Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause [SB-532]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a police officer who is denied a certain right to apply to the circuit court at any time before a hearing is held by the hearing board for an order that directs the law enforcement agency to show cause why the right should not be granted.
SB-532: Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause [HB-537]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a police officer who is denied a certain right to apply to the circuit court at any time before a hearing is held by the hearing board for an order that directs the law enforcement agency to show cause why the right should not be granted.
HB-537: Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Police Discipline - Trial Board Composition [HB-186]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the composition of trial boards responsible for adjudicating matters of police discipline to include certain attorneys.
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Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established [HB-32]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a forensic review board at facilities that have charge of persons who have been committed to the facility as not criminally responsible; authorizing a forensic review board to make recommendations relating to the release or rehabilitation of a committed person; requiring the board to give notice at least 10 days before a meeting concerning the committed person; requiring the board to give consideration to a written statement offered by the committed person to the board; etc.
HB-32: Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 115 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established [SB-43]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a forensic review board at facilities that have charge of persons who have been committed to the facility as not criminally responsible; authorizing a forensic board to make recommendations relating to the release or rehabilitation of a committed person; requiring the Board to give notice at least 10 days before a meeting concerning the committed person; requiring the Board to give consideration to a written statement offered by the committed person to the Board; etc.
SB-43: Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 116 on 04/22/2025
Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause [SB-606]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a police officer who is denied a certain right to apply to the circuit court at a certain time for an order that directs the law enforcement agency to show cause why the right should not be granted.
SB-606: Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board and Police Accountability Board [HB-1197]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the powers and duties of the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board; altering the powers and duties of the Baltimore City police accountability board; and repealing the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board on April 1, 2024.
HB-1197: Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board and Police Accountability Board
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/06/2023
Baltimore City – Civilian Review Board and Office of Equity and Civil Rights [HB-864]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repealing provisions of law establishing and providing for the responsibilities of the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board; requiring the Baltimore City Office of Equity and Civil Rights to review and investigate all complaints alleging police misconduct involving a member of the public and a police officer in a certain manner; providing that the Board may not initiate a new investigation into an allegation of police misconduct after July 1, 2023; etc.
HB-864: Baltimore City – Civilian Review Board and Office of Equity and Civil Rights
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023
Baltimore City – Civilian Review Board and Office of Equity and Civil Rights [SB-763]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repealing provisions of law establishing and providing for the responsibilities of the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board; requiring the Baltimore City Office of Equity and Civil Rights to review and investigate all complaints alleging police misconduct involving a member of the public and a police officer in a certain manner; providing that the Board may not initiate a new investigation into an allegation of police misconduct after a certain date; etc.
SB-763: Baltimore City – Civilian Review Board and Office of Equity and Civil Rights
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Programs - Alterations [HB-152]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Food ]
Altering the purpose and contents of and the requirements and qualifications under the Urban Agriculture Grant Fund; requiring the Governor, in each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029, to include at least $100,000 for the Fund in the annual budget bill; establishing the Urban Agriculture Advisory Committee to recommend guidelines, policies, and practices for the implementation of the Grant Program; and requiring the Advisory Committee to report to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 30, 2023.
HB-152: Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Programs - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 519 on 05/08/2023
Police Accountability Boards and Administrative Charging Committees - Municipal Corporations [HB-1184]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing each municipal corporation in the State to have a police accountability board to receive complaints of police misconduct filed by members of the public; and authorizing each municipal corporation to establish an administrative charging committee to serve law enforcement agencies in the municipal corporations.
HB-1184: Police Accountability Boards and Administrative Charging Committees - Municipal Corporations
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Neely Shoemaker
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board and Police Accountability Board [HB-991]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the powers and duties of the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board; altering the powers and duties of the Baltimore City police accountability board; and repealing the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board on April 1, 2023.
HB-991: Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board and Police Accountability Board
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Hearing Canceled on 03/29/2022
Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board [SB-441]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the powers and duties of the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board; and authorizing the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board to function as a police accountability board.
SB-441: Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2022
Public Safety - Maryland Police Accountability Act Revisions and Clarifications [SB-389]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Specifying that a certain disciplinary matrix applies to all complaints of police misconduct; specifying that the purpose of a certain trial board process is to adjudicate all internal and external matters for which a police officer is subject to disciplin; requiring a trial board for a statewide or bicounty law enforcement agency, within 45 days of a final hearing, to issue a written decision reflecting the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of a majority of the trial board; etc.
SB-389: Public Safety - Maryland Police Accountability Act Revisions and Clarifications
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Hearing 4/08 At 9:30 A.m. on 04/07/2022
Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board - Police Accountability Board [SB-309]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that the Civilian Review Board of Baltimore City is established to provide a permanent, statutory agency in Baltimore City to fulfill the functions of a certain police accountability board; providing that the provisions of Title 3, Subtitle 1 of the Public Safety Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland govern all matters relating to police accountability and discipline in Baltimore City and supersede any inconsistent laws; etc.
Baltimore City – Police Officers – Promotional Appointments [HB-1316]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the procedures used by the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City to award promotional appointments; and authorizing the Commissioner to remove certain applicants from the list of eligible appointees if the Civilian Review Board has sustained a certain misconduct complaint against the applicant between the time the applicant applied for the promotion and the time in which the applicant is to be selected for the promotion.
HB-1316: Baltimore City – Police Officers – Promotional Appointments
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Hearing 2/23 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2021
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Baltimore City - Police Officers - Promotional Appointments [SB-752]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the procedures used by the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City to award promotional appointments; and authorizing the Commissioner to remove certain applicants from the list of eligible appointees if the Civilian Review Board or the Baltimore City Police Department's Disciplinary Review Committee has sustained a certain misconduct complaint against the applicant between the time the applicant applied for the promotion and the time in which the applicant is to be selected for the promotion.
SB-752: Baltimore City - Police Officers - Promotional Appointments
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 366 on 05/30/2021
Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights - Uniform Disciplinary Procedures [HB-687]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that a law enforcement agency and the agency's superior governmental authority and a collective bargaining unit may not enter into an agreement that is inconsistent with the provisions of the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights; repealing a certain authorization for a law enforcement agency or the agency's superior governmental authority to negotiate with a certain representative, under certain circumstances, an alternative method of forming a certain hearing board; etc.
HB-687: Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights - Uniform Disciplinary Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan K McComas
First Reading Judiciary on 01/26/2021
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Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Police Discipline and Law Enforcement Programs and Procedures [HB-670]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repealing the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights; prohibiting a police officer from preventing a citizen from recording the officer's actions if the citizen is otherwise acting lawfully and safely; establishing the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Police Officers and the Maryland Police Officers Scholarship Program; requiring the Police Training and Standards Commission to take certain actions in response to violations of a certain Use of Force Statute; requiring each county to have a police accountability board; etc.
HB-670: Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Police Discipline and Law Enforcement Programs and Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne A. Jones
Gubernatorial Veto Override (legislative Date: 4/9/2021) - Chapter 59 on 04/10/2021