously a juvenile disposition and an adult criminal sentence; authorizing the court to order the child to complete the juvenile disposition and to suspend the adult criminal sentence under certain circumstances; and authorizing the court to take certain actions if the child commits a new offense or violates a condition of the suspended adult criminal sentence.
HB-933: Juvenile Offenders - Dual Sentencing
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
Gun Theft Felony Act of 2020 [HB-914]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing certain penalties for theft of a firearm.
HB-914: Gun Theft Felony Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
Regulated Firearms - Straw Purchase - Penalties [HB-968]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the penalties for knowingly participating in a straw purchase of a regulated firearm for a minor or for a person prohibited by law from possessing a regulated firearm; prohibiting a court from suspending any part of a certain mandatory minimum sentence; and providing that a certain person is not eligible for parole during a certain mandatory minimum sentence.
Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers (Firearms Dealers' Safety Act) [SB-816]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring a certain licensed firearms dealer to keep certain electronic records; requiring a licensed dealer to update records 1 business day after the acquisition of a firearm and 7 days after the sale or disposition of a firearm; requiring a licensed dealer to create a certain video and audio recording and to keep the recording for a certain period of time; requiring a licensed dealer to provide a certain video and audio recording to certain persons under certain circumstances; etc.
Criminal Law - Theft of a Handgun [SB-672]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Classifying the theft of a handgun as a felony; and establishing certain penalties for theft of a handgun.
SB-672: Criminal Law - Theft of a Handgun
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/03 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020